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title: Search & Command K | micro
description: Find anything in Micro instantly with universal search and quick actions.
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Press `⌘K` (or `Ctrl+K` on Windows/Linux) to open Command K—your universal search and command palette.

### Search Tabs

Command K organizes search results into tabs for faster navigation:

| Tab       | What it searches                    |
| --------- | ----------------------------------- |
| All       | Everything across your workspace    |
| Emails    | Email threads and messages          |
| Tasks     | Tasks from all your lists           |
| Docs      | Documents you’ve created            |
| Events    | Calendar events and meetings        |
| People    | Contact records                     |
| Companies | Organization records                |
| Files     | Files from emails and docs          |
| Links     | URLs extracted from emails and docs |
| Chats     | Your past AI chat conversations     |

Use `Tab` to cycle through tabs, or click directly on a tab name.

### Preview Panel

When searching People or Companies, a preview panel appears on the right showing:

- Profile photo and basic info
- Recent activity
- Quick actions

This lets you see details without leaving Command K.

### Quick Actions

Create new items directly from Command K:

| Action       | Shortcut |
| ------------ | -------- |
| New Email    | C        |
| New Task     | T        |
| New Document | D        |
| New Person   | —        |
| New Company  | —        |
| New List     | —        |
| Intro        | —        |

Start typing “new” or the action name to see all options.

### Other Actions

Command K also provides quick access to settings and utilities:

| Action             | Shortcut  | Description                                                                      |
| ------------------ | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Change Theme       | Shift + D | Toggle between light and dark mode                                               |
| Change Style       | —         | Switch between style presets (Athletic, Mathletic, Pragmatic, Cryptic, Socratic) |
| Invite Team Member | ⌘I        | Send workspace invitations                                                       |
| Shortcuts          | —         | Open the keyboard shortcuts panel                                                |
| Feedback           | —         | Send feedback to the Micro team                                                  |
| Get Help           | —         | Access support resources                                                         |
| Documentation      | —         | Open the docs site                                                               |

### Add to List

When viewing a Person or Company in search results, you can quickly add them to any list:

1. Select the record
2. Click “Add to List” in the preview panel
3. Choose the destination list

### AI Search

Type a question in natural language to search with AI:

- “What did Sarah email me about last week?”
- “Find all emails about the Q4 budget”
- “Show me tasks due this week”

AI search understands context and can find information across emails, docs, and records.

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## Deep Search

Deep Search is Micro’s semantic search layer. It goes beyond keyword matching — it understands the meaning of your query and finds relevant results across your email history, even when the exact words don’t match.

### How It Works

When you connect your email, Micro indexes your email history into a searchable semantic database. This powers:

- **AI assistant answers** — When you ask the AI a question about past conversations, it uses Deep Search to find relevant emails
- **On-demand autofill** — When the AI fills a property, it can search your email history for context
- **Meeting prep** — Background research pulls from your full conversation history with a person

### What Gets Indexed

Deep Search indexes all of your synced email history — everything Micro ingests is searchable. On free and trial plans, that’s the last 3 years. On paid plans, it’s your full inbox history.

New emails are indexed automatically as they arrive.

### Deep Search vs Regular Search

|                  | Regular Search                                      | Deep Search                                                                             |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **How it works** | Keyword matching                                    | Semantic understanding                                                                  |
| **Coverage**     | All synced emails                                   | All synced emails                                                                       |
| **Used by**      | Command K search bar                                | AI assistant, autofill, meeting prep                                                    |
| **Example**      | Searching “budget” finds emails containing “budget” | Asking “what did we discuss about finances?” finds emails about budgets, revenue, costs |

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## Email Sync

When you connect a Gmail account, Micro syncs your email history:

|                         | Free / Trial                           | Paid                                   |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| **Emails synced**       | Last 3 years                           | Full inbox history                     |
| **Contacts created**    | All unique contacts from synced emails | All unique contacts from synced emails |
| **Deep Search indexed** | All synced emails                      | All synced emails                      |

After the initial sync, new emails are processed in real time.

Note

Sync happens in two phases. First, your recent sent emails are synced so you see your conversations quickly. Then a full background sync runs for the rest of your history.

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Pro Tip

Use Command K as your home base. Instead of navigating through menus, just press `⌘K` and type what you want to do—whether that’s finding an email, creating a task, or changing your theme.