Knowledge Browser

Knowledge Browser lets you find active records beyond the notes currently drawn on your canvas. Use it when you want to bring an existing capture or record into the project you are working on.

It is a browsing and import surface. Clicking a record can create a note immediately, so choose the destination project before selecting one.

Open the browser#

Open the list panel's conversation/tools view and choose Knowledge Browser. The embedded view shares that panel's header and back button.

You can also use Settings → Knowledge Store → Open Knowledge Browser. On Mac, that entry opens a separate floating panel. You can move and resize it while keeping the canvas visible.

The floating panel's yellow minimise button hides it into Glob's canvas toolbar. Use Restore Knowledge Browser there to bring it back. Closing the panel closes that view; it does not remove records.

Search and filter#

Enter text in Search records… and press Return. Clearing the text with the cross button refreshes the list without a text query.

The source buttons are:

• All — active records from every source the browser can read.
• Listr — records carrying that older source label.
• Glob — Glob-labelled records.
• Works — records carrying the older Works label.

These are source labels stored on records. They do not mean that you need to install an additional app. Choose All if you are unsure how an older capture was labelled.

Results are sorted newest first and limited to 100 records per fetch. The browser does not offer a next-page control. Use a more specific search or source filter when the record you want is not in the visible set.

Rows show a text preview, source, time, and, when present, a type and first tag. The floating panel's count is the number currently fetched, not a count of every record you have ever stored.

Bring a record into the canvas#

Select the record you want to import. Glob creates a new note in the active project using the record's text and supported task information.

This action makes a copy for the graph. It does not navigate to an already existing canvas note or move the original record out of its source. Selecting the same record again can create another copy. Return to the canvas and check the first import before clicking repeatedly.

Use the new note's editor for further writing and the canvas controls for connections. A Knowledge Browser import does not automatically bring every relationship or source-specific setting across with the text.

If the list looks empty#

The empty state says No records found. First clear the search and select All. Archived or deleted records are excluded because this view asks for active records.

The same empty state can also appear if a fetch fails; this build does not show a separate browser error for that case. If a record is visible in its original surface but missing here, reopen the browser and try a narrower query before assuming it was deleted.

Use Import Studio to extract and review a source file, DataJars to group captures by purpose, and this browser to select an existing record for a project. Those surfaces do not share one universal search box.