Fractal Search for VS Code

Search your workspace using multi-scale φ-weighted indexing. Find files by meaning, not just text.

Features

• Multi-scale indexing — files are indexed at document, section, and paragraph level
• φ-weighted decay — results ranked using golden ratio (1.618) for natural relevance
• Co-occurrence detection — finds related files even without exact keyword match
• Filename search — quick search by file/directory names
• Auto-indexing — workspace indexed on open, re-indexes on save

Usage

1. Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Type "Fractal Search"
3. Enter your query
4. Select a result to open the file

How it works

Document level    → weight: 1.0
Section level     → weight: 1/φ ≈ 0.618
Paragraph level   → weight: 1/φ² ≈ 0.382
Related terms     → weight: 1/φ³ ≈ 0.236

Settings

• fractalSearch.maxResults — Maximum results (default: 20)
• fractalSearch.maxDepth — Search depth 1-4 (default: 4)
• fractalSearch.fileExtensions — Extensions to index

Author

Abhishek Srivastava — github.com/0x-auth

φ = 1.618033988749895