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Search operators

Use exact phrases, exclusions, source filters, author filters, dates, engagement floors, and language filters in Scry search.

Terms and phrases

Bare terms are required words. Put a phrase in double quotes, as in "scaling laws", to require that exact phrase. Prefix a word or quoted phrase with - to exclude it.

Authors and sources

author:<handle> limits results to one account or author. source:<name> limits the search to one corpus, and comma-separated names select several corpora.

Dates

after:YYYY-MM-DD sets the lower date bound and before:YYYY-MM-DD sets the upper date bound; both also accept a bare year or year-month.

Example

Operators can be combined in one query. The server parser is the authority.

"effective altruism" source:lesswrong,eaforum after:2025-01-01 -crypto

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