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# Search Short Term • AI Agent SDK

> search_short_term: Search MongoDB short-term collection.

# search\_short\_term

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> This is a method of the [**MongoDBMemoryAdapter**](../classes/MongoDBMemoryAdapter) class in the [**factories**](../modules/factories) module.

Search MongoDB short-term collection.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def search_short_term(query: str, limit: int) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="query" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="limit" type="int" required={false} default="5">
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="List[Dict[str, Any]]">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Used By

* [`AgentTeam.restore_session_state`](../functions/AgentTeam-restore_session_state)
* [`Memory.search_short_term`](../functions/Memory-search_short_term)
* [`Memory.delete_memories_matching`](../functions/Memory-delete_memories_matching)
* [`Memory.build_context_for_task`](../functions/Memory-build_context_for_task)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/memory/adapters/factories.py` at line 509
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