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Search Recording

search_recording

Search an index_recording timeline (screen text, events, markers, transcript): timecoded hits, best first, secrets masked. No frames unless asked.

watchread-onlyidempotentsince v0.46.0

00:00PARAMETERS
NameTypeDescription
inputstringRecording path.
sessionIdstringOr a stopped session id.
query requiredstringText; tolerates OCR misreads.
regexbooleanquery is a regex.
limitintegerMax hits (default 10). ≥ 1, ≤ 50
imagesintegerThumbnails of the top N hits (default 0). ≥ 0, ≤ 20
00:05A MINIMAL CALL
search_recording { "query": "Save" }

The required arguments only, with placeholder values. Everything else takes its default.

00:10WHAT COMES BACK

Structured content (structuredContent), alongside a text summary:

FieldType
total alwaysnumber
hits alwaysany[]