public-inbox-learn | 10 ++++++++++
 public-inbox-mda   | 17 +++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/public-inbox-learn b/public-inbox-learn
index d3a05abe4cfcb1e17d7d37532343dd756d336961..7f525f558f5d17b26b2c21742bab48631b984a08 100755
--- a/public-inbox-learn
+++ b/public-inbox-learn
@@ -76,5 +76,15 @@ 	}
 	if (!run([qw(spamc -L), $train], \$in, @output)) {
 		$err = 1;
 	}
+
+	$err or eval {
+		require PublicInbox::Search;
+		require PublicInbox::GitCatFile;
+		my $git = PublicInbox::GitCatFile->new($git_dir);
+		umask 0022; # XXX FIXME use git config core.sharedRepository
+		my $s = PublicInbox::Search->new($git_dir, 1);
+		$s->index_sync($git);
+	};
 }
+
 exit $err;
diff --git a/public-inbox-mda b/public-inbox-mda
index 4348cb244510113a2cb40d0ca8e5eac0e9be13cb..46a24a14b8df80ab9b084e784a78deedc0bda2d9 100755
--- a/public-inbox-mda
+++ b/public-inbox-mda
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ 			$filter->simple($msg);
 
 			my ($name, $email, $date) =
 					PublicInbox::MDA->author_info($msg);
+
+			END {
+				search_index_sync($main_repo) if ($? == 0);
+			};
+
 			local $ENV{GIT_AUTHOR_NAME} = $name;
 			local $ENV{GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL} = $email;
 			local $ENV{GIT_AUTHOR_DATE} = $date;
@@ -79,3 +84,15 @@ 	};
 
 	return ($@ || $? || !defined($$out) || length($$out) == 0) ? 0 : 1;
 }
+
+sub search_index_sync {
+	my ($git_dir) = @_;
+	eval {
+		require PublicInbox::Search;
+		require PublicInbox::GitCatFile;
+		my $git = PublicInbox::GitCatFile->new($git_dir);
+		umask 0022; # XXX FIXME use git config core.sharedRepository
+		my $s = PublicInbox::Search->new($git_dir, 1);
+		$s->index_sync($git);
+	};
+}