Interactive Mode

Reflex includes a terminal UI (TUI) for interactive code search. Launch it by running rfx query with no arguments:

Features

• Live search — results update as you type
• Instant feedback — trigram search returns results in milliseconds
• File preview — see matching context inline
• Editor integration — press Enter to open results in your editor

Keybindings

Key	Action
Type	Filter results live
↑ / ↓	Navigate results
Enter	Open selected result in editor
Tab	Toggle between search and filter modes
Esc	Exit interactive mode
Ctrl+C	Quit

Editor integration

When you press Enter on a result, Reflex opens the file at the matching line in your $EDITOR. Set your preferred editor:

export EDITOR=nvim
# or
export EDITOR="code --goto"

Symbol and language filters

The TUI supports the same filters as CLI mode. You can toggle symbol-only mode and switch language filters while searching interactively.

When to use interactive mode

Interactive mode is best for:

• Exploratory search — when you’re not sure exactly what you’re looking for
• Code review — quickly scanning through occurrences of a pattern
• Refactoring — reviewing all uses of a function before renaming it

For scripted workflows, use CLI mode with --json output instead. See AI Integration for agent-oriented usage.

Next steps

• Full-Text Search — understand the search engine powering the TUI
• Symbol Search — filter results to definitions
• CLI Commands — all command-line options