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# search • AI Agent SDK

> search: Search for memories related to a query.

# search

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> This is a method of the [**Knowledge**](../classes/Knowledge) class in the [**knowledge**](../modules/knowledge) module.

Search for memories related to a query.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def search(query: Any, user_id: Any, agent_id: Any, run_id: Any, rerank: Any) -> Any
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="query" type="Any" required={true}>
  The search query string
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="user_id" type="Any" required={false}>
  Optional user ID for user-specific search
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="agent_id" type="Any" required={false}>
  Optional agent ID for agent-specific search
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="run_id" type="Any" required={false}>
  Optional run ID for run-specific search
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="rerank" type="Any" required={false}>
  Whether to use Mem0's advanced reranking. If None, uses config default \*\*kwargs: Additional search parameters to pass to Mem0 (keyword\_search, filter\_memories, etc.)
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  List of search results, reranked if rerank=True
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `search`
* `logger.warning`

## Used By

* [`get_version`](../functions/get_version)
* [`process_task_context`](../functions/process_task_context)
* [`evaluate_condition`](../functions/evaluate_condition)
* [`Knowledge.search`](../functions/Knowledge-search)
* [`safe_mem0_search`](../functions/safe_mem0_search)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/knowledge/knowledge.py` at line 409
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