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Search Flevy Content
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Search Flevy's marketplace of consulting frameworks, PowerPoint templates, Excel financial models, business toolkits, and management case studies. Use this whenever a user needs a best-practice framework, methodology, template, financial model, or real-world case example on any business or management topic (strategy, digital transformation, supply chain, pricing, operational excellence, M&A, etc.). Returns up to 10 relevance-ranked recommendations across two content types: "document" (premium documents authored by management consultants) and "case_study" (management case studies). ALWAYS include each recommended item's url as a clickable link when you mention it in your reply — never reference a document without its link, because the link is the only way the user can open it. Each result carries a content_id for get_content_details. Filters: topic (single, or "topics" for documents covering ALL of several topics), author (list more documents from an author seen in results), filetype (including tier1_consulting_deck for McKinsey-style strategy decks), content_type. Topic-filtered responses also list related_topics to pivot to. Provide at least one of query, topic(s), or author; use list_topics to map user phrasing to a canonical topic.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | no | Free-text search, e.g. "balanced scorecard", "post-merger integration checklist", "DCF model". Optional when topic or author is provided (returns their top content). |
| topic | string | no | Optional management topic filter, e.g. "Digital Transformation". Accepts any known alias (see list_topics). |
| topics | array | no | Optional: up to 3 topics; returns documents associated with ALL of them (intersection), e.g. ["Digital Transformation","Supply Chain Analysis"]. Documents only. |
| author | string | no | Optional author filter — the author name exactly as shown in document results. Use to list other documents from the same author, alone or combined with a topic. Documents only. |
| filetype | string | no | Optional file-type filter (documents only). Rules of thumb: frameworks, methodologies, and presentation templates are powerpoint; financial models are excel; tier1_consulting_deck = presentations crafted in the style of tier-1 consulting firms (McKinsey/MBB) with the headline-body-bumper slide structure — use it when the user wants consulting-grade frameworks or decks; flevypro = documents included with a FlevyPro subscription. |
| content_type | string | no | Optional filter. Default: both types, documents first. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-text search, e.g. \"balanced scorecard\", \"post-merger integration checklist\", \"DCF model\". Optional when topic or author is provided (returns their top content)."
},
"topic": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional management topic filter, e.g. \"Digital Transformation\". Accepts any known alias (see list_topics)."
},
"topics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 3,
"description": "Optional: up to 3 topics; returns documents associated with ALL of them (intersection), e.g. [\"Digital Transformation\",\"Supply Chain Analysis\"]. Documents only."
},
"author": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional author filter — the author name exactly as shown in document results. Use to list other documents from the same author, alone or combined with a topic. Documents only."
},
"filetype": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"powerpoint",
"excel",
"word",
"pdf",
"project_plan",
"tier1_consulting_deck",
"flevypro"
],
"description": "Optional file-type filter (documents only). Rules of thumb: frameworks, methodologies, and presentation templates are powerpoint; financial models are excel; tier1_consulting_deck = presentations crafted in the style of tier-1 consulting firms (McKinsey/MBB) with the headline-body-bumper slide structure — use it when the user wants consulting-grade frameworks or decks; flevypro = documents included with a FlevyPro subscription."
},
"content_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"document",
"case_study"
],
"description": "Optional filter. Default: both types, documents first."
}
},
"required": []
}