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Index and search project knowledge. Use when starting a new task to find related prior work, when ingesting documents or chats, or when searching project history for context.

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Elastic-Claude

Local search infrastructure for project knowledge.

CLI Commands

Add an entry

# From file path (preferred - Rust reads the file)
elastic-claude add -t <type> -p <file_path> [-m '<json_metadata>']

# Inline content (for small content)
elastic-claude add -t <type> -c "<content>" [-m '<json_metadata>']

# From stdin
cat <file> | elastic-claude add -t <type> [-m '<json_metadata>']

Arguments:

  • -t, --entry-type: Entry type (e.g., "document", "chat", "code")
  • -p, --path: Read content from file (also sets file_path in DB)
  • -c, --content: Inline content (conflicts with -p)
  • -m, --metadata: JSON metadata (optional)

Example:

elastic-claude add -t document -p /path/to/file.md -m '{"project": "my-project", "title": "My Doc", "category": "docs"}'

Search entries

elastic-claude search "<query>"

Returns matching entries with snippets, scores, and metadata.

Save current chat session

# Get path to current chat file
elastic-claude current-chat --path-only

# Ingest current chat with metadata (always include project)
elastic-claude current-chat -m '{"project": "my-project", "title": "Session title", "tags": ["topic1", "topic2"]}'

Auto-detects the current Claude session and ingests the chat file.

Get entry by ID

# Get full entry details
elastic-claude get <id>

# Get just the content
elastic-claude get <id> --content-only

# Show tsvector tokens (for debugging search)
elastic-claude get <id> --tsv

Workflow for Ingesting Documents

When asked to ingest files:

  1. Determine the project name from the current working directory or ask the user
  2. Read each file's content
  3. Extract metadata from content and path:
    • project: always include - the project/repo name
    • title: from first heading or filename
    • category: from directory path
    • tags: from content keywords
  4. Call elastic-claude add for each file

Example for a markdown file:

elastic-claude add -t document -p /path/to/file.md -m '{"project": "CQR", "title": "Extracted Title", "category": "documentation"}'

Workflow for Searching

When asked to find information:

  1. Run elastic-claude search "<relevant keywords>"
  2. Review the results (snippets, file paths, metadata)
  3. If needed, read the full files for more context
  4. Summarize findings for the user

Schema Reference

See references/schema.md for database schema details.

Entry types:

  • document: Markdown docs, READMEs, etc.
  • chat: Chat session transcripts
  • code: Code snippets or files