gh search issues adds semantic and hybrid search types

Introduced 2026-08-20 · score 0.94

HOW TO USE IT

When searching issues by meaning, use `--search-type semantic`; to combine keyword and semantic ranking, use `--search-type hybrid`.

WHY THIS HELPS

Search issues from a repository or project using semantic or hybrid matching.

REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

• Version: v2.98.0
• --search-type <string>: Selects issue search type: `lexical`, `semantic`, or `hybrid`; defaults to `lexical`. Semantic and hybrid results are relevance-ranked, return one page, and cannot be used with `--sort` or `--order`.
• <query>: Search query; may use GitHub search syntax. Quote a multi-word phrase as in the documented examples.
• Prerequisite: Semantic and hybrid search are unavailable on GitHub Enterprise Server.

FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE

• https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.98.0
• https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_search_issues

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