diff --git a/.aiassistant/rules/rules.md b/.aiassistant/rules/rules.md
index f688626..5dcded8 100644
--- a/.aiassistant/rules/rules.md
+++ b/.aiassistant/rules/rules.md
@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@ log statements to help locate the cause of bugs
 
 always use Go v1.25.1 for everything involving Go
 
-always use the nips repository that is available at /nips in the root of the repository for documentation about nostr protocol
\ No newline at end of file
+always use the nips repository also for information, found at ../github.com/nostr-protocol/nips attached to the project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/handle-relayinfo.go b/app/handle-relayinfo.go
index acb975c..a46f921 100644
--- a/app/handle-relayinfo.go
+++ b/app/handle-relayinfo.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func (s *Server) HandleRelayInfo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		relayinfo.ExpirationTimestamp,
 		relayinfo.ProtectedEvents,
 		relayinfo.RelayListMetadata,
+		relayinfo.SearchCapability,
 	)
 	if s.Config.ACLMode != "none" {
 		supportedNIPs = relayinfo.GetList(
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ func (s *Server) HandleRelayInfo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			relayinfo.ExpirationTimestamp,
 			relayinfo.ProtectedEvents,
 			relayinfo.RelayListMetadata,
+			relayinfo.SearchCapability,
 		)
 	}
 	sort.Sort(supportedNIPs)
diff --git a/pkg/database/get-indexes-for-event.go b/pkg/database/get-indexes-for-event.go
index 262b7e9..4887521 100644
--- a/pkg/database/get-indexes-for-event.go
+++ b/pkg/database/get-indexes-for-event.go
@@ -153,5 +153,35 @@ func GetIndexesForEvent(ev *event.E, serial uint64) (
 	if err = appendIndexBytes(&idxs, kindPubkeyIndex); chk.E(err) {
 		return
 	}
+
+	// Word token indexes (from content)
+	if len(ev.Content) > 0 {
+		for _, h := range TokenHashes(ev.Content) {
+			w := new(Word)
+			w.FromWord(h) // 8-byte truncated hash
+			wIdx := indexes.WordEnc(w, ser)
+			if err = appendIndexBytes(&idxs, wIdx); chk.E(err) {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Extend full-text search to include all fields of all tags
+	if ev.Tags != nil && ev.Tags.Len() > 0 {
+		for _, t := range *ev.Tags {
+			for _, field := range t.T { // include key and all values
+				if len(field) == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+				for _, h := range TokenHashes(field) {
+					w := new(Word)
+					w.FromWord(h)
+					wIdx := indexes.WordEnc(w, ser)
+					if err = appendIndexBytes(&idxs, wIdx); chk.E(err) {
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/pkg/database/get-indexes-from-filter.go b/pkg/database/get-indexes-from-filter.go
index 01f6004..a615a49 100644
--- a/pkg/database/get-indexes-from-filter.go
+++ b/pkg/database/get-indexes-from-filter.go
@@ -113,6 +113,27 @@ func GetIndexesFromFilter(f *filter.F) (idxs []Range, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Word search: if Search field is present, generate word index ranges
+	if len(f.Search) > 0 {
+		for _, h := range TokenHashes(f.Search) {
+			w := new(types2.Word)
+			w.FromWord(h)
+			buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+			idx := indexes.WordEnc(w, nil)
+			if err = idx.MarshalWrite(buf); chk.E(err) {
+				return
+			}
+			b := buf.Bytes()
+			end := make([]byte, len(b))
+			copy(end, b)
+			for i := 0; i < 5; i++ { // match any serial
+				end = append(end, 0xff)
+			}
+			idxs = append(idxs, Range{b, end})
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	caStart := new(types2.Uint64)
 	caEnd := new(types2.Uint64)
 
diff --git a/pkg/database/indexes/keys.go b/pkg/database/indexes/keys.go
index 84cc13f..0442570 100644
--- a/pkg/database/indexes/keys.go
+++ b/pkg/database/indexes/keys.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ const (
 	TagPubkeyPrefix     = I("tpc") // tag, pubkey, created at
 	TagKindPubkeyPrefix = I("tkp") // tag, kind, pubkey, created at
 
+	WordPrefix      = I("wrd") // word hash, serial
 	ExpirationPrefix = I("exp") // timestamp of expiration
 	VersionPrefix    = I("ver") // database version number, for triggering reindexes when new keys are added (policy is add-only).
 )
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ func Prefix(prf int) (i I) {
 		return ExpirationPrefix
 	case Version:
 		return VersionPrefix
+	case Word:
+		return WordPrefix
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -147,6 +150,8 @@ func Identify(r io.Reader) (i int, err error) {
 
 	case ExpirationPrefix:
 		i = Expiration
+	case WordPrefix:
+		i = Word
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -233,6 +238,21 @@ func FullIdPubkeyDec(
 	return New(NewPrefix(), ser, fid, p, ca)
 }
 
