diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/command-palette.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/command-palette.tsx
index ba55205076..2896f24179 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/command-palette.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/command-palette.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,117 @@ const sortSessionMatches = (matches: (SearchMatch & { type: "session" })[], sort
   });
 };
 
+const extractParticipantSnippet = async (sessionId: string, query: string) => {
+  try {
+    const participants = await dbCommands.sessionListParticipants(sessionId);
+    const matchingParticipants = participants.filter(p =>
+      (p.full_name && p.full_name.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()))
+      || (p.email && p.email.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()))
+    );
+
+    if (matchingParticipants.length > 0) {
+      const names = matchingParticipants
+        .map(p => p.full_name || p.email)
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .slice(0, 3); // Limit to 3 names
+
+      const nameText = names.join(", ");
+      const extraCount = matchingParticipants.length - names.length;
+
+      return extraCount > 0
+        ? `Meeting with ${nameText} and ${extraCount} other${extraCount > 1 ? "s" : ""}`
+        : `Meeting with ${nameText}`;
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error fetching participants:", error);
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
+// Create a separate component for session items
+function SessionItem({ match, query, onSelect }: {
+  match: SearchMatch & { type: "session" };
+  query: string;
+  onSelect: () => void;
+}) {
+  const [participantSnippet, setParticipantSnippet] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const titleMatches = (match.item.title || "").toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase());
+
+  // Try content snippets first
+  const contentSnippet = !titleMatches
+    ? (() => {
+      if (match.item.enhanced_memo_html) {
+        const enhancedSnippet = extractContentSnippet(match.item.enhanced_memo_html, query);
+        if (enhancedSnippet) {
+          return enhancedSnippet;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (match.item.raw_memo_html) {
+        return extractContentSnippet(match.item.raw_memo_html, query);
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    })()
+    : null;
+
+  // Fetch participant snippet only if no content snippet
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!titleMatches && !contentSnippet) {
+      extractParticipantSnippet(match.item.id, query).then(setParticipantSnippet);
+    } else {
+      setParticipantSnippet(null);
+    }
+  }, [match.item.id, query, titleMatches, contentSnippet]);
+
+  const snippet = contentSnippet
+    ? { type: "content" as const, text: contentSnippet }
+    : participantSnippet
+    ? { type: "participants" as const, text: participantSnippet }
+    : null;
+
+  const formatDate = (dateString: string) => {
+    return new Date(dateString).toLocaleDateString();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <CommandItem
+      key={`session-${match.item.id}`}
+      value={`session-${match.item.id}`}
+      className="flex items-start gap-3 py-3"
+      onSelect={onSelect}
+    >
+      <FileTextIcon className="h-4 w-4 text-neutral-500 mt-1" />
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-start flex-1">
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+          <span className="font-medium">
+            {highlightText(match.item.title || "Untitled Note", query)}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <span className="text-xs text-neutral-500 mt-1">
+          {formatDate(match.item.created_at)}
+        </span>
+        {snippet && (
+          <div
+            className={`text-xs mt-2 flex items-center gap-1 ${
+              snippet.type === "participants"
+                ? "text-neutral-900"
+                : "text-neutral-600"
+            }`}
+          >
+            {snippet.type === "participants" && <UserIcon className="h-3 w-3 flex-shrink-0" />}
+            <span className={snippet.type === "participants" ? "" : ""}>
+              {snippet.type === "participants"
+                ? snippet.text
+                : highlightText(snippet.text, query)}
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </CommandItem>
+  );
+}
+
 export function CommandPalette({ open, onOpenChange }: CommandPaletteProps) {
   const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const { userId } = useHypr();
@@ -262,41 +373,14 @@ export function CommandPalette({ open, onOpenChange }: CommandPaletteProps) {
           {/* Notes Section with content snippets */}
           {sessionMatches.length > 0 && (
             <CommandGroup heading="Notes">
-              {sortSessionMatches(sessionMatches, sortBy).map((match) => {
-                const titleMatches = (match.item.title || "").toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase());
-                const snippet = !titleMatches
-                  ? extractContentSnippet(
-                    match.item.enhanced_memo_html || match.item.raw_memo_html || "",
-                    query,
-                  )
-                  : null;
-
-                return (
-                  <CommandItem
-                    key={`session-${match.item.id}`}
-                    value={`session-${match.item.id}`}
-                    className="flex items-start gap-3 py-3"
-                    onSelect={() => handleSelectItem(match)}
-                  >
-                    <FileTextIcon className="h-4 w-4 text-neutral-500 mt-1" />
-                    <div className="flex flex-col items-start flex-1">
-                      <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                        <span className="font-medium">
-                          {highlightText(match.item.title || "Untitled Note", query)}
-                        </span>
-                      </div>
-                      <span className="text-xs text-neutral-500 mt-1">
-                        {formatDate(match.item.created_at)}
-                      </span>
-                      {snippet && (
-                        <div className="text-xs text-neutral-600 mt-2">
-                          {highlightText(snippet, query)}
-                        </div>
-                      )}
-                    </div>
-                  </CommandItem>
-                );
-              })}
+              {sortSessionMatches(sessionMatches, sortBy).map((match) => (
+                <SessionItem
+                  key={`session-${match.item.id}`}
+                  match={match}
+                  query={query}
+                  onSelect={() => handleSelectItem(match)}
+                />
+              ))}
             </CommandGroup>
           )}
 
diff --git a/crates/db-user/src/sessions_ops.rs b/crates/db-user/src/sessions_ops.rs
index 81be2a9067..11738fdaf5 100644
--- a/crates/db-user/src/sessions_ops.rs
+++ b/crates/db-user/src/sessions_ops.rs
@@ -122,21 +122,27 @@ impl UserDatabase {
                 specific: ListSessionFilterSpecific::Search { query },
             }) => {
                 conn.query(
-                    "SELECT * FROM sessions 
-                     WHERE user_id = ? AND (
-                       title LIKE ? OR 
-                       REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(enhanced_memo_html, '<', ' '), '>', ' '), '&nbsp;', ' ') LIKE ? OR
-                       REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(raw_memo_html, '<', ' '), '>', ' '), '&nbsp;', ' ') LIKE ?
+                    "SELECT DISTINCT s.* FROM sessions s
+                     LEFT JOIN session_participants sp ON s.id = sp.session_id
+                     LEFT JOIN humans h ON sp.human_id = h.id
+                     WHERE s.user_id = ? AND (
+                       s.title LIKE ? OR 
+                       REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(s.enhanced_memo_html, '<', ' '), '>', ' '), '&nbsp;', ' ') LIKE ? OR
+                       REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(s.raw_memo_html, '<', ' '), '>', ' '), '&nbsp;', ' ') LIKE ? OR
+                       h.full_name LIKE ? OR
+                       h.email LIKE ?
                      ) 
                      ORDER BY 
-                       CASE WHEN title LIKE ? THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,
-                       created_at DESC 
+                       CASE WHEN s.title LIKE ? THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,
+                       s.created_at DESC 
                      LIMIT ?",
                     vec![
                         user_id,
                         format!("%{}%", query),  // title search
                         format!("%{}%", query),  // enhanced_memo search (HTML stripped)
                         format!("%{}%", query),  // raw_memo search (HTML stripped)
+                        format!("%{}%", query),  // participant name search
+                        format!("%{}%", query),  // participant email search
                         format!("%{}%", query),  // title priority check
                         limit.unwrap_or(100).to_string(),
                     ],