diff --git a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json
index dc76ad8fc39..687f7d30d3e 100644
--- a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json
+++ b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@
   "defs": {
     "main": {
       "type": "query",
-      "description": "Find actors matching search criteria.",
+      "description": "Find actors (profiles) matching search criteria.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "params",
         "properties": {
-          "term": { "type": "string" },
+          "term": {
+              "type":"string",
+              "description": "search query string; syntax, phrase, boolean, and faceting is unspecified, but Lucene query syntax is recommended"
+          },
           "limit": {
             "type": "integer",
             "minimum": 1,
             "maximum": 100,
-            "default": 50
+            "default": 25
           },
           "cursor": { "type": "string" }
         }
diff --git a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json
index 7065f3d7117..dc561d2ad08 100644
--- a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json
+++ b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
       "parameters": {
         "type": "params",
         "properties": {
-          "term": { "type": "string" },
+          "term": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "search query prefix; not a full query string"
+          },
           "limit": {
             "type": "integer",
             "minimum": 1,
             "maximum": 100,
-            "default": 50
+            "default": 10
           }
         }
       },
diff --git a/lexicons/app/bsky/feed/searchPosts.json b/lexicons/app/bsky/feed/searchPosts.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac778163fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lexicons/app/bsky/feed/searchPosts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "lexicon": 1,
+  "id": "app.bsky.feed.searchPosts",
+  "defs": {
+    "main": {
+      "type": "query",
+      "description": "Find posts matching search criteria",
+      "parameters": {
+        "type": "params",
+        "required": ["q"],
+        "properties": {
+          "q": { "type": "string", "description": "search query string; syntax, phrase, boolean, and faceting is unspecified, but Lucene query syntax is recommended" },
+          "limit": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 1,
+            "maximum": 100,
+            "default": 25
+          },
+          "cursor": { "type": "string", "description": "optional pagination mechanism; may not necessarily allow scrolling through entire result set" }
+        }
+      },
+      "output": {
+        "encoding": "application/json",
+        "schema": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "required": ["posts"],
+          "properties": {
+            "cursor": { "type": "string" },
+            "hits_total": { "type": "integer", "description": "count of search hits. optional, may be rounded/truncated, and may not be possible to paginate through all hits" },
+            "posts": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "items": {
+                "type": "ref",
+                "ref": "app.bsky.feed.defs#postView"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "errors": [{ "name": "BadQueryString" }]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lexicons/app/bsky/unspecced/searchActorsSkeleton.json b/lexicons/app/bsky/unspecced/searchActorsSkeleton.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a8e7473e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lexicons/app/bsky/unspecced/searchActorsSkeleton.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "lexicon": 1,
+  "id": "app.bsky.unspecced.searchActorsSkeleton",
+  "defs": {
+    "main": {
+      "type": "query",
+      "description": "Backend Actors (profile) search, returning only skeleton",
+      "parameters": {
+        "type": "params",
+        "required": ["q"],
+        "properties": {
+          "q": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "description": "search query string; syntax, phrase, boolean, and faceting is unspecified, but Lucene query syntax is recommended. For typeahead search, only simple term match is supported, not full syntax"
+          },
+          "typeahead": {
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "description": "if true, acts as fast/simple 'typeahead' query"
+          },
+          "limit": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 1,
+            "maximum": 100,
+            "default": 25
+          },
+          "cursor": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "description": "optional pagination mechanism; may not necessarily allow scrolling through entire result set"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "output": {
+        "encoding": "application/json",
+        "schema": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "required": ["actors"],
+          "properties": {
+            "cursor": { "type": "string" },
+            "hits_total": { "type": "integer", "description": "count of search hits. optional, may be rounded/truncated, and may not be possible to paginate through all hits" },
+            "posts": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "format": "did"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "errors": [{ "name": "BadQueryString" }]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lexicons/app/bsky/unspecced/searchPostsSkeleton.json b/lexicons/app/bsky/unspecced/searchPostsSkeleton.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ed35a3b1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lexicons/app/bsky/unspecced/searchPostsSkeleton.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "lexicon": 1,
+  "id": "app.bsky.unspecced.searchPostsSkeleton",
+  "defs": {
+    "main": {
+      "type": "query",
+      "description": "Backend Posts search, returning only skeleton",
+      "parameters": {
+        "type": "params",
+        "required": ["q"],
+        "properties": {
+          "q": { "type": "string", "description": "search query string; syntax, phrase, boolean, and faceting is unspecified, but Lucene query syntax is recommended" },
+          "limit": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 1,
+            "maximum": 100,
+            "default": 25
+          },
+          "cursor": { "type": "string", "description": "optional pagination mechanism; may not necessarily allow scrolling through entire result set" }
+        }
+      },
+      "output": {
+        "encoding": "application/json",
+        "schema": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "required": ["posts"],
+          "properties": {
+            "cursor": { "type": "string" },
+            "hits_total": { "type": "integer", "description": "count of search hits. optional, may be rounded/truncated, and may not be possible to paginate through all hits" },
+            "posts": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "format": "at-uri"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "errors": [{ "name": "BadQueryString" }]
+    }
+  }
+}