Search finds indexed Smart Bites with Hybrid Retrieval v2; Answer writes a cited brief, serves an approved verified answer, or answers deterministically from studied fields.

Search and answers

Video walkthrough: workspace search, collection Ask, studied field answers, and verified citations.
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Difference

  • Workspace search (POST /api/w/:workspaceId/search and /search/answer): mode: "semantic" retrieves ranked Smart Bites across collections and requires agent:run. /search/answer synthesizes a grounded answer from confirmed evidence references, using the workspace’s chosen grounded-answer model (Settings → AI models) and approved definitions or verified answers from the Business context library. Status grounded or verified_answer includes citations; insufficient_evidence, source_changed, and unavailable do not.
  • Collection Ask and Vector Search knowledge chat (POST /api/collections/:id/retrieve, /answer, and /answer/stream): Runs Hybrid Retrieval v2 (pgvector + Hebrew/English BM25 + section lookup + multi-size chunking), writes answers in the question’s language (question-language/v1) as a structured brief (answer-brief/v1), incorporates table facts ([TF1]) and reconciliation findings ([RF1]), answers list/count/rank questions from studied fields (field_answers_v1) when enabled in Context Engine, and keeps private Ask history and Organization memory.