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Tip 22 of 72Habits, team and depth

Your First Search

Ask the way you would ask a colleague, not the way you search a folder.

You do not need special words to find something in Armbrain. Ask the way you would ask a colleague who sat in every meeting.

Armbrain searches by meaning, not exact keywords. Ask about "ad spend" and it also finds notes that said "media budget" or "campaign costs". That matters, because nobody writes things down the same way twice, and your clients certainly do not.

Good first searches

Make it sharper

If a search comes back thin, that usually means the information was never saved, not that search failed. Read the search guide.

Try it

  • Armbrain, what did the CEO of Harbor Dental Group say about the budget last month?

  • Armbrain, what has Copperleaf Bakery Co. told us about their holiday plans?

  • Armbrain, show me every decision about pricing for Fieldstone Software.

Prompt of the day

Search by meaning, with sources

Change these first:

CLIENTCOMPANY = Harbor Dental Group Armbrain, search CLIENTCOMPANY for anything about ad spend, even if it was called budget, media costs or marketing spend. Show each match with its date and source, newest first.

Why it works: It shows search by meaning in action, and asking for dates and sources lets you see at a glance which answer is current.