Search & Ask
Local full-text search and provider-assisted conversations grounded in passages you inspect before sending.
Search is globally available at /search. It retrieves saved material locally. Asking a source opens /learn, where you preview fixed passages before choosing whether to send them to the configured AI provider.
Search Your Saved Knowledge
Search retrieves owned bookmarks and notes with snippets and source links. Use text and structured filters to narrow the result set. Full-text retrieval is local and does not require a model provider or embeddings.
Semantic-similarity relationships are separate from full-text search. They appear in connected surfaces only when embeddings exist, while ordinary retrieval continues without them.
Index repair prepares a complete replacement before swapping it into use. If a rebuild fails, Arivu keeps the previous complete searchable state instead of exposing an empty or partial index. Deleted items leave their search projection with the source change.
Ask Sources in /learn
Start from one source, select up to eight sources in Library, or find passages by topic. A session fixes at most 16 passages. Preview and search do not require AI. Chat and quiz generation require a configured provider and your explicit consent to the displayed destination.
Conversations allow up to six exchanges. Replies cite exact quotations, but an exact match does not guarantee that the claim follows from the quote. Check the original evidence. AI replies are generated content, never original evidence for another session.
Quizzes have three questions with four choices each. Answers, explanations, and citations appear only after you submit all three choices. Save a passage as a quote note or an answer as an editable AI-marked note. Sessions are included in full account exports.
Legacy Answers
The deterministic GET /api/search/answer endpoint remains for compatibility. It is not the current source-chat workflow. Retired Assistant actions do not make changes.
API Routes
| Method | Endpoint | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
GET |
/api/search/items |
Unified bookmark and note retrieval |
GET |
/api/search/answer |
Cited answer from saved content |
POST |
/api/search/rebuild |
Rebuild the maintained search index |
See API Reference for authentication and related routes.