This guide describes the Agora’s search capabilities, including filters, options, and advanced techniques.
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This guide walks you through how to search in the Agora efficiently, how to apply filters to narrow down results, and use helpful tips and tricks to locate relevant threads, trusted contributors, and practical insights.
Whether you’re seeking guidance on a specific legal topic or exploring how others have handled similar situations, these tools will help you find what you need quickly and confidently—while staying within our supportive, community-driven environment.
Summary
This guide will cover:
- Advanced filters options
- Additional orders syntax
- Combining search prompt
1. Advanced Filters Options
The Agora provides a wide range of filters to help you refine your search results. Here’s a comprehensive list of available filters.
Personal filters (authenticated users only)
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
in:personal-direct |
Returns posts in personal messages between two users only |
in:all |
Returns posts from public topics and personal messages |
in:tagged |
Returns posts from topics that have at least one tag |
in:untagged |
Returns posts from topics with no tags |
in:seen |
Returns posts you’ve seen (for logged-in users) |
in:unseen |
Returns posts you haven’t seen (for logged-in users) |
in:wiki |
Returns wiki posts |
in:watching |
Returns posts from topics you’re watching |
in:tracking |
Returns posts from topics you’re tracking |
in:muted |
Returns posts from topics you’ve muted |
in:bookmarked |
Returns posts from topics you’ve bookmarked |
in:pinned |
Returns posts from topics pinned for you |
Numeric filters
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
min_posts:X / max_posts:X |
Returns posts from topics with at least X posts / Returns posts from topics with at most X posts |
min_views:X / max_views:X |
Returns posts from topics with at least X views / Returns posts from topics with at most X views |
likes-min:X / likes-max:X |
Returns topics with at least X likes across all posts / Returns topics with at most X likes across all posts |
posts-min:X / posts-max:X |
Returns topics with at least X posts / Returns topics with at most X posts |
posters-min:X / posters-max:X |
Returns topics with at least X number of participants / Returns topics with at most X number of participants |
Status filters
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
status:open |
Returns posts from topics that are not closed or archived |
status:closed |
Returns posts from closed topics |
status:archived |
Returns posts from archived topics |
status:noreplies |
Returns posts from topics with no replies |
Date filters
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
before:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns posts created before the specified date |
after:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns posts created after the specified date |
created-before:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns topics created before the specified date |
created-after:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns topics created after the specified date |
activity-before:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns topics with last activity before the specified date |
activity-after:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns topics with last activity after the specified date |
The format can be a specific date or a number for Today, Yesterday, Last Week, Last Month, Last Year as showed in the example below.
created-after:2025-12-01 # Specific date (YYYY-MM-DD)
created-after:365 # Last year
created-after:30 # Last month
created-after:7 # Last week
created-after:1 # Yesterday
created-after:0 # Today
Other filters
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
created:@username |
Returns posts from topics created by username |
categories:category1,category2 |
Returns posts from the categories category1 and category2 |
category:general # Includes topics in the general category (with subcategories)
category:general,civil # Includes topics in the general OR civil law categories (with subcategories)
=category:general,civil # Includes topics in the general OR civil law categories (without subcategories)
-category:general,civil # Excludes topics in the general OR civil law categories (with subcategories)
category:business:competition # Includes topics in the competition law subcategory of business law
2. Additional Orders Syntax
You can sort your search results using the following order options.
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
order:latest |
Sorts results from newest to oldest |
order:oldest |
Sorts results from oldest to newest |
order:latest_topic |
Sorts results by topic date, from newest to oldest |
order:oldest_topic |
Sorts results by topic date, from oldest to newest |
order:views |
Sorts results by number of views |
order:likes |
Sorts results by number of likes |
order:read |
(logged in only) sort by date you last visited topic |
Combining Search Prompts
You can combine multiple search options to create more specific queries. For example:
status:open category:general tag:exclusive before:2025-12-01 order:latest
This will search for open general topics tagged as exclusive, created before December 1, 2025, and sort the results by the latest post.@mterenui in:tracking min_posts:10
This will search for posts by Terenui in topics you’re tracking, with at least 10 posts.
3. Searching for Exact Words
The Agora uses a technique called “Stemming” to find related words. In practice words are reduced to their word stem, base or root form. For example, a stemming algorithm would reduce the words fishing, fished, and fisher to the stem fish allowing for effective and relevant search across the platform.
While it is usually sufficient, you might still have the need to search for an exact word or term.
You can do this by enclosing your word with spaces and double quotes, like so: " word ".