Search messages and files

The search bar at the top of the chat sidebar searches every channel and DM you can read. We index Postgres tsvector on message content, so searches are fast even on millions of rows.

Operators

• from:@alice — only messages from a user.
• in:#design — only in a specific channel.
• has:link / has:file — narrow by attachment type.
• before:2026-01-01 / after:2025-12-01 — date range.

Combine operators freely: from:@alice in:#design has:file before:2026-04-01.