CroQL Skill

Use this skill to turn natural-language filtering goals into valid Crowdin CroQL expressions.

Full documentation

• Crowdin Query Language (CroQL) docs

What to produce

When helping with CroQL, return:

1. A primary CroQL expression.
2. A short explanation of why it matches the request.
3. One optional stricter or broader variant if the request is ambiguous.

Quick workflow

1. Identify the data context:
   • Source strings
   • Language translations
   • TM segments
   • Glossary terms
2. Map user intent to CroQL fields and operators.
3. Build the query in small clauses and combine with and/or.
4. Validate likely pitfalls (wrong context field, missing language scope, unencoded query).
5. Provide the final query and ready-to-run endpoint sample.

Core syntax cheatsheet

• Comparison: =, !=, >, >=, <, <=, between ... and ..., contains
• Logic: and, or, xor, not
• Filtering collections: collection where (predicate)
• Counting: count of translations, count of comments where (...)
• Object member access: id of file, count of votes
• Mentions:
  • User: @user:"username"
  • Language: @language:"uk"

Context-aware query patterns

Pick fields that belong to the correct context. A frequent failure mode is using fields from a different context.

1) Source strings context

Common fields:

• text, identifier, context
• is hidden, is duplicate
• count of translations, count of comments, count of screenshots
• count of languages summary where (...)
• id of file, added, updated
• Enterprise fields filters:
  • count of fields where (name = "Priority" and value = "High") > 0

Examples:

• Hidden non-duplicates with translations:
  • is hidden and not is duplicate and count of translations > 0
• Source contains ABC, but translations do not:
  • text contains "ABC" and count of translations where (text contains "ABC") = 0
• At least one approval in any language:
  • count of languages summary where (approvalsCount >= 1) > 0

2) Translation context

Common fields:

• text, plural form, is pre translated, provider, user, updated
• Nested: count of votes where (is up), count of approvals where (...)

Example:

• By specific user or highly upvoted:
  • user = @user:"crowdin" or count of votes where (is up) >= 100

3) TM segment context

Common structure is record-based:

• count of records where (usageCount > 0) > 0
• count of records where (createdBy = @user:"crowdin") > 0

4) Glossary term context

Common fields:

• text, description, language, user, partOfSpeech, status, type, gender
• note, lemma, url, createdAt, updatedAt

Examples:

• Obsolete or not recommended:
  • status = "not_recommended" or status = "obsolete"
• English lemma:
  • lemma = "cancel" and language = @language:"en"

Advanced editor-style filters

These are frequent requests from users trying to mirror UI filters in API calls:

• Untranslated:
  • count of languages summary = 0
• Translated:
  • count of languages summary where (is translated) > 0
• Approved:
  • count of languages summary where (is approved) > 0
• Has QA issues:
  • count of languages summary where (has qa issues) > 0
• Duplicates only:
  • is duplicate

If target language matters, scope it explicitly:

• count of languages summary where (language = @language:"uk" and is translated) > 0

Query construction strategy

When a user request is underspecified:

1. Start with the strictest interpretation.
2. Offer one broader fallback query.
3. State what assumption changed (language scope, approval threshold, date range, etc.).

Example:

• Strict:
  • count of languages summary where (language = @language:"uk" and is translated and not is approved) > 0
• Broader:
  • count of languages summary where (is translated and not is approved) > 0

Common mistakes to prevent

• Mixing source-string fields with translation-only or glossary-only fields.
• Forgetting language scoping when reproducing Editor filters in API.
• Using raw (non-encoded) CroQL in request URLs.
• Missing parentheses in nested where clauses.
• Overusing or without grouping conditions.