Portfolio search

Find public portfolios when search is available on your deployment.

Quick start

Feature flag: Portfolio search is not guaranteed on every deployment. On some environments you will see Portfolio search is unavailable instead of the search UI. Favorites CTAs and other discovery links to search only appear when search is on.

When search is enabled:

Sign in and open Search Portfolios (/portfolios/search). You may reach it from Browse portfolios / Browse more portfolios on Favorites when those buttons are shown.
Under AI-powered portfolio search, type a plain-English query (at least a few characters) — for example a role, skill, or location — then submit with the search control.
Review the result rows. Open a portfolio to view its public page.
Optionally refine with a follow-up (for example “Only remote ones”) without retyping the whole request, or use Reset to clear the session and start over.

You should now see matching public portfolios, or No portfolios found if nothing matched.

Deep dive

When search is unavailable

Feature flag: AI-powered portfolio search depends on product configuration for the deployment. If it is off:

/portfolios/search still exists as a signed-in page, but the UI shows Portfolio search is unavailable with: AI-powered portfolio search is not enabled in this environment. You can still browse public portfolios from member profiles and favorites.
Search is not in the main app sidebar. When the flag is off, Favorites also hides Browse portfolios / Browse more portfolios.

Use Favorites and shared public links (/p/[slug]) as your browse path when search is missing.

AI-powered portfolio search (when on)

The page title in the workspace chrome is Search Portfolios. The main heading is AI-powered portfolio search.

Describe who you are looking for in plain English. Portura narrows by skills, roles, location, and related signals, and remembers your session so you can keep refining. The search field placeholder: Search by name, skill, title, or just describe what you need...

After a search, a short filter summary may appear under the field. Results list public portfolios you can open. On first visit (before a search), on-page Search Tips show example queries and follow-ups.

Control	What it does
Search	Runs the query (needs enough text to search)
Reset	Clears the session, query, and results so you can start fresh

Empty result after a search: No portfolios found — try broader keywords, drop a constraint, or Reset.

Privacy and the directory

Owners can keep a public portfolio out of Portura’s directory and internal search with Hide from Portura directory (Pro). That setting lives in the editor privacy controls — see Privacy, SEO, and analytics.

Hidden portfolios may not appear in search even when the feature is enabled.

Recruiters and discovery

Signed-in users can search public portfolios with natural-language queries when the flag is on. A dedicated recruiter product (ranking, outreach, and similar) is on the roadmap — see the FAQ. Today’s workspace does not include a separate recruiter tool; job-fit scoring and portfolio chat remain primarily candidate-side features.

Favorites — star public portfolios and reopen them from your private list; browse CTAs appear only when search is available.
Privacy, SEO, and analytics — Hide from Portura directory and related Pro privacy toggles.

Tips

If you land on Portfolio search is unavailable, use Favorites and shared /p/[slug] links instead — search may simply be off for this environment.
Prefer natural-language queries and short follow-ups rather than rebuilding the full sentence each time.
Use Reset when a refine path gets too narrow or you want a clean session.
Owners who want a shareable link without directory discovery: turn on Hide from Portura directory (Pro) in privacy settings.
On this page, use the ? next to the heading (or next to the unavailable title) for a short reminder and a Learn more link back to this article.

Favorites’ Browse portfolios buttons only show when search is enabled — their absence usually means the same flag is off, not a broken Favorites page.

Troubleshooting

I see “Portfolio search is unavailable”

Search is not enabled for this environment. There is nothing to “turn on” from your account settings.
Use Favorites and public portfolio links to browse instead.
Confirm you are signed in — /portfolios/search is a protected workspace page.

I cannot find Search in the sidebar

Search is not a main-nav item. Open /portfolios/search directly, or use Browse portfolios / Browse more portfolios from Favorites when those buttons appear.

No portfolios found

Broaden the query, drop a constraint, or click Reset and try again.
Some owners hide from the Portura directory (Pro) — those portfolios will not show in internal search.

Browse buttons missing on Favorites

Those CTAs only render when portfolio search is enabled. See Favorites.

Favorites
Save public portfolios and reopen them from Favorites.