findAndReplaceTextInDocument
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Find and replace EXACT substrings in a document (NOT regex: wildcards and patterns are matched literally). Replaces EVERY occurrence and returns the replacement count; best for renames and repeated phrases. For a single targeted change at a known location, prefer editDocument (anchor patches). Case-sensitive by default. Diagrams/images are automatically protected — only document text is affected. Returns document.versionTimestamp (the fresh optimistic-lock token) like every other mutating tool, so you can chain straight into editDocument or the diagram tools. Pass versionTimestamp to opt into optimistic locking (optional here — whole-document find/replace is position-independent). Note: when the replace value contains a <!-- REFERENCE: {...} --> marker (e.g. inserting a user mention), it round-trips losslessly through the editor and triggers notifications if it adds a new user mention.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| projectId | string | no | Optional. Narrows a friendly-id lookup to one project. Only needed when a friendly id is ambiguous — TAS-/IMP-/PLN- ids are numbered per PROJECT, so the same id can exist in several. Ignored when the id is a UUID. |
| documentId | string | yes | |
| find | string | yes | Text to search for. |
| replace | string | yes | Replacement text. Empty string to delete occurrences. |
| caseSensitive | boolean | no | Case-sensitive matching. Default: true. |
| versionTimestamp | number | no | Optional optimistic-lock token from getDocument() or a previous write; validated when provided. (Alias accepted: documentVersionTimestamp.) |
| changeSummary | string | no | Version history summary. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional. Narrows a friendly-id lookup to one project. Only needed when a friendly id is ambiguous — TAS-/IMP-/PLN- ids are numbered per PROJECT, so the same id can exist in several. Ignored when the id is a UUID."
},
"documentId": {
"type": "string"
},
"find": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text to search for."
},
"replace": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Replacement text. Empty string to delete occurrences."
},
"caseSensitive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Case-sensitive matching. Default: true."
},
"versionTimestamp": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optional optimistic-lock token from getDocument() or a previous write; validated when provided. (Alias accepted: documentVersionTimestamp.)"
},
"changeSummary": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Version history summary."
}
},
"required": [
"documentId",
"find",
"replace"
]
}