Help Needed: Paged Query Converted to Custom Query

I need assistance on how to exactly utilize the features of a filter paged query in a custom query.

I was able to figure out how to use Limit properly, but I am at a loss as to how to use Filter, Offset, Sort, and Dir.

Server Actions
Filter, Offset, Sort, and Dir are listed in the Global $_GET.
I have added them in the parameters in the custom query.
I was not able to test them because I do not know what the test values should be.

App Structure
Filter, Offset, Sort, and Dir are listed in the Input Parameters of the Server Connect. The Offset, Sort, and Dir values are empty. Filter has a value of the text search field on the page.

Any assistance would greatly be appreciated.