Search

You can search for any object or text in Routine by clicking the magnifying glass icon in the menu or using the CMD/CTRL+P keyboard shortcut.

✍️ What you can search

Search covers everything in your workspace:

• Tasks (personal and team)

• Events and meetings

• Pages and documents

• Contacts

• Projects

• Custom objects and database entries

• Text content within notes and pages

Search is global — it looks across your entire workspace, including all organizations and workspaces you have access to.

🎙️ How to use Search

1. Press CMD/CTRL+P or click the magnifying glass icon in the sidebar

2. Start typing — results appear instantly as you type

3. Use ↑ and ↓ to navigate results

4. Press ENTER to open the selected object

5. Press ESCAPE to close search without navigating

💡 Search is case-insensitive and normalizes accented characters, so searching "foo" will match "fôo".

🔍 In-screen search

In addition to global search, Routine supports searching within the current screen:

• Press CMD/CTRL+F from any screen to search within the content currently visible

• On database screens, CMD/CTRL+F focuses the database's own search field directly

• This is different from global search (CMD/CTRL+P) — it searches what's on screen, not your entire workspace

• Use it to find a specific row in a large database view, or locate text within a long page

⁉️ Tips for better search

• Search by title or content — Routine searches both object titles and the text inside notes and pages

• Be specific — the more characters you type, the more precise the results

• Use it for navigation — search is the fastest way to jump to any screen, object, or page without clicking through the menu

• Recent objects — search surfaces recently visited objects at the top even before you start typing

🤖 AI as an alternative

For more conversational or context-aware retrieval, the AI assistant can help surface objects naturally:

• "Show me all tasks related to the Acme project"

• "Find my notes from last Thursday's meeting"

• "What do I have scheduled for next week?"

This is especially useful when you don't remember the exact name of what you're looking for.