# Search: does \`uses:\` flag work and \`uses:selection\` might be an idea?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/search-does-uses-flag-work-and-uses-selection-might-be-an-idea/99350
**Category:** General
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [11 October 2025 09:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/search-does-uses-flag-work-and-uses-selection-might-be-an-idea/99350 "2025-10-11T09:39:49Z")
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### Author:  [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)
#### Post date: [11 October 2025 18:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/search-does-uses-flag-work-and-uses-selection-might-be-an-idea/99350/3 "2025-10-11T18:26:26Z")
> [@Sean-McG](#):
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> PR
I would prefer to have confirmation that a) it's something that will be merged b) enough folks actually want this c) if someone else wants to create a PR, go for it - I don't have an issue with someone else taking the code and claiming the kudos.
And also d) I'm pretty sure that I'm misusing the idea of `uses:`, I assume it has some other meaning since `uses:` makes no sense since the search is limited to that single node!
Btw the reason I implemented this was because I wanted to import [Hacker News](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hacker-news-stories-as-trees/99236) discussions and then _solely_ search those discussions for keywords.
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