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hyperguild/ingestion/internal/search/search.go
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feat(brain): hybrid BM25 + pgvector retrieval (opt-in)
Wires nomic-embed-text (iguana ollama) + pgvector on the shared
postgres18 into brain_query / brain_answer via Reciprocal Rank Fusion.
Pure BM25 stays the default; setting BRAIN_PG_DSN and BRAIN_EMBED_URL
together opts in. Setting one without the other is misconfiguration →
exit 1.

New packages:

- internal/embed
  Client.Embed(ctx, text) → []float32 via POST {URL}/api/embed.
  Defaults to nomic-embed-text:latest (768 dim). nil-on-empty-URL so
  callers gate on a single nil check.

- internal/vectorstore
  PGStore wraps a pgxpool against postgres18. Init creates
  brain_embeddings(path PK, vector(768), updated_at) + HNSW cosine
  index idempotently. Upsert / Delete / Search / KnownPaths.
  Sync(brainDir, store, embedder) diffs brain/wiki/ against the store
  and upserts new files / deletes removed ones; StartSync runs it on
  a ticker (default 300s). Integration tests gated by BRAIN_PG_TEST_DSN.

- scripts/brain-embeddings-init.sql
  One-time DBA setup: brain DB, brain_app role, vector extension,
  GRANTs. Idempotent.

Search layer:

- search.QueryOptions gains Vector + Embedder fields.
- QueryContext is the cancellable variant; Query stays for callers.
- When both are set, BM25 (top-N) and pgvector (top-4N) candidates
  merge via Reciprocal Rank Fusion (k=60, Cormack et al. 2009 — no
  tuning knob, robust to scale differences between rankers).
- Vector-only hits are hydrated from disk so callers see uniform
  Result records (path, title, excerpt, wing, hall, score).
- Wing/hall filters still apply to vector candidates via path-prefix.
- On embedder/vector errors the search falls back to BM25 — embedding
  outage degrades quality but doesn't take the brain offline.

MCP wiring:

- mcp.Server.WithHybridRetrieval(v, e) opt-in setter, same shape as
  WithReranker.
- brainQuery and brainAnswer pass the wired vector/embedder through
  to search.QueryContext.

REST:

- POST /backfill-embeddings drives Sync synchronously. Returns
  {added, deleted, errors[]}. 503 when feature is unconfigured.

cmd/server/main.go:

- BRAIN_PG_DSN + BRAIN_EMBED_URL together enable hybrid; one alone
  → exit 1.
- vectorAdapter bridges *PGStore (returns []Hit) to
  search.VectorSearcher (which takes []VectorHit) without either
  package importing the other.
- BRAIN_EMBED_SYNC_INTERVAL (default 300s) controls the background
  Sync ticker.

Backend pivot from Qdrant to pgvector recorded in DECISIONS.md
2026-05-18 (supersedes 2026-04-08): postgres18 already runs in
databases/ ns, Qdrant was never deployed, one engine beats two.

Dependency: github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 — modern, native pgvector via
parametric vector literals.

Tests:
- embed.Client: empty-URL nil, request shape, dimension, upstream
  error propagation, empty-text rejection.
- vectorstore.PGStore: dimension validation (unit); upsert/search/
  KnownPaths (integration, BRAIN_PG_TEST_DSN-gated).
- vectorstore.Sync: adds new files, skips known, deletes
  disappeared, skips _index.md, no-op when nil, collects embedder
  errors.
- search.Query: hybrid promotes vector-only hits via RRF; falls
  back to BM25 on embedder error.

