diff --git a/src/db/repos.test.ts b/src/db/repos.test.ts
index 6509d26..9c6de31 100644
--- a/src/db/repos.test.ts
+++ b/src/db/repos.test.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,18 @@ describe("repos", () => {
     expect(results[0]!.name).toBe("open-todos");
   });
 
+  it("treats punctuation in repo search queries as literal text", () => {
+    upsertRepo({
+      path: "/tmp/repo-project-familiarization",
+      name: "repo-project-familiarization",
+      description: "repository familiarization",
+    });
+
+    expect(searchRepos("repo-project-familiarization").map((repo) => repo.name))
+      .toEqual(["repo-project-familiarization"]);
+    expect(searchRepos("missing-repo-project-familiarization")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it("sanitizes contaminated direct rows at list, get, FTS search, and unified search outputs", () => {
     const unsafe = `https://${["member", "phrase"].join(":")}@git.example.test/team/tool.git?query=marker#fragment`;
     db.query("INSERT INTO repos (path, name, remote_url) VALUES ('/tmp/unsafe', 'unsafeoutput', ?)").run(unsafe);
@@ -400,6 +412,53 @@ describe("pull requests", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("FTS query escaping", () => {
+  it("treats embedded double quotes as literal input across search surfaces", () => {
+    const repo = upsertRepo({
+      path: "/tmp/quoted-search",
+      name: "quoted-search",
+      description: 'handle "quoted" repository search',
+    });
+    bulkInsertCommits([
+      {
+        repo_id: repo.id,
+        sha: "quoted-commit",
+        author_name: "Test",
+        author_email: "test@test.com",
+        date: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+        message: 'handle "quoted" commit search',
+        files_changed: 1,
+        insertions: 1,
+        deletions: 0,
+      },
+    ]);
+    bulkInsertPullRequests([
+      {
+        repo_id: repo.id,
+        number: 42,
+        title: 'handle "quoted" pull request search',
+        state: "open",
+        author: "test",
+        created_at: "2026-01-01",
+        updated_at: null,
+        merged_at: null,
+        closed_at: null,
+        url: "",
+        base_branch: "main",
+        head_branch: "quoted-search",
+        additions: 1,
+        deletions: 0,
+        changed_files: 1,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const query = 'handle "quoted"';
+    expect(searchRepos(query).map((result) => result.name)).toEqual(["quoted-search"]);
+    expect(searchCommits(query).map((result) => result.sha)).toEqual(["quoted-commit"]);
+    expect(searchPullRequests(query).map((result) => result.number)).toEqual([42]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("unified search", () => {
   it("should search across entities", () => {
     const repo = upsertRepo({ path: "/tmp/test-platform", name: "test-platform", description: "platform for testing" });
diff --git a/src/db/repos.ts b/src/db/repos.ts
index e7cac00..b0cfe02 100644
--- a/src/db/repos.ts
+++ b/src/db/repos.ts
@@ -403,11 +403,20 @@ export function deleteRepo(id: number): boolean {
   return result.changes > 0;
 }
 
+function buildFtsQuery(query: string): string {
+  return query
+    .trim()
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .map((term) => `"${term.replaceAll('"', '""')}"`)
+    .join(" ");
+}
+
 export function searchRepos(query: string, limit = 20): Repo[] {
   const db = getDb();
   const ids = db
     .query("SELECT rowid FROM fts_repos WHERE fts_repos MATCH ? LIMIT ?")
-    .all(query, limit) as { rowid: number }[];
+    .all(buildFtsQuery(query), limit) as { rowid: number }[];
   if (ids.length === 0) return [];
   const placeholders = ids.map(() => "?").join(",");
   return (db.query(`SELECT * FROM repos WHERE id IN (${placeholders})`).all(...ids.map((r) => r.rowid)) as Repo[])
@@ -460,7 +469,7 @@ export function searchCommits(query: string, limit = 20): Array<Commit & { repo_
     WHERE fts_commits MATCH ?
     ORDER BY c.date DESC
     LIMIT ?
-  `).all(query, limit) as Array<Commit & { repo_name: string; repo_path: string }>;
+  `).all(buildFtsQuery(query), limit) as Array<Commit & { repo_name: string; repo_path: string }>;
 }
 
 // ── Branches ──
@@ -927,7 +936,7 @@ export function searchPullRequests(query: string, limit = 20): Array<PullRequest
     WHERE fts_prs MATCH ?
     ORDER BY pr.created_at DESC
     LIMIT ?
-  `).all(query, limit) as Array<PullRequest & { repo_name: string }>;
+  `).all(buildFtsQuery(query), limit) as Array<PullRequest & { repo_name: string }>;
 }
 
 // ── Unified Search ──