Organizing Sources

How you structure and prioritize your sources affects the quality of Context42’s search results.

Separate your documentation into distinct sources by purpose:

# Personal coding standards — highest priority
c42 add ./standards --name my-standards --priority 0.9

# Team/project conventions
c42 add ./team-guidelines --name team --priority 0.7

# Reference documentation
c42 add ./api-docs --name api-reference --priority 0.4

# Examples and tutorials
c42 add ./examples --name examples --priority 0.3

Tips

  • Keep sources focused. One directory per topic is better than one giant folder.
  • Use meaningful names. The --name flag helps you identify sources in c42 list.
  • Re-index after changes. Run c42 index after adding, removing, or modifying source files.
  • Review with search. Use c42 search "your query" to test that results match your expectations.

Managing sources

List all sources:

c42 list

Remove a source:

c42 remove api-reference

Check indexing status:

c42 status
Priority SystemCLI Commands