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Multiple search results with different pointers

Cerebro gave me these definitions

Yes—“pointers” is a reasonable informal term, but the more precise terms are:

In our recent example, 7c992a04-e1b6-49f6-9055-afc7cb2f99d4 is the thought’s GUID. The generated brain:// URL is another pointer to that same thought. Searching by Logan Forsythe - 2B uses the search index and successfully found the GUID.

So the workflow should distinguish between:

  1. Finding a thought through search
  2. Confirming its GUID
  3. Generating a fresh internal link
  4. Using that generated link in a note

When those systems disagree, the GUID returned by a fresh search plus a newly generated internal link should take priority over an older stored reference.