+// Word index for tokenized search terms
+//
+//	3 prefix|8 word-hash|5 serial
+var Word = next()
+
+func WordVars() (w *types.Word, ser *types.Uint40) {
+	return new(types.Word), new(types.Uint40)
+}
+func WordEnc(w *types.Word, ser *types.Uint40) (enc *T) {
+	return New(NewPrefix(Word), w, ser)
+}
+func WordDec(w *types.Word, ser *types.Uint40) (enc *T) {
+	return New(NewPrefix(), w, ser)
+}
+
 // CreatedAt is an index that allows search for the timestamp on the event.
 //
 //	3 prefix|8 timestamp|5 serial
diff --git a/pkg/database/save-event.go b/pkg/database/save-event.go
index 96a10e0..064b8b1 100644
--- a/pkg/database/save-event.go
+++ b/pkg/database/save-event.go
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
 	"lol.mleku.dev/chk"
+	"lol.mleku.dev/log"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/database/indexes"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/database/indexes/types"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/event"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/filter"
+	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/hex"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kind"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/tag"
 )
@@ -230,10 +232,10 @@ func (d *D) SaveEvent(c context.Context, ev *event.E) (kc, vc int, err error) {
 			return
 		},
 	)
-	// log.T.F(
-	// 	"total data written: %d bytes keys %d bytes values for event ID %s", kc,
-	// 	vc, hex.Enc(ev.ID),
-	// )
+	log.T.F(
+		"total data written: %d bytes keys %d bytes values for event ID %s", kc,
+		vc, hex.Enc(ev.ID),
+	)
 	// log.T.C(
 	// 	func() string {
 	// 		return fmt.Sprintf("event:\n%s\n", ev.Serialize())
diff --git a/pkg/database/tokenize.go b/pkg/database/tokenize.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aceb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/database/tokenize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+
+	sha "next.orly.dev/pkg/crypto/sha256"
+)
+
+// TokenHashes extracts unique word hashes (8-byte truncated sha256) from content.
+// Rules:
+// - Unicode-aware: words are sequences of letters or numbers.
+// - Lowercased using unicode case mapping.
+// - Ignore URLs (starting with http://, https://, www., or containing "://").
+// - Ignore nostr: URIs and #[n] mentions.
+// - Ignore words shorter than 2 runes.
+// - Exclude 64-character hexadecimal strings (likely IDs/pubkeys).
+func TokenHashes(content []byte) [][]byte {
+	s := string(content)
+	var out [][]byte
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{})
+
+	i := 0
+	for i < len(s) {
+		r, size := rune(s[i]), 1
+		if r >= 0x80 {
+			r, size = utf8DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
+		}
+
+		// Skip whitespace
+		if unicode.IsSpace(r) {
+			i += size
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Skip URLs and schemes
+		if hasPrefixFold(s[i:], "http://") || hasPrefixFold(s[i:], "https://") || hasPrefixFold(s[i:], "nostr:") || hasPrefixFold(s[i:], "www.") {
+			i = skipUntilSpace(s, i)
+			continue
+		}
+		// If token contains "://" ahead, treat as URL and skip to space
+		if j := strings.Index(s[i:], "://"); j == 0 || (j > 0 && isWordStart(r)) {
+			// Only if it's at start of token
+			before := s[i : i+j]
+			if len(before) == 0 || allAlphaNum(before) {
+				i = skipUntilSpace(s, i)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		// Skip #[n] mentions
+		if r == '#' && i+size < len(s) && s[i+size] == '[' {
+			end := strings.IndexByte(s[i:], ']')
+			if end >= 0 {
+				i += end + 1
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Collect a word
+		start := i
+		var runes []rune
+		for i < len(s) {
+			r2, size2 := rune(s[i]), 1
+			if r2 >= 0x80 {
+				r2, size2 = utf8DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
+			}
+			if unicode.IsLetter(r2) || unicode.IsNumber(r2) {
+				runes = append(runes, unicode.ToLower(r2))
+				i += size2
+				continue
+			}
+			break
+		}
+		_ = start
+		if len(runes) >= 2 {
+			w := string(runes)
+			// Exclude 64-char hex strings
+			if isHex64(w) {
+				continue
+			}
+			if _, ok := seen[w]; !ok {
+				seen[w] = struct{}{}
+				h := sha.Sum256([]byte(w))
+				out = append(out, h[:8])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func hasPrefixFold(s, prefix string) bool {
+	if len(s) < len(prefix) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(prefix); i++ {
+		c := s[i]
+		p := prefix[i]
+		if c == p {
+			continue
+		}
+		// ASCII case-insensitive
+		if 'A' <= c && c <= 'Z' {
+			c = c - 'A' + 'a'
+		}
+		if 'A' <= p && p <= 'Z' {
+			p = p - 'A' + 'a'
+		}
+		if c != p {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func skipUntilSpace(s string, i int) int {
+	for i < len(s) {
+		r, size := rune(s[i]), 1
+		if r >= 0x80 {
+			r, size = utf8DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
+		}
+		if unicode.IsSpace(r) {
+			return i
+		}
+		i += size
+	}
+	return i
+}
+
+func allAlphaNum(s string) bool {
+	for _, r := range s {
+		if !(unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsNumber(r)) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func isWordStart(r rune) bool { return unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsNumber(r) }
+
+// Minimal utf8 rune decode without importing utf8 to avoid extra deps elsewhere
+func utf8DecodeRuneInString(s string) (r rune, size int) {
+	// Fallback to standard library if available; however, using basic decoding
+	for i := 1; i <= 4 && i <= len(s); i++ {
+		r, size = rune(s[0]), 1
+		if r < 0x80 {
+			return r, 1
+		}
+		// Use stdlib for correctness
+		return []rune(s[:i])[0], len(string([]rune(s[:i])[0]))
+	}
+	return rune(s[0]), 1
+}
+
+// isHex64 returns true if s is exactly 64 hex characters (0-9, a-f)
+func isHex64(s string) bool {
+	if len(s) != 64 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < 64; i++ {
+		c := s[i]
+		if c >= '0' && c <= '9' {
+			continue
+		}
+		if c >= 'a' && c <= 'f' {
+			continue
+		}
+		if c >= 'A' && c <= 'F' {
+			continue
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}