Broaden comment matches in issue search

server/src/__tests__/issues-service.test.ts

@@ -298,6 +298,51 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("issueService.list participantAgentId", () => {
     expect(result.map((issue) => issue.id)).toEqual([titleMatchId, descriptionMatchId]);
   });
 
+  it("ranks comment matches ahead of description-only matches", async () => {
+    const companyId = randomUUID();
+    const commentMatchId = randomUUID();
+    const descriptionMatchId = randomUUID();
+
+    await db.insert(companies).values({
+      id: companyId,
+      name: "Paperclip",
+      issuePrefix: `T${companyId.replace(/-/g, "").slice(0, 6).toUpperCase()}`,
+      requireBoardApprovalForNewAgents: false,
+    });
+
+    await db.insert(issues).values([
+      {
+        id: commentMatchId,
+        companyId,
+        title: "Comment match",
+        status: "todo",
+        priority: "medium",
+      },
+      {
+        id: descriptionMatchId,
+        companyId,
+        title: "Description match",
+        description: "Contains pull/3303 in the description",
+        status: "todo",
+        priority: "medium",
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    await db.insert(issueComments).values({
+      companyId,
+      issueId: commentMatchId,
+      body: "Reference: https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/3303",
+    });
+
+    const result = await svc.list(companyId, {
+      q: "pull/3303",
+      limit: 2,
+      includeRoutineExecutions: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.map((issue) => issue.id)).toEqual([commentMatchId, descriptionMatchId]);
+  });
+
   it("accepts issue identifiers through getById", async () => {
     const companyId = randomUUID();
     const issueId = randomUUID();

server/src/services/issues.ts

@@ -997,8 +997,8 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
           WHEN ${titleContainsMatch} THEN 1
           WHEN ${identifierStartsWithMatch} THEN 2
           WHEN ${identifierContainsMatch} THEN 3
-          WHEN ${descriptionContainsMatch} THEN 4
-          WHEN ${commentContainsMatch} THEN 5
+          WHEN ${commentContainsMatch} THEN 4
+          WHEN ${descriptionContainsMatch} THEN 5
           ELSE 6
         END
       `;