From 293cde3d3fe1e29ce90b535ccfd311c289302d0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedram Navid <1045990+PedramNavid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:23:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: standardize skill names to lower-case (#238)
---
skills/CLAUDE.md | 1 +
skills/custom_skills/analyzing-financial-statements/SKILL.md | 4 ++--
skills/custom_skills/applying-brand-guidelines/SKILL.md | 4 ++--
skills/custom_skills/creating-financial-models/SKILL.md | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/skills/CLAUDE.md b/skills/CLAUDE.md
index 2c326d02..4ebc5f2f 100644
--- a/skills/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/skills/CLAUDE.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ skills/
- Required beta headers: `code-execution-2025-08-25`, `files-api-2025-04-14`, `skills-2025-10-02`
- Must use `client.beta.messages.create()` with `container` parameter
- Code execution tool (`code_execution_20250825`) is REQUIRED
+- Use pre-built Agent skills by referencing their `skill_id` or create and upload your own via the Skills API
**