Tool reference · Tasks, workflows & decisions
search_intents
Finds past user prompts that contain a given piece of text, newest first.
local stdio server read-only
When to use
- You want to know when and how the user asked about a topic before.
- A user says "like I asked last week" and you need that prompt.
- You want exact-text matching rather than semantic search.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
queryrequired | string | — | Substring to match in prompt text |
project | string | — | — |
limit | integer | 20 | — |
Example
Arguments
{
"query": "export job",
"project": "reporting",
"limit": 5
}Result shape
{
"items": [
{
"id": 1307,
"session_id": "sess_2026_09_25_a",
"project": "reporting",
"prompt": "Why does the nightly export job time out?",
"created_at": "2026-09-25T08:41:17Z",
"turn_index": 3,
"prompt_hash": "9b1c0e…"
}
],
"count": 1
}Plain substring (SQL LIKE) matching, not semantic search.
Values are illustrative; the keys follow the server's handler. MCP clients receive the result as JSON text content.
Server description
The description the server sends to your agent in tools/list, captured from the v14.7.0 source:
Substring search over user prompts (LIKE). Returns newest match first. Useful for 'what did I ask about X' without mining transcripts.