Closes hyperguild#8.
2026-05-18 23:11:25 +02:00

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Go

// ingestion/internal/search/search.go
package search
import (
"bufio"
"context"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"sort"
"strings"
"github.com/mathiasbq/hyperguild/ingestion/internal/brain"
)
// VectorSearcher returns the top-limit nearest paths by cosine
// distance. The vectorstore package implements this against pgvector.
type VectorSearcher interface {
Search(ctx context.Context, query []float32, limit int) ([]VectorHit, error)
}
// VectorHit is a single path + distance pair from a vector search.
// Re-declared here (rather than imported) to keep search package
// free of vectorstore/embed deps and to make stubbing trivial in tests.
type VectorHit struct {
Path string
Distance float64
}
// Embedder turns a query string into a dense vector. The embed package
// implements this against Ollama's /api/embed.
type Embedder interface {
Embed(ctx context.Context, text string) ([]float32, error)
}
// Result is a single search hit from the brain wiki.
type Result struct {
Path string `json:"path"`
Title string `json:"title"`
Excerpt string `json:"excerpt"`
Score int `json:"score"`
Wing string `json:"wing,omitempty"`
Hall string `json:"hall,omitempty"`
}
// QueryOptions configures a search.
//
// When Wing is set, the walk is restricted to brain/wiki/<wing>/.
// When Hall is additionally set, the walk is restricted to
// brain/wiki/<wing>/<hall>/. Without either, the legacy walk over
// brain/knowledge/ and brain/wiki/ is used.
//
// When both Vector and Embedder are non-nil, results are computed
// hybridly: BM25 and vector candidate lists are merged via Reciprocal
// Rank Fusion. With either nil the function falls back to BM25 only,
// keeping behaviour unchanged for callers that have not opted in.
type QueryOptions struct {
Query string
Limit int
Wing string
Hall string
Vector VectorSearcher
Embedder Embedder
}
// Query searches the brain. Returns up to opts.Limit results sorted by
// score descending. Empty query returns nil.
func Query(brainDir string, opts QueryOptions) ([]Result, error) {
return QueryContext(context.Background(), brainDir, opts)
}
// QueryContext is the cancellable variant of Query. Hybrid retrieval
// requires a context because both the embedder and the vector store are
// network calls.
func QueryContext(ctx context.Context, brainDir string, opts QueryOptions) ([]Result, error) {
if opts.Limit <= 0 {
opts.Limit = 5
}
terms := strings.Fields(strings.ToLower(opts.Query))
if len(terms) == 0 {
return nil, nil
}
roots, err := resolveRoots(brainDir, opts.Wing, opts.Hall)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
var results []Result
for _, dir := range roots {
if _, statErr := os.Stat(dir); os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
continue
}
err := filepath.WalkDir(dir, func(path string, d os.DirEntry, err error) error {
if err != nil {
slog.Warn("search: skipping path", "path", path, "err", err)
return nil
}
if d.IsDir() || !strings.HasSuffix(path, ".md") {
return nil
}
content, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
slog.Warn("search: skipping unreadable file", "path", path, "err", err)
return nil
}
lower := strings.ToLower(string(content))
score := 0
for _, term := range terms {
score += strings.Count(lower, term)
}
if score == 0 {
return nil
}
rel, err := filepath.Rel(brainDir, path)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("rel path: %w", err)
}
rel = filepath.ToSlash(rel)
wing, hall := extractWingHall(string(content), rel)
results = append(results, Result{
Path: rel,
Title: extractTitle(string(content), d.Name()),
Excerpt: excerpt(string(content), 300),
Score: score,
Wing: wing,
Hall: hall,
})
return nil
})
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
sort.Slice(results, func(i, j int) bool {
return results[i].Score > results[j].Score
})
// Hybrid scoring kicks in only when both the embedder and the
// vector store are wired and BM25 actually returned candidates.
if opts.Vector != nil && opts.Embedder != nil && len(results) > 0 {
merged, err := hybridMerge(ctx, brainDir, opts, results)
if err != nil {
slog.Warn("search: hybrid merge failed, falling back to BM25", "err", err)
} else {
results = merged
}
}
if len(results) > opts.Limit {
results = results[:opts.Limit]
}
return results, nil
}
// rrfK is the constant in the Reciprocal Rank Fusion formula. 60 is
// standard (Cormack et al. 2009) and parameter-free in practice.
const rrfK = 60.0
// hybridMerge embeds the query, runs a vector search, and merges its
// candidates with the BM25 list via Reciprocal Rank Fusion. Results
// that came only from the vector side are hydrated by reading the
