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Qmd 6

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qmd-6

Qmd 6 is an Agent Skill for documents published in the sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Fast local search for markdown files, notes, and docs using qmd CLI. Use instead of `find` for file discovery. Combines BM25 full-text search, vector semantic search, and LLM reranking—all running locally. Use when searching for files, finding code, locating documentation, or discovering content in indexed collections.

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How to use this skill

Bring this guide into your coding agent with a prompt tailored to the tool you use.

  1. Open your project in Codex.
  2. Copy and paste the prompt below.
  3. Review files and risks before approving any action.
Prompt to paste
Inspect the Agent Skill at https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/qmd-6/SKILL.md and all supporting files. Report provenance, permissions, scripts, dependencies, and security risks. Propose an exact installation into .agents/skills/qmd-6, but wait for my approval before writing files or running scripts.

Copying this prompt does not install or run the skill. Review third-party files before use.

qmd — Fast Local Markdown Search

When to Use

  • Finding files — use instead of find across large directories (avoids hangs)
  • Searching notes/docs — semantic or keyword search in indexed collections
  • Code discovery — find implementations, configs, or patterns
  • Context gathering — pull relevant snippets before answering questions

Quick Reference

Search (most common)

# Keyword search (BM25)
qmd search "alpaca API" -c projects

# Semantic search (understands meaning)
qmd vsearch "how to implement stop loss"

# Combined search with reranking (best quality)
qmd query "trading rules for breakouts"

# File paths only (fast discovery)
qmd search "config" --files -c kell

# Full document content
qmd search "pattern detection" --full --line-numbers

Collections

# List collections
qmd collection list

# Add new collection
qmd collection add /path/to/folder --name myproject --mask "*.md,*.py"

# Re-index after changes
qmd update

Get Files

# Get full file
qmd get myproject/README.md

# Get specific lines
qmd get myproject/config.py:50 -l 30

# Get multiple files by glob
qmd multi-get "*.yaml" -l 50 --max-bytes 10240

Output Formats

  • --files — paths + scores (for file discovery)
  • --json — structured with snippets
  • --md — markdown formatted
  • -n 10 — limit results

Tips

  1. Always use collections (-c name) to scope searches
  2. Run qmd update after adding new files
  3. Use qmd embed to enable vector search (one-time, takes a few minutes)
  4. Prefer qmd search --files over find for large directories

Models (auto-downloaded)

  • Embedding: embeddinggemma-300M
  • Reranking: qwen3-reranker-0.6b
  • Generation: Qwen3-0.6B

All run locally — no API keys needed.