Selector Examples

Real-world selector patterns for common use cases.

Engineering context


# All published engineering docs
ctx query "tag:#engineering & status:published"
 
# Architecture and API docs, excluding deprecated
ctx query "(tag:#architecture + tag:#api) - tag:#deprecated"
 
# Everything in the engineering essentials pack
ctx query "pack:engineering-essentials"

Source node queries


# All source nodes using MCP
ctx query "type:source & transport:mcp"
 
# All sources connected to Jira
ctx query "type:source & server:jira"
 
# Published sources for the current sprint
ctx query "tag:#sprint & status:published"

Cross-cutting queries


# All glossary entries
ctx query "type:glossary"
 
# All persona definitions
ctx query "type:persona & status:published"
 
# Documents in a specific folder
ctx query "path:nodes/onboarding-*"
 
# Union of two packs
ctx query "pack:engineering-essentials + pack:onboarding-basics"

JSON output for scripting


# Pipe to jq for processing
ctx query "status:published" --json | jq '.documents[].id'