finally getting accurate answers

2026-09-05 10:26:39 -04:00
parent bb2803bebd
commit 766702c750
9 changed files with 1628 additions and 41 deletions
@@ -149,8 +149,11 @@ TOOLS_SECTION: str = (
    "path (without the source name) will not resolve. `grep` locates an "
    "exact string (case-insensitive) in the indexed documents and "
    "returns up to 20 matching `source/path:line: text` lines — a "
-    "locator, not a context-adder: read the winner with `read`; for a "
-    "normal search pass only `pattern` — its optional `path` argument "
+    "locator, not a context-adder: read the winner with `read`. A grep "
+    "pattern is a plain substring, NEVER a regex — '.*' and '\\.' are "
+    "literal text there; if such a pattern returns no matches, retry "
+    "with the plain text you expect to see. For a normal search pass "
+    "only `pattern` — its optional `path` argument "
    "limits the search to one document you already know, by the same "
    "combined `source/path` string; never a source name — a bare "
    "document path (without the source name) will not resolve there "