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 ## Media archive follow-ups
 
-1. **Title work in its own lane.** Title resolution talks straight to `youtube.com/oembed`
+1. **Wildcard title search.** Support `*` in the title field: a leading `*` means substring anywhere
+   (`*car` finds *scar*, *discard*), `c*r` matches inside a word, and a plain token keeps today's
+   word-prefix rule. Map `*` to SQL `%`, escape literal `%`/`_` in the input, drop the word-boundary
+   anchor for tokens that start with `*`, and document it in the Advanced drawer hint.
+
+2. **Title work in its own lane.** Title resolution talks straight to `youtube.com/oembed`
    (daemon fetch; no Discord API, no bot account), but it currently shares the media-traffic lock
    and the preview batch pacing, so it serializes behind walks and previews. Move it to its own
    lane: skip the media-traffic lock, give it its own pacing/concurrency settings, and handle