Find anything across your entire workspace instantly. Arka Smart Search combines high-speed indexing with semantic AI to ensure you're never more than a few keystrokes away from your data.
HMAC Indexing Engine
Our proprietary search engine uses secure indexing to provide instant results without compromising your privacy.
- Prefix Matching: Content is tokenized with prefixes, enabling 'type-ahead' results that appear as you type your query.
- Zero-Knowledge Search: Search terms are hashed using HMAC-SHA256 on your device. The server only sees anonymous hashes, never your plaintext queries.
- Multi-Index Search: Arka searches across Notes, Notebooks, Databases, Files, and Sketches simultaneously.
Advanced Filtering
Narrow your results with precision using built-in search filters.
- Content Type: Filter for specific items like only 'Images', 'Checklists', or 'Formula Databases'.
- Date Ranges: Quickly find work from the last 24 hours, last week, or a custom date range.
- Workspace Isolation: Scope your search to a single workspace or search across your entire account.
Semantic AI Queries
Go beyond keywords. Search for the meaning of your notes in natural language.
- Conceptual Matching: Ask questions like 'What did we decide in the meeting yesterday?' to find relevant notes automatically.
- Contextual Ranking: DNote AI ranks results based on relevance to your current project or query intent.
- File-Based Search: Arka can even search the content inside your uploaded PDFs and documents securely.
Step-by-Step: Smart Discovery
Uncover insights across your workspace with precision:
- Press Cmd/Ctrl + K or click the Search icon in the sidebar.
- Keyword Search: Type your query for instant prefix-matched results.
- Semantic Query: Type a natural language question (e.g., 'What are my Q3 goals?') to trigger AI extraction.
- Apply Filters: Use the results sidebar to narrow down by File Type, Date, or Workspace.
- Navigate: Use arrow keys to browse and Enter to jump directly to the result.