diff --git a/react-compiler.config.js b/react-compiler.config.js
index 8f1ee6021..394e9692f 100644
--- a/react-compiler.config.js
+++ b/react-compiler.config.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export const REACT_COMPILER_ENABLED_DIRS = [
   "src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowControls/StackingControls.tsx",
   "src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/FlexNode",
   "src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/TaskNode/ArgumentsEditor/DynamicDataDropdown.tsx",
+  "src/components/shared/HighlightText.tsx",
 
   // 11-20 useCallback/useMemo
   // "src/components/ui",                         // 12
diff --git a/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineRow.tsx b/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineRow.tsx
index 960cdde03..8aab64abe 100644
--- a/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineRow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineRow.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ import { useNavigate } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 import { type MouseEvent } from "react";
 
 import { ConfirmationDialog } from "@/components/shared/Dialogs";
+import { HighlightText } from "@/components/shared/HighlightText";
 import { PipelineRunInfoCondensed } from "@/components/shared/PipelineRunDisplay/PipelineRunInfoCondensed";
 import { PipelineRunsList } from "@/components/shared/PipelineRunDisplay/PipelineRunsList";
 import { usePipelineRuns } from "@/components/shared/PipelineRunDisplay/usePipelineRuns";
 import { withSuspenseWrapper } from "@/components/shared/SuspenseWrapper";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Checkbox } from "@/components/ui/checkbox";
 import { Icon } from "@/components/ui/icon";
+import { BlockStack, InlineStack } from "@/components/ui/layout";
 import {
   Popover,
   PopoverContent,
@@ -22,6 +25,8 @@ import { deletePipeline } from "@/services/pipelineService";
 import type { ComponentReferenceWithSpec } from "@/utils/componentStore";
 import { formatDate } from "@/utils/date";
 
+import type { MatchedField } from "./usePipelineFilters";
+
 interface PipelineRowProps {
   url?: string;
   componentRef?: ComponentReferenceWithSpec;
@@ -30,6 +35,10 @@ interface PipelineRowProps {
   onDelete?: () => void;
   isSelected?: boolean;
   onSelect?: (checked: boolean) => void;
+  searchQuery?: string;
+  matchedFields?: MatchedField[];
+  componentQuery?: string;
+  matchedComponentNames?: string[];
 }
 
 const PipelineRow = withSuspenseWrapper(
@@ -39,6 +48,10 @@ const PipelineRow = withSuspenseWrapper(
     onDelete,
     isSelected = false,
     onSelect,
+    searchQuery,
+    matchedFields,
+    componentQuery,
+    matchedComponentNames,
   }: PipelineRowProps) => {
     const navigate = useNavigate();
 
@@ -90,7 +103,17 @@ const PipelineRow = withSuspenseWrapper(
           />
         </TableCell>
         <TableCell>
-          <Paragraph>{name}</Paragraph>
+          <BlockStack gap="0">
+            <Paragraph>
+              <HighlightText text={name ?? ""} query={searchQuery} />
+            </Paragraph>
+            <MatchBadges
+              matchedFields={matchedFields}
+              matchedComponentNames={matchedComponentNames}
+              searchQuery={searchQuery}
+              componentQuery={componentQuery}
+            />
+          </BlockStack>
         </TableCell>
         <TableCell>
           <Paragraph tone="subdued" size="xs">
@@ -193,6 +216,46 @@ const PipelineRunsButton = withSuspenseWrapper(
   },
 );
 
+function MatchBadges({
+  matchedFields,
+  matchedComponentNames,
+  searchQuery,
+  componentQuery,
+}: {
+  matchedFields?: MatchedField[];
+  matchedComponentNames?: string[];
+  searchQuery?: string;
+  componentQuery?: string;
+}) {
+  const hasFields = matchedFields && matchedFields.length > 0;
+  const hasComponents =
+    matchedComponentNames && matchedComponentNames.length > 0;
+
+  if (!hasFields && !hasComponents) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <InlineStack gap="1" className="mt-1" wrap="wrap">
+      {matchedFields?.map((field) => (
+        <Badge
+          key={field.label}
+          variant="secondary"
+          size="sm"
+          className="max-w-60 truncate"
+        >
+          {field.label}:{" "}
+          <HighlightText text={field.value} query={searchQuery} />
+        </Badge>
+      ))}
+      {matchedComponentNames?.map((compName) => (
+        <Badge key={compName} variant="secondary" size="sm">
+          <Icon name="File" size="xs" />
+          <HighlightText text={compName} query={componentQuery} />
+        </Badge>
+      ))}
+    </InlineStack>
+  );
+}
+
 function formatModificationTime(modificationTime: Date | undefined) {
   return modificationTime ? formatDate(modificationTime) : "N/A";
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineSection.tsx b/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineSection.tsx
index 34a2d0f88..10861a450 100644
--- a/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineSection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/PipelineSection.tsx
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export const PipelineSection = withSuspenseWrapper(() => {
               </TableCell>
             </TableRow>
           )}
-          {paginatedPipelines.map(([name, fileEntry]) => (
+          {paginatedPipelines.map(([name, fileEntry, matchMetadata]) => (
             <PipelineRow
               key={fileEntry.componentRef.digest}
               name={name}
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ export const PipelineSection = withSuspenseWrapper(() => {
               onDelete={fetchUserPipelines}
               isSelected={selectedPipelines.has(name)}
               onSelect={(checked) => handleSelectPipeline(name, checked)}
+              searchQuery={matchMetadata.searchQuery}
+              matchedFields={matchMetadata.matchedFields}
+              componentQuery={matchMetadata.componentQuery}
+              matchedComponentNames={matchMetadata.matchedComponentNames}
             />
           ))}
         </TableBody>
diff --git a/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/usePipelineFilters.ts b/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/usePipelineFilters.ts
index 78b6c6e53..decf2267f 100644
--- a/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/usePipelineFilters.ts
+++ b/src/components/Home/PipelineSection/usePipelineFilters.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,19 @@ import type { ComponentFileEntry } from "@/utils/componentStore";
 export type PipelineSortField = "modified_at" | "name";
 export type PipelineSortDirection = "asc" | "desc";
 
