Hybrid SQL+Vector search — the gap is closed

POST /vectors/hybrid takes a question + SQL WHERE clause. Pipeline:
1. SQL filter narrows to structurally-valid candidates (role, state,
   reliability, certs — whatever the caller specifies)
2. Brute-force cosine scores ALL embeddings (not HNSW, which caps at
   ~30 results due to ef_search — too few to intersect with narrow
   SQL filters on 10K+ datasets)
3. Filter vector results to only SQL-verified IDs
4. LLM generates answer from verified-correct records

Tested on the exact query that failed the staffing simulation:
"forklift operators in IL with reliability > 0.8" — SQL found 78
matches, vector ranked the 5 most semantically relevant, LLM
generated an answer citing real workers with actual skills and
certifications. Every source marked sql_verified=true.

This closes the architectural gap identified by the quality eval:
structured precision (SQL) + semantic intelligence (vector) in one
endpoint. The simulation's contract-matching path was already
SQL-pure and worked perfectly; now the intelligence-question path
has the same accuracy.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ shared = { path = "../shared" }
storaged = { path = "../storaged" }
aibridge = { path = "../aibridge" }
catalogd = { path = "../catalogd" }
queryd = { path = "../queryd" }
# ADR-019 firewall — vectord-lance owns its own Arrow 57 / Lance 4 deps.
# Public API uses only std types so no version conflict propagates here.
vectord-lance = { path = "../vectord-lance" }

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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use object_store::ObjectStore;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use std::sync::Arc;
use aibridge::client::{AiClient, EmbedRequest};
use aibridge::client::{AiClient, EmbedRequest, GenerateRequest};
use catalogd::registry::Registry as CatalogRegistry;
use storaged::registry::BucketRegistry;
use crate::{agent, autotune, chunker, embedding_cache, harness, hnsw, index_registry, jobs, lance_backend, promotion, rag, refresh, search, store, supervisor, trial};
@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ pub fn router(state: VectorState) -> Router {
.route("/jobs/{id}", get(get_job))
.route("/search", post(search_index))
.route("/rag", post(rag_query))
.route("/hybrid", post(hybrid_search))
.route("/hnsw/build", post(build_hnsw))
.route("/hnsw/search", post(search_hnsw))
.route("/hnsw/list", get(list_hnsw))
@ -384,6 +385,233 @@ async fn rag_query(
}
}
// --- Hybrid SQL+Vector Search ---
//
// The fix for the core RAG gap: vector search alone can't do structured
// filtering (state, role, reliability threshold). SQL alone can't do
// semantic similarity ("who could handle this kind of work"). Hybrid
// does both: SQL narrows to structurally-valid candidates, vector
// ranks them by semantic relevance, LLM generates from verified context.
#[derive(Deserialize)]
struct HybridRequest {
/// Natural language question — used for embedding + LLM generation.
question: String,
/// Vector index to search against.
index_name: String,
/// SQL WHERE clause to pre-filter. Applied against the index's source
/// dataset. Example: "state = 'IL' AND reliability > 0.8"
/// Safety: runs through DataFusion's parser so injection is bounded
/// by what DataFusion accepts (no DDL, no writes).
#[serde(default)]
sql_filter: Option<String>,
/// Dataset to run the SQL filter against. Defaults to the index's
/// source if omitted.
#[serde(default)]
filter_dataset: Option<String>,
/// Column in the SQL result that maps to the vector index's doc_id.
/// Default: "worker_id" (for the Ethereal dataset) or "candidate_id".
#[serde(default)]
id_column: Option<String>,
#[serde(default = "default_top_k")]
top_k: usize,
/// If true, generate an LLM answer from the matched context.
/// If false, just return the ranked matches (faster, no Ollama gen).
#[serde(default = "default_true")]
generate: bool,
}
fn default_true() -> bool { true }
#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
struct HybridResponse {
question: String,
sql_filter: Option<String>,
sql_matches: usize,
vector_reranked: usize,
method: String,
answer: Option<String>,
sources: Vec<HybridSource>,
duration_ms: u64,
}
#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
struct HybridSource {
doc_id: String,
chunk_text: String,
score: f32,
sql_verified: bool,
}
async fn hybrid_search(
State(state): State<VectorState>,
Json(req): Json<HybridRequest>,
) -> impl IntoResponse {
let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
// Step 1: If SQL filter provided, run it to get the set of valid IDs.
let valid_ids: Option<std::collections::HashSet<String>> = if let Some(ref filter) = req.sql_filter {
let index_meta = state.index_registry.get(&req.index_name).await;
let dataset = req.filter_dataset.clone()
.or_else(|| index_meta.map(|m| m.source.clone()))
.unwrap_or_else(|| req.index_name.clone());
let id_col = req.id_column.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| "worker_id".into());
let sql = format!("SELECT CAST({id_col} AS VARCHAR) AS id FROM {dataset} WHERE {filter}");
tracing::info!("hybrid: SQL filter → {sql}");
// Use queryd through the catalog — same engine as /query/sql
// Use the query engine to get JSON rows — avoids Arrow type
// wrangling across DataFusion's Utf8View/StringViewArray variants.
let engine = queryd::context::QueryEngine::new(
state.catalog.clone(),
state.bucket_registry.clone(),
queryd::cache::MemCache::new(0),
);
match engine.query(&sql).await {
Ok(batches) => {
use arrow::array::{Array, AsArray};
let mut ids = std::collections::HashSet::new();
for batch in &batches {
if let Some(col) = batch.column_by_name("id") {
// DataFusion CAST(x AS VARCHAR) → StringViewArray.
// Try StringView first, then String, then Int.
if let Some(arr) = col.as_string_view_opt() {
for i in 0..arr.len() {
if !arr.is_null(i) { ids.insert(arr.value(i).to_string()); }
}
} else if let Some(arr) = col.as_string_opt::<i32>() {
for i in 0..arr.len() {
if !arr.is_null(i) { ids.insert(arr.value(i).to_string()); }
}
} else {
// Fallback: try as Int32/Int64 (if CAST didn't happen)
if let Some(arr) = col.as_any().downcast_ref::<arrow::array::Int32Array>() {
for i in 0..arr.len() {
if !arr.is_null(i) { ids.insert(arr.value(i).to_string()); }
}
} else if let Some(arr) = col.as_any().downcast_ref::<arrow::array::Int64Array>() {
for i in 0..arr.len() {
if !arr.is_null(i) { ids.insert(arr.value(i).to_string()); }
}
}
}
}
}
tracing::info!("hybrid: SQL filter returned {} IDs", ids.len());
if ids.is_empty() { None } else { Some(ids) }
}
Err(e) => {
return Err((StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, format!("SQL filter error: {e}")));
}
}
} else {
None
};
// Step 2: Vector search — embed question, search index.
let embed_resp = state.ai_client
.embed(EmbedRequest { texts: vec![req.question.clone()], model: None })
.await
.map_err(|e| (StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY, format!("embed: {e}")))?;
if embed_resp.embeddings.is_empty() {
return Err((StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY, "no embedding".into()));
}
let qv: Vec<f32> = embed_resp.embeddings[0].iter().map(|&x| x as f32).collect();
// When SQL-filtered: use brute-force cosine over all embeddings,
// then filter by SQL IDs, then take top_k. HNSW's ef_search caps
// results at ~30, which is too few to reliably intersect with
// narrow SQL filters. Brute-force on 10K vectors is ~50ms — fast
// enough for the hybrid path. Without SQL filter, use HNSW normally.
let all_results = if valid_ids.is_some() {
// Brute-force path: score ALL vectors, filter by SQL IDs later.
let embeddings = store::load_embeddings(&state.store, &req.index_name).await
.map_err(|e| (StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, format!("load embeddings: {e}")))?;
search::search(&qv, &embeddings, embeddings.len()) // score everything
} else if state.hnsw_store.has_index(&req.index_name).await {
state.hnsw_store.search(&req.index_name, &qv, req.top_k).await
.map_err(|e| (StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, e))?
.into_iter()
.map(|h| search::SearchResult {
doc_id: h.doc_id,
chunk_text: h.chunk_text,
score: h.score,
source: h.source,
chunk_idx: h.chunk_idx as u32,
})
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
} else {
let embeddings = store::load_embeddings(&state.store, &req.index_name).await
.map_err(|e| (StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, format!("load embeddings: {e}")))?;
search::search(&qv, &embeddings, req.top_k)
};
// Step 3: Filter vector results to only SQL-verified IDs.
let sql_count = valid_ids.as_ref().map(|s| s.len()).unwrap_or(0);
let filtered: Vec<search::SearchResult> = if let Some(ref ids) = valid_ids {
all_results.into_iter()
.filter(|r| {
// doc_id format is "W-{worker_id}" — extract the number
let num = r.doc_id.strip_prefix("W-")
.or_else(|| r.doc_id.strip_prefix("CAND-"))
.unwrap_or(&r.doc_id);
ids.contains(num)
})
.take(req.top_k)
.collect()
} else {
all_results.into_iter().take(req.top_k).collect()
};
// Step 4: Build sources with SQL-verified flag.
let sources: Vec<HybridSource> = filtered.iter().map(|r| HybridSource {
doc_id: r.doc_id.clone(),
chunk_text: r.chunk_text.clone(),
score: r.score,
sql_verified: valid_ids.is_some(),
}).collect();
// Step 5: Generate answer if requested.
let answer = if req.generate && !sources.is_empty() {
let context: String = sources.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, s)| {
format!("[{}] (id: {}, verified: {}) {}", i + 1, s.doc_id, s.sql_verified, s.chunk_text)
}).collect::<Vec<_>>().join("\n\n");
let gen_resp = state.ai_client.generate(GenerateRequest {
prompt: format!(
"You are a staffing intelligence assistant. Answer based ONLY on these \
verified worker records. Every record has been SQL-verified against the \
database you can trust the facts in them. Be specific: cite names, \
skills, certifications, scores, and locations.\n\n\
Records:\n{context}\n\n\
Question: {}\n\nAnswer:", req.question,
),
model: None,
system: None,
temperature: Some(0.2),
max_tokens: Some(512),
}).await;
gen_resp.ok().map(|r| r.text.trim().to_string())
} else {
None
};
let method = if valid_ids.is_some() { "hybrid_sql_vector" } else { "vector_only" };
Ok(Json(HybridResponse {
question: req.question,
sql_filter: req.sql_filter,
sql_matches: sql_count,
vector_reranked: sources.len(),
method: method.into(),
answer,
sources,
duration_ms: t0.elapsed().as_millis() as u64,
}))
}
// --- HNSW Fast Search ---
#[derive(Deserialize)]