diff --git a/src/app/api/search/user/route.ts b/src/app/api/search/user/route.ts
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+import { auth } from '@/auth';
+import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
+import { searchUserSchema, searchUserResponseSchema } from './validation';
+import {
+  returnZodTypeCheckedResponse,
+  userAuthenticated,
+} from '@/lib/apiHelpers';
+import {
+  ErrorResponseSchema,
+  ZodErrorResponseSchema,
+} from '@/app/api/validation';
+
+export const GET = auth(async function GET(req) {
+  const authCheck = userAuthenticated(req);
+  if (!authCheck.continue)
+    return returnZodTypeCheckedResponse(
+      ErrorResponseSchema,
+      authCheck.response,
+      authCheck.metadata,
+    );
+
+  const dataRaw = Object.fromEntries(new URL(req.url).searchParams);
+  const data = await searchUserSchema.safeParseAsync(dataRaw);
+  if (!data.success)
+    return returnZodTypeCheckedResponse(
+      ZodErrorResponseSchema,
+      {
+        success: false,
+        message: 'Invalid request data',
+        errors: data.error.issues,
+      },
+      { status: 400 },
+    );
+  const { query, count, page, sort_by, sort_order } = data.data;
+
+  const dbUsers = await prisma.user.findMany({
+    where: {
+      OR: [
+        { name: { contains: query } },
+        { first_name: { contains: query } },
+        { last_name: { contains: query } },
+      ],
+    },
+    orderBy: {
+      [sort_by]: sort_order,
+    },
+    skip: (page - 1) * count,
+    take: count,
+    select: {
+      id: true,
+      name: true,
+      first_name: true,
+      last_name: true,
+      timezone: true,
+      image: true,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const userCount = await prisma.user.count({
+    where: {
+      OR: [
+        { name: { contains: query } },
+        { first_name: { contains: query } },
+        { last_name: { contains: query } },
+      ],
+    },
+  });
+
+  return returnZodTypeCheckedResponse(
+    searchUserResponseSchema,
+    {
+      success: true,
+      users: dbUsers,
+      total_count: userCount,
+      total_pages: Math.ceil(userCount / count),
+    },
+    { status: 200 },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/app/api/search/user/swagger.ts b/src/app/api/search/user/swagger.ts
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+import { OpenAPIRegistry } from '@asteasolutions/zod-to-openapi';
+import { searchUserResponseSchema, searchUserSchema } from './validation';
+import {
+  invalidRequestDataResponse,
+  notAuthenticatedResponse,
+  serverReturnedDataValidationErrorResponse,
+  userNotFoundResponse,
+} from '@/lib/defaultApiResponses';
+
+export default function registerSwaggerPaths(registry: OpenAPIRegistry) {
+  registry.registerPath({
+    method: 'get',
+    path: '/api/search/user',
+    request: {
+      query: searchUserSchema,
+    },
+    responses: {
+      200: {
+        description: 'User search results',
+        content: {
+          'application/json': {
+            schema: searchUserResponseSchema,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      ...invalidRequestDataResponse,
+      ...notAuthenticatedResponse,
+      ...userNotFoundResponse,
+      ...serverReturnedDataValidationErrorResponse,
+    },
+    tags: ['Search'],
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/api/search/user/validation.ts b/src/app/api/search/user/validation.ts
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+import zod from 'zod/v4';
+import { PublicUserSchema } from '../../user/validation';
+
+export const searchUserSchema = zod.object({
+  query: zod.string().optional().default(''),
+  count: zod.coerce.number().min(1).max(100).default(10),
+  page: zod.coerce.number().min(1).default(1),
+  sort_by: zod
+    .enum(['created_at', 'name', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'id'])
+    .optional()
+    .default('created_at'),
+  sort_order: zod.enum(['asc', 'desc']).optional().default('desc'),
+});
+
+export const searchUserResponseSchema = zod.object({
+  success: zod.boolean(),
+  users: zod.array(PublicUserSchema),
+  total_count: zod.number(),
+  total_pages: zod.number(),
+});