Add additionalKeywords to action types and command palette for enhanced search functionality

[mscolnick]

• Introduced additionalKeywords property in various action types and panel descriptors to improve command palette search capabilities.
• Updated useNotebookActions and CommandPalette components to utilize the new keywords for better matching.
• Implemented smartMatch utility to facilitate keyword-based filtering in the command palette.
• Added tests for the new smartMatch functionality to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Keyword mapping

Action	Additional Keywords
Panels
Files	explorer, browser, directory
Variables	state, scope, inspector
Packages	dependencies, pip, install
AI	chat, copilot, assistant
Outline	toc, structure, headings
Documentation	reference, api
Dependencies	graph, imports
Errors	exceptions, problems, diagnostics
Scratchpad	scratch, draft, playground
Tracing	profiling, performance
Secrets	env, environment, keys, credentials
Logs	console, stdout
Terminal	shell, console, bash, command
Snippets	templates, examples
Cache	memory, memoize
Notebook actions
Restart kernel	reset, reload, restart
User settings	preferences, options, configuration
Hotkeys
Run (cell)	execute, submit
Format cell	lint
Delete cell	remove
Save file	write, persist

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
marimo-docs	Ready	Preview, Comment	Mar 6, 2026 7:27pm

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Pull request overview

This PR enhances search matching by adding optional additionalKeywords metadata to actions/hotkeys/panels and wiring those keywords into the cmdk-based command palette filtering.

Changes:

• Added additionalKeywords to editor actions (ActionButton), hotkeys, and panel descriptors (PANELS).
• Introduced smartMatch / smartMatchFilter and configured cmdk to use it for filtering with keyword support.
• Added Vitest coverage for smartMatch and smartMatchFilter.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
frontend/src/utils/smartMatch.ts	Adds token/prefix-based match + cmdk filter adapter.
frontend/src/utils/tests/smartMatch.test.ts	Adds unit tests for the new matching behavior.
frontend/src/core/hotkeys/hotkeys.ts	Extends hotkey metadata with additionalKeywords and preserves it in resolved hotkeys.
frontend/src/components/ui/command.tsx	Configures cmdk Command to use the new filter function.
frontend/src/components/editor/controls/command-palette.tsx	Passes additionalKeywords into cmdk keywords for palette entries.
frontend/src/components/editor/chrome/types.ts	Adds additionalKeywords to panel descriptors and populates them for default panels.
frontend/src/components/editor/actions/useNotebookActions.tsx	Propagates panel/action additionalKeywords into helper panel dropdown actions.
frontend/src/components/editor/actions/types.ts	Adds additionalKeywords to ActionButton and carries it through flattenActions.

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[Copilot]

Setting filter={smartMatchFilter} on the shared Command wrapper changes matching behavior for every Command usage across the app (e.g. cell actions search, snippets search, etc.), not just the command palette. This is a fairly broad UX/behavior change (and can make previously-matching fuzzy queries stop working); consider making this filter opt-in (prop/default) or applying it only in the command palette component instead of globally here.

[Light2Dark]

some of these keyboard shortcuts will not work, they aren't a registered action

marimo/frontend/src/components/editor/controls/command-palette.tsx

Lines 65 to 76 in 5796728

	const renderShortcutCommandItem = (
	shortcut: HotkeyAction,
	props: {
	disabled?: boolean;
	tooltip?: React.ReactNode;
	},
	) => {
	const action = registeredActions[shortcut];
	if (!action) {
	return null;
	}
	const hotkey = hotkeys.getHotkey(shortcut);

[mscolnick]

Ah yea thats right. Well I guess if we ever add these to the command palette, it'll be ready to go.

[github-actions]

🚀 Development release published. You may be able to view the changes at https://marimo.app?v=0.20.5-dev25