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What is semantic search?

Semantic search retrieves content using representations of meaning.

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  1. Write ten realistic search queries and the expected useful documents.
  2. Represent documents and queries with the same embedding model.
  3. Apply access and category filters before returning results.
  4. Measure how often a relevant document appears in the first three results.

Worked example

Query: "start learning agents without coding"
Relevant: beginner agent concepts
Less relevant: advanced distributed agent runtime
Metric: hit@3 = queries with a relevant top-3 result / all queries

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