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Exact text search

Autessa Drive exact text search finds every occurrence of a specific phrase, clause number or ID across your files and lists each one by file, page and line, optionally matching case. It is grep for company documents, available in the explorer, the CLI, the API and to agents.

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Exact text“Section 4.2” · Match caseSAMPLE
SearchExact textFile name
/Contracts/acme-msa.pdf (v2) p4:L12: as defined in Section 4.2 above
/Contracts/globex-msa.pdf (v1) p7:L3: subject to Section 4.2
/Policies/vendor-terms.md (v9) L41: see Section 4.2
3 matches in 3 files.

the-problem.md

Ranked search can’t prove a clause is everywhere

When legal asks which contracts reference “Section 4.2”, or ops needs every file mentioning a part number, “most relevant” is not enough. You need every match, with where it sits.

README · what you get
  • Find a specific string, clause number or ID across the drive or one folder.
  • Optionally Match case.
  • Each match is listed by file, page and line, with the matching text highlighted.
  • Text, code, CSV, JSON and Markdown keep their real line numbers; PDFs and Office files point at a page and a line on that page.
  • Agents and the API can also use regular expressions, case-insensitive matching, a file pattern and surrounding context lines.
  • From the CLI, autessa drive grep prints path:page:line: text for each match.

how-it-works

How does exact text search work in Autessa Drive?

  1. 1

    Switch the search box to Exact text

    Type the phrase exactly as it appears.

  2. 2

    Match case if it matters

    Useful for IDs and defined terms.

  3. 3

    Review every hit

    Each result shows the file, page and line.

  4. 4

    Open at the line

    Click a hit to open the preview there.

every-option

Exact text options

OptionWhat it does
PatternThe exact string to find.
Match caseCase-sensitive matching.
ScopeA folder or the whole drive.
Regular expressions (tools, CLI, API)regex, caseInsensitive, glob and context arguments.
Outputpath (vN) pPage:LLine: text.

permissions

Who can do what?

WhoCan
ViewerSearch exact text in everything they can open.
Agent with a Drive tooldrive_grep with the acting identity’s access and folder scope.

AI agents

How AI agents use it

Agents use grep for exact strings and search for topics, then read the page or lines before quoting. A grep hit like /Contracts/acme-msa.pdf (v2) p4:L12 is what the agent cites.

Agents only reach files the person they act for can open, and every agent write is a version you can undo.

About Drive tools for agents →

connected

How it connects to the rest of Autessa Drive

DRIVE FEATURE

Ranked search

For topics rather than exact strings.

DRIVE FEATURE

Cited answers

Grep hits become citations.

DRIVE FEATURE

autessa drive grep

Exact text from the terminal.

faq.md

Questions about exact text search

Can I search for an exact phrase across all documents?

Yes. Switch the search box to Exact text, optionally turn on Match case, and Drive lists every match by file, page and line.

Does it work on PDFs?

Yes. PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets and presentations are extracted page by page, so matches point at a page and a line on that page.

Can I use regular expressions?

Yes, from agent tools, the CLI and the API, which accept a regex pattern, case-insensitive matching, a file pattern and context lines.

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Autessa Drive finds every exact occurrence of a phrase, clause number or ID across the drive and lists each one by file, page and line, like grep for documents.

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Make Autessa Drive fully your own.

Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.

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