---
title: "Search memories by natural language query"
method: POST
path: "/api/memory/search"
tags: ["Memory"]
---

# Search memories by natural language query

`POST /api/memory/search`

## Request body

- object
  - `query` string, required
  - `intent` string — Why you are searching. Required for agent recall-edge tracking; omit for UI browse/search calls.
  - `limit` integer
  - `scope` 'agent' | 'swarm' | 'all'
  - `source` 'manual' | 'file_index' | 'session_summary' | 'task_completion'

## Response `200`

Search results

- object
  - `results` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `content` string, required
    - `similarity` number, required
    - `rawSimilarity` number
    - `compositeScore` number
    - `retrievalSource` 'vec' | 'fts' | 'hybrid' | 'fallback' | 'graph'
    - `source` 'manual' | 'file_index' | 'session_summary' | 'task_completion', required
    - `scope` 'agent' | 'swarm', required
    - `tags` string[], required

## Other responses

- `400` — Missing query or agent ID

---

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