Semantic Search

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{'name': 'Hybrid Search by Default', 'description': 'Pure vector search misses exact matches. Combine dense (vector) and\nsparse (BM25/keyword) retrieval with reciprocal rank fusion for\nproduction-ready search that handles both semantic and exact queries.\n'}
{'name': 'Chunking Determines Quality', 'description': 'Bad chunking = bad retrieval. Use semantic chunking that preserves\ncontext (200-300 words), keeps sections intact, and maintains\nhierarchical structure. Too small loses context, too large dilutes relevance.\n'}
{'name': 'Rerank for Precision', 'description': 'First-stage retrieval casts wide. Use cross-encoder rerankers\n(Cohere Rerank, Jina, Pinecone) as second stage to boost relevance\nby up to 48% before feeding to LLM.\n'}
{'name': 'Match Embedding to Use Case', 'description': 'Voyage-3 beats OpenAI on retrieval benchmarks by 9.74% average.\ntext-embedding-3-small is reliable and cheap ($0.02/1M tokens).\nUse specialized embeddings for code (Voyage-code) or multilingual.\n'}

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