// note's frontmatter for title/wing/hall and excerpting the body.
//
// rrf(d) = sum_r 1 / (k + rank_r(d)) over rankers r ∈ {BM25, vector}.
func hybridMerge(ctx context.Context, brainDir string, opts QueryOptions, bm25 []Result) ([]Result, error) {
q, err := opts.Embedder.Embed(ctx, opts.Query)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("embed query: %w", err)
}
vectorLimit := opts.Limit * 4
if vectorLimit < 20 {
vectorLimit = 20
}
hits, err := opts.Vector.Search(ctx, q, vectorLimit)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("vector search: %w", err)
}
rrf := make(map[string]float64)
byPath := make(map[string]Result)
for rank, r := range bm25 {
rrf[r.Path] += 1.0 / (rrfK + float64(rank+1))
byPath[r.Path] = r
}
for rank, h := range hits {
if opts.Wing != "" && !pathInScope(h.Path, opts.Wing, opts.Hall) {
continue
}
rrf[h.Path] += 1.0 / (rrfK + float64(rank+1))
if _, seen := byPath[h.Path]; !seen {
r, err := hydrate(brainDir, h.Path)
if err != nil {
slog.Warn("search: hydrate failed for vector hit", "path", h.Path, "err", err)
continue
}
byPath[h.Path] = r
}
}
merged := make([]Result, 0, len(byPath))
for p, r := range byPath {
r.Score = int(rrf[p] * 1e6) // scale to int for stable JSON; relative order is what matters
merged = append(merged, r)
}
sort.Slice(merged, func(i, j int) bool {
return merged[i].Score > merged[j].Score
})
return merged, nil
}
// pathInScope reports whether a wiki path satisfies the wing/hall filter.
func pathInScope(relPath, wing, hall string) bool {
prefix := "wiki/" + brain.Sanitise(wing) + "/"
if hall != "" {
prefix += hall + "/"
}
return strings.HasPrefix(relPath, prefix)
}
// hydrate reads a single note from disk and returns a Result with title,
// excerpt, wing, and hall populated. Used for paths that surface only
// via vector search.
func hydrate(brainDir, relPath string) (Result, error) {
full := filepath.Join(brainDir, filepath.FromSlash(relPath))
content, err := os.ReadFile(full)
if err != nil {
return Result{}, err
}
wing, hall := extractWingHall(string(content), relPath)
return Result{
Path: relPath,
Title: extractTitle(string(content), filepath.Base(relPath)),
Excerpt: excerpt(string(content), 300),
Wing: wing,
Hall: hall,
}, nil
}
// resolveRoots returns the directories to walk for the given wing/hall
// filters. Validates hall against the closed vocabulary when set.
func resolveRoots(brainDir, wing, hall string) ([]string, error) {
if hall != "" && !brain.IsValidHall(hall) {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid hall %q", hall)
}
if wing != "" {
w := brain.Sanitise(wing)
if w == "" {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid wing %q", wing)
}
if hall != "" {
return []string{filepath.Join(brainDir, "wiki", w, hall)}, nil
}
return []string{filepath.Join(brainDir, "wiki", w)}, nil
}
if hall != "" {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("hall filter requires wing")
}
return []string{
filepath.Join(brainDir, "knowledge"),
filepath.Join(brainDir, "wiki"),
}, nil
}
// extractWingHall reads wing/hall from frontmatter first, falling back to
// path segments brain/wiki/<wing>/<hall>/.
func extractWingHall(content, relPath string) (wing, hall string) {
scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(content))
inFrontmatter := false
for scanner.Scan() {
line := scanner.Text()
if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "---" {
if !inFrontmatter {
inFrontmatter = true
continue
}
break
}
if !inFrontmatter {
continue
}
key, val, ok := strings.Cut(line, ":")
if !ok {
continue
}
v := strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(val), `"'`)
switch strings.TrimSpace(key) {
case "wing":
wing = v
case "hall":
hall = v
}
}
if wing != "" && hall != "" {
return wing, hall
}
parts := strings.Split(relPath, "/")
if len(parts) >= 4 && parts[0] == "wiki" {
if wing == "" {
wing = parts[1]
}
if hall == "" && brain.IsValidHall(parts[2]) {
hall = parts[2]
}
}
return wing, hall
}
func extractTitle(content, filename string) string {
scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(content))
inFrontmatter := false
for scanner.Scan() {
line := scanner.Text()
if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "---" {
if !inFrontmatter {
inFrontmatter = true
continue
}
break
}
if inFrontmatter {
key, val, ok := strings.Cut(line, ":")
if ok && strings.TrimSpace(key) == "title" {
return strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(val), `"'`)
}
}
}
return strings.TrimSuffix(filename, ".md")
}
func excerpt(content string, maxLen int) string {
parts := strings.SplitN(content, "---", 3)
body := content
if len(parts) == 3 {
body = strings.TrimSpace(parts[2])
}
if len(body) > maxLen {
return body[:maxLen] + "…"
}
return body
}