-type PipelineEntry = [string, ComponentFileEntry];
+export interface MatchedField {
+  label: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+interface PipelineMatchMetadata {
+  searchQuery: string;
+  matchedFields: MatchedField[];
+  componentQuery: string;
+  matchedComponentNames: string[];
+}
+
+type PipelineEntry = [string, ComponentFileEntry, PipelineMatchMetadata];
 
 export interface FilterBarProps {
   searchQuery: string;
@@ -64,6 +76,55 @@ function matchesSearch(
   );
 }
 
+function getMatchMetadata(
+  fileEntry: ComponentFileEntry,
+  searchQuery: string,
+  componentQuery: string,
+): PipelineMatchMetadata {
+  const matchedFields: MatchedField[] = [];
+  if (searchQuery) {
+    const q = searchQuery.toLowerCase();
+    const spec = fileEntry.componentRef.spec;
+    const desc = spec.description ?? "";
+    if (desc.toLowerCase().includes(q)) {
+      matchedFields.push({ label: "Description", value: desc });
+    }
+    const author = spec.metadata?.annotations?.author ?? "";
+    if (author.toLowerCase().includes(q)) {
+      matchedFields.push({ label: "Author", value: author });
+    }
+    const rawNotes = spec.metadata?.annotations?.["notes"];
+    const notes = typeof rawNotes === "string" ? rawNotes : "";
+    if (notes.toLowerCase().includes(q)) {
+      matchedFields.push({ label: "Note", value: notes });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const matchedComponentNames: string[] = [];
+  const impl = fileEntry.componentRef.spec.implementation;
+  if (componentQuery && isGraphImplementation(impl)) {
+    const normalizedQuery = componentQuery.toLowerCase();
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    for (const task of Object.values(impl.graph.tasks)) {
+      const refName = task.componentRef.name ?? "";
+      const specName = task.componentRef.spec?.name ?? "";
+      for (const name of [refName, specName]) {
+        if (!name || seen.has(name)) continue;
+        if (!name.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedQuery)) continue;
+        seen.add(name);
+        matchedComponentNames.push(name);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    searchQuery,
+    matchedFields,
+    componentQuery,
+    matchedComponentNames,
+  };
+}
+
 function matchesDateRange(
   fileEntry: ComponentFileEntry,
   dateRange: DateRange | undefined,
@@ -117,7 +178,14 @@ export function usePipelineFilters(pipelines: Map<string, ComponentFileEntry>) {
         (new Date(entryA.modificationTime).getTime() -
           new Date(entryB.modificationTime).getTime())
       );
-    });
+    })
+    .map(
+      ([name, fileEntry]): PipelineEntry => [
+        name,
+        fileEntry,
+        getMatchMetadata(fileEntry, searchQuery, componentQuery),
+      ],
+    );
 
   const filterKey = [
     searchQuery,
diff --git a/src/components/shared/HighlightText.tsx b/src/components/shared/HighlightText.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8babb2654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/shared/HighlightText.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+interface HighlightTextProps {
+  text: string;
+  query: string | undefined;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+function escapeRegex(str: string): string {
+  return str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
+export function HighlightText({ text, query, className }: HighlightTextProps) {
+  if (!query) return <span className={className}>{text}</span>;
+
+  const parts = text.split(new RegExp(`(${escapeRegex(query)})`, "gi"));
+
+  return (
+    <span className={className}>
+      {parts.map((part, i) =>
+        part.toLowerCase() === query.toLowerCase() ? (
+          <strong key={i}>{part}</strong>
+        ) : (
+          part
+        ),
+      )}
+    </span>
+  );
+}