Four ways to choose
Categories, authors, era and books, together.
NewSearch scope·Capabilities
Choose where the agent searches
Search only the sections, authors, books or era you choose from Maktabah Shamela.
How search scope works
Only those books
The agent searches and cites only those books.
Kept with each chat
Each chat keeps its own scope when you return.
@ for one question
Type @ to aim one question at a book or section.
Narrow one question with @ in the composer
It searches one book or section for that question only.
Scope beside an open book
In the Side agent, the page you’re reading stays the context, whichever scope you choose.
How the filters combine
Categories, authors and era narrow each other. A book you pick by name is always added. The numbers are from the example above.
Search التفسير from 601–900 AH by ابن كثير or القرطبي plus تفسير الطبري = 6 books
Principles
The agent does
- Search and open pages only in the books in scope
- Tell you when the answer isn’t in those books
- Stop and tell you when your filters leave no books
The agent doesn’t
- Change your scope
- Widen it through a skill or a saved preference
- Count the web as part of scope: Web is its own switch
FAQ
How do project, chat and @ scopes relate?
A project sets where its new chats start, the scope menu sets one chat, and @ sets one question. The Projects page explains Project Scope and Chat Scope.
What happens to books whose author’s death year isn’t known?
With an era set, they’re left out, and an author who died outside the era adds no books.
Do project files follow the scope?
No. Scope covers your Shamela books. Files you added to a project are read separately.
Can I see which books are in the scope?
Yes. The scope chip under the composer shows how many books it covers. Open it to see the sections, authors, books and era you chose.
How do I go back to the whole library?
Press × on the scope chip. The chat then searches your whole library again.
Other capabilities
Memory & Personalisation
Learns how you work, and gets better the more you use it.
Web grounding
Search trusted fatwa and reference sites alongside your Shamela library.
Citation checksSoon
Every citation is checked, and one that can’t be matched is marked.