diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index c3ff5e32d..b14aab1f1 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "langsmith",
-  "version": "0.1.50",
+  "version": "0.1.51",
   "description": "Client library to connect to the LangSmith LLM Tracing and Evaluation Platform.",
   "packageManager": "yarn@1.22.19",
   "files": [
@@ -276,4 +276,4 @@
     },
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/js/src/client.ts b/js/src/client.ts
index 4d7538bda..49e182fc9 100644
--- a/js/src/client.ts
+++ b/js/src/client.ts
@@ -2226,6 +2226,13 @@ export class Client {
    *                    similar examples in order of most similar to least similar. If no similar
    *                    examples are found, random examples will be returned.
    *
+   * @param filter      A filter string to apply to the search. Only examples will be returned that
+   *                    match the filter string. Some examples of filters
+   *
+   *                    - eq(metadata.mykey, "value")
+   *                    - and(neq(metadata.my.nested.key, "value"), neq(metadata.mykey, "value"))
+   *                    - or(eq(metadata.mykey, "value"), eq(metadata.mykey, "othervalue"))
+   *
    * @returns           A list of similar examples.
    *
    *
@@ -2238,13 +2245,22 @@ export class Client {
   public async similarExamples(
     inputs: KVMap,
     datasetId: string,
-    limit: number
+    limit: number,
+    {
+      filter,
+    }: {
+      filter?: string;
+    } = {}
   ): Promise<ExampleSearch[]> {
-    const data = {
+    const data: KVMap = {
       limit: limit,
       inputs: inputs,
     };
 
+    if (filter !== undefined) {
+      data["filter"] = filter;
+    }
+
     assertUuid(datasetId);
     const response = await this.caller.call(
       fetch,
diff --git a/js/src/index.ts b/js/src/index.ts
index bccaa0015..d55ae6a07 100644
--- a/js/src/index.ts
+++ b/js/src/index.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ export type {
 export { RunTree, type RunTreeConfig } from "./run_trees.js";
 
 // Update using yarn bump-version
-export const __version__ = "0.1.50";
+export const __version__ = "0.1.51";
diff --git a/js/src/tests/few_shot.int.test.ts b/js/src/tests/few_shot.int.test.ts
index cc43b3829..484e5a391 100644
--- a/js/src/tests/few_shot.int.test.ts
+++ b/js/src/tests/few_shot.int.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 
 const TESTING_DATASET_NAME = `test_dataset_few_shot_js_${uuidv4()}`;
 
-test("evaluate can evaluate", async () => {
+test("few shot search", async () => {
   const client = new Client();
 
   const schema: KVMap = {
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ test("evaluate can evaluate", async () => {
   const res = await client.createExamples({
     inputs: [{ name: "foo" }, { name: "bar" }],
     outputs: [{ output: 2 }, { output: 3 }],
+    metadata: [{ somekey: "somevalue" }, { somekey: "someothervalue" }],
     datasetName: TESTING_DATASET_NAME,
   });
   if (res.length !== 2) {
@@ -62,4 +63,16 @@ test("evaluate can evaluate", async () => {
   expect(examples.length).toBe(2);
   expect(examples[0].inputs).toEqual({ name: "foo" });
   expect(examples[1].inputs).toEqual({ name: "bar" });
+
+  const filtered_examples = await client.similarExamples(
+    { name: "foo" },
+    dataset.id,
+    1,
+    {
+      filter: "eq(metadata.somekey, 'somevalue')",
+    }
+  );
+
+  expect(filtered_examples.length).toBe(1);
+  expect(filtered_examples[0].inputs).toEqual({ name: "foo" });
 });