diff --git a/src/search/flowr-search-builder.ts b/src/search/flowr-search-builder.ts
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+import type { NodeId } from '../r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/processing/node-id';
+import type {
+	FlowrSearchElement,
+	FlowrSearchElements,
+	FlowrSearchGeneratorNode, FlowrSearchGetFilters,
+	FlowrSearchInput, FlowrSearchTransformerNode
+} from './flowr-search';
+import type { Pipeline } from '../core/steps/pipeline/pipeline';
+import type { FlowrFilterExpression } from './flowr-search-filters';
+import type { NoInfo } from '../r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/model';
+
+
+export type FlowrGenerator<P extends Pipeline> = Record<string, (input: FlowrSearchInput<P>) => FlowrSearchElements>
+
+export const FlowrSearchGenerator = {
+	all(): FlowrSearchBuilder<NoInfo> {
+		return new FlowrSearchBuilder({ type: 'generator', name: 'all', args: undefined });
+	},
+	/**
+	 * TODO TODO TODO
+	 */
+	get(filter: FlowrSearchGetFilters): FlowrSearchBuilder<NoInfo> {
+		return new FlowrSearchBuilder({ type: 'generator', name: 'get', args: filter });
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Short form of {@link get} with only the
+	 * {@link FlowrSearchGetFilters#line|line} and {@link FlowrSearchGetFilters#column|column} filters:
+	 * `get({line, column})`.
+	 */
+	loc(line?: number, column?: number) {
+		return FlowrSearchGenerator.get({ line, column });
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Short form of {@link get} with only the {@link FlowrSearchGetFilters#name|name} filter:
+	 * `get({name})`.
+	 */
+	var(name: string) {
+		return FlowrSearchGenerator.get({ name });
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Short form of {@link get} with only the {@link FlowrSearchGetFilters#id|id} filter:
+	 * `get({id})`.
+	 */
+	id(id: NodeId) {
+		return FlowrSearchGenerator.get({ id });
+	}
+} as const;
+
+export type FlowrSearchBuilderType<Info = NoInfo, ElementType = FlowrSearchElements<Info, FlowrSearchElement<Info>[]>> = FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, ElementType>;
+
+class FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, ElementType = FlowrSearchElements<Info, FlowrSearchElement<Info>[]>> {
+	private generator: FlowrSearchGeneratorNode;
+	private search:    FlowrSearchTransformerNode[] = [];
+
+	constructor(generator: FlowrSearchGeneratorNode) {
+		this.generator = generator;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * TODO
+	 *
+	 * As filter does not change the type of any contained elements, we can return the same type for type safety checks.
+	 */
+	filter(filter: FlowrFilterExpression): this {
+		this.search.push({ type: 'transformer', name: 'filter', args: { filter: filter } });
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * first either returns the first element of the search or nothing, if no elements are present.
+	 */
+	first(): FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, [FlowrSearchElement<Info>] | []> {
+		this.search.push({ type: 'transformer', name: 'first', args: undefined });
+		return this as unknown as FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, [FlowrSearchElement<Info>] | []>;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * last either returns the last element of the search or nothing, if no elements are present.
+	 */
+	last(): FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, [FlowrSearchElement<Info>] | []> {
+		this.search.push({ type: 'transformer', name: 'last', args: undefined });
+		return this as unknown as FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, [FlowrSearchElement<Info>] | []>;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * index returns the element at the given index if it exists
+	 */
+	index(index: number): FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, [FlowrSearchElement<Info>] | []> {
+		this.search.push({ type: 'transformer', name: 'index', args: { index } });
+		return this as unknown as FlowrSearchBuilder<Info, [FlowrSearchElement<Info>] | []>;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * tail returns all elements of the search except the first one.
+	 */
+	tail(): this {
+		this.search.push({ type: 'transformer', name: 'tail', args: undefined });
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * take returns the first `count` elements of the search.
+	 */
+	take(count: number): this {
+		this.search.push({ type: 'transformer', name: 'take', args: { count } });
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * skip returns all elements of the search except the first `count` ones.
+	 */
+	skip(count: number): this {
+		this.search.push({ type: 'transformer', name: 'skip', args: { count } });
+		return this;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/search/flowr-search-executor.ts b/src/search/flowr-search-executor.ts
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diff --git a/src/search/flowr-search-filters.ts b/src/search/flowr-search-filters.ts
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+
+
+import type { RType } from '../r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/type';
+import type { VertexType } from '../dataflow/graph/vertex';
+
+export type FlowrFilterName = keyof typeof FlowrFilters;
+
+export enum FlowrFilter {
+
+}
+
+export const FlowrFilters = {
+
+} as const;
+
+
+type ValidFilterTypes = FlowrFilterName | RType | VertexType;
+/**
+ * By default, we provide filter for every {@link RType} and {@link VertexType}.
+ */
+export type FlowrFilterExpression = FlowrFilterCombinator | ValidFilterTypes;
+
+interface BooleanBinaryNode<Composite> {
+	readonly type:  'and' | 'or' | 'xor';
+	readonly left:  Composite;
+	readonly right: Composite;
+}
+interface BooleanUnaryNode<Composite> {
+	readonly type:    'not';
+	readonly operand: Composite;
+}
+
+type Leaf = ValidFilterTypes;
+
+type BooleanNode = BooleanBinaryNode<BooleanNode>
+	| BooleanUnaryNode<BooleanNode>
+	| Leaf;
+
+
+type BooleanNodeOrCombinator = BooleanNode | FlowrFilterCombinator
+
+export class FlowrFilterCombinator {
+	private tree: BooleanNode;
+
+	protected constructor(init: BooleanNodeOrCombinator) {
+		this.tree = this.unpack(init);
+	}
+
+	public static is(value: BooleanNodeOrCombinator): FlowrFilterCombinator {
+		return new this(value);
+	}
+
+	public and(right: BooleanNodeOrCombinator): this {
+		this.tree = {
+			type:  'and',
+			left:  this.tree,
+			right: this.unpack(right)
+		};
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	public or(right: BooleanNodeOrCombinator): this {
+		this.tree = {
+			type:  'or',
+			left:  this.tree,
+			right: this.unpack(right)
+		};
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	public xor(right: BooleanNodeOrCombinator): this {
+		this.tree = {
+			type:  'xor',
+			left:  this.tree,
+			right: this.unpack(right)
+		};
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	public not(): this {
+		this.tree = {
+			type:    'not',
+			operand: this.tree
+		};
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	private unpack(val: BooleanNodeOrCombinator): BooleanNode {
+		return val instanceof FlowrFilterCombinator ? val.tree : val;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/search/flowr-search.ts b/src/search/flowr-search.ts
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+import type { NoInfo, RNode } from '../r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/model';
+import type { Pipeline, PipelineOutput, PipelineStepOutputWithName } from '../core/steps/pipeline/pipeline';
+import type { NormalizedAst } from '../r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/processing/decorate';
+import type { NodeId } from '../r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/processing/node-id';
+import type { FlowrFilterExpression } from './flowr-search-filters';
+import type { DataflowGraph } from '../dataflow/graph/graph';
+
+export interface FlowrSearchElement<Info> {
+    readonly node: RNode<Info>;
+}
+
+export interface FlowrSearchNodeBase<Type extends string, Name extends string, Args extends Record<string, unknown> | undefined> {
+    readonly type: Type;
+    readonly name: Name;
+    readonly args: Args;
+}
+
+/* Input extends FlowrSearchElements<Info>, Output extends FlowrSearchElements<Info> = Input */
+export type FlowrSearchGeneratorNodeBase<Name extends string, Args extends Record<string, unknown> | undefined> = FlowrSearchNodeBase<'generator', Name, Args>;
+export type FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<Name extends string, Args extends Record<string, unknown> | undefined> = FlowrSearchNodeBase<'transformer', Name, Args>;
+
+export interface FlowrSearchGetFilters extends Record<string, unknown> {
+    readonly line?:   number;
+    readonly column?: number;
+    readonly name?:   string;
+    readonly id?:     NodeId;
+}
+
+export type FlowrSearchGeneratorNode = FlowrSearchGeneratorNodeBase<'all', undefined>
+    | FlowrSearchGeneratorNodeBase<'get', FlowrSearchGetFilters>
+
+export type FlowrSearchTransformerNode = FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<'first', undefined>
+    | FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<'last', undefined>
+    | FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<'index', { index: number }>
+    | FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<'tail', undefined>
+    | FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<'take', { count: number }>
+    | FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<'skip', { count: number }>
+    | FlowrSearchTransformerNodeBase<'filter', {
+        filter: FlowrFilterExpression;
+    }>
+
+type MinimumInputForFlowrSearch<P extends Pipeline> =
+    PipelineStepOutputWithName<P, 'normalize'> extends NormalizedAst ? (
+        PipelineStepOutputWithName<P, 'dataflow'> extends DataflowGraph ? PipelineOutput<P>
+            : never
+    ): never
+
+/** we allow any pipeline, which provides us with a 'normalize' and 'dataflow' step */
+export type FlowrSearchInput<
+    P extends Pipeline
+> = MinimumInputForFlowrSearch<P>
+
+/** Intentionally, we abstract away from an array to avoid the use of conventional typescript operations */
+export class FlowrSearchElements<Info = NoInfo, Elements extends FlowrSearchElement<Info>[] = FlowrSearchElement<Info>[]> {
+	private readonly elements: Elements = [] as unknown as Elements;
+
+	public add(this: FlowrSearchElements<Info, Elements>, element: FlowrSearchElement<Info>): FlowrSearchElements<Info, FlowrSearchElement<Info>[]> {
+		this.elements.push(element);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	public getElements(): readonly FlowrSearchElement<Info>[] {
+		return this.elements;
+	}
+	/* TODO: conventional operations */
+}
+
+/* TODO: differentiate generators, transformer, and terminators */
+
+
diff --git a/test/functionality/search/playground.test.ts b/test/functionality/search/playground.test.ts
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+import { describe, test } from 'vitest';
+import type { FlowrSearchBuilderType } from '../../../src/search/flowr-search-builder';
+import { FlowrSearchGenerator as Q } from '../../../src/search/flowr-search-builder';
+import { RType } from '../../../src/r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/type';
+import { VertexType } from '../../../src/dataflow/graph/vertex';
+import { FlowrFilterCombinator as F } from '../../../src/search/flowr-search-filters';
+
+describe('flowR Search (playground)', () => {
+	function print(search: FlowrSearchBuilderType) {
+		console.log(JSON.stringify(search, null, 2));
+	}
+	test('poor mans testing', () => {
+		print(Q.all().filter(RType.Comment));
+		print(Q.get({ line: 3, name: 'x' }).filter(
+			F.is(VertexType.Use).or(RType.Number)
+		).first());
+	});
+});