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+from tiled.queries import Comparison, Eq, Key, Like, NotEq, Regex
+from pprint import pprint
+
+
+def get_parent_directory(catalog):
+    """
+    Helper function to extract the parent directory from the catalog.
+    This function iterates through the documents in the catalog until it finds a resource document.
+    It is assuming that, sometimes, scans are aborted and a resource document might not be present in the catalog.
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    catalog : tiled.client.Catalog
+        The tiled catalog to extract the parent directory from.
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        The parent directory path extracted from the catalog.
+    """
+
+    for v in catalog.values():
+        docs = [*v.documents()]
+        for doc_tuple in docs:
+            if doc_tuple[0] == "resource":
+                before, match, _ = doc_tuple[1]["root"].partition("proposals")
+                parent_directory = before + match
+                return parent_directory
+
+
+def find_proposals(client, pi_name, cycle=None, optional_queries=None, show_title=True):
+    """
+    Find proposals for a given PI name and optionally filter by cycle.
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    client : tiled.client.Client
+        The tiled client to use for querying the data.
+    pi_name : str
+        The full or partial (First or Last) name of the principal investigator (PI) to search for.
+    cycle : str, optional
+        The cycle to filter proposals by.
+    optional_queries : dict, optional
+        Additional query parameters to filter proposals based on specific keys and values in the start document.
+        If the value is a string, it will be treated as an exact match.
+        If the value is a number, include the operator in the value as a tuple, for example:
+        {"start.exposure_time": (">", 10)}. Supported operators are "==", "!=", ">", "<", ">=", and "<=".
+    show_title : bool, optional
+        Whether to display the title of the proposals.
+
+    Example
+    --------
+    >>> find_proposals(
+            tiled_reading_client,
+            "Smith",
+            cycle="2026-1",
+            optional_queries={"exposure_time": (">", 10)},
+            show_title=True,
+        )
+    """
+
+    operation_mapping = {
+        ">": "gt",
+        "<": "lt",
+        ">=": "ge",
+        "<=": "le",
+    }
+
+    sql_prefix = "start." if client.is_sql else ""
+
+    if client.is_sql:
+        results = client.search(Like(f"{sql_prefix}proposal.pi_name", f"%{pi_name}%"))
+    else:
+        results = client.search(Regex("proposal.pi_name", f"{pi_name}"))
+    if cycle is not None:
+        results = results.search(Key("cycle") == cycle)
+    if optional_queries is not None:
+        for key, value in optional_queries.items():
+            if isinstance(value, str):
+                results = results.search(Key(key) == value)
+            elif isinstance(value, tuple) and len(value) == 2:
+                operator, operand = value
+                if operator == "==":
+                    results = results.search(Eq(key, operand))
+                elif operator == "!=":
+                    results = results.search(NotEq(key, operand))
+                elif operator in operation_mapping:
+                    results = results.search(
+                        Comparison(operation_mapping[operator], key, operand)
+                    )
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Unsupported operator '{operator}' in optional_queries."
+                    )
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Invalid value for optional_query key '{key}': {value}"
+                )
+
+    proposal_distinct = results.distinct(
+        f"{sql_prefix}proposal.proposal_id", counts=True
+    )
+
+    proposal_info = {}
+    if len(proposal_distinct["metadata"]) > 0:
+        for item in proposal_distinct["metadata"]["start.proposal.proposal_id"]:
+            if item["count"] > 0:
+                proposal_results = results.search(
+                    Key("proposal.proposal_id") == item["value"]
+                )
+                scan_single = proposal_results.values().first()
+                parent_path = get_parent_directory(proposal_results)
+
+                proposal_info[item["value"]] = {
+                    "pi_name": scan_single.start["proposal"]["pi_name"]
+                }
+                if cycle is not None:
+                    proposal_info[item["value"]]["proposal_info"] = {
+                        "cycle": cycle,
+                        "total": item["count"],
+                        "path": f"{parent_path}/{cycle}/pass-{item['value']}/",
+                    }
+                else:
+                    cycle_distinct = proposal_results.distinct(
+                        f"{sql_prefix}cycle", counts=True
+                    )
+                    proposal_info[item["value"]]["proposal_info"] = [
+                        {
+                            "cycle": elem["value"],
+                            "total": elem["count"],
+                            "path": f"{parent_path}/{elem['value']}/pass-{item['value']}/",
+                        }
+                        for elem in cycle_distinct["metadata"]["start.cycle"]
+                    ]
+
+                if show_title:
+                    proposal_info[item["value"]]["title"] = scan_single.start[
+                        "proposal"
+                    ]["title"]
+
+    pprint(proposal_info)