I trust that you’ll figure out the syntax etc on your own, but I also updated the README accordingly.
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And to clarify some of the things that came up in this thread: ants is just a search interface, independent of any specific clients or relays.
If search is required to resolve a query it will hit NIP-50 relays exclusively, depending on what kind of relays you have in your relay lists (that’s why logging in is a good idea). It defaults to nostr band and other bigger relays, but if you run nostr-relay-tray or other personal or local relays it can (and will) search those too.
Disclaimer: it’s neither perfect nor very efficient or performant, but it works for me, and I built it because I was as frustrated with existing search solutions as you seem to be right now.
I talk about some of these frustrations here: nostr:nevent1qqstgekdlmaeu3n6gf3ss7nnlq4f0hfx3nm3nmy0pf84xs7e98wyt2ssw5p34