search_code

search_code

Locate specific code across repositories within a project. Apply filters like branch, code element, file path, or repository to refine results and include full file content or snippets.

Instructions

Search for code across repositories in a project

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`filters`	No	Optional filters to narrow search results
`includeContent`	No	Whether to include full file content in results (default: true)
`includeSnippet`	No	Whether to include code snippets in results (default: true)
`projectId`	Yes	The ID or name of the project to search in
`searchText`	Yes	The text to search for
`skip`	No	Number of results to skip for pagination (default: 0)
`top`	No	Number of results to return (default: 100, max: 1000)

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "filters": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "Optional filters to narrow search results",
      "properties": {
        "Branch": {
          "description": "Filter by branch names",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "CodeElement": {
          "description": "Filter by code element types (function, class, etc.)",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "Path": {
          "description": "Filter by file paths",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "Repository": {
          "description": "Filter by repository names",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    },
    "includeContent": {
      "default": true,
      "description": "Whether to include full file content in results (default: true)",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "includeSnippet": {
      "default": true,
      "description": "Whether to include code snippets in results (default: true)",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "projectId": {
      "description": "The ID or name of the project to search in",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "searchText": {
      "description": "The text to search for",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "skip": {
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Number of results to skip for pagination (default: 0)",
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "top": {
      "default": 100,
      "description": "Number of results to return (default: 100, max: 1000)",
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "searchText",
    "projectId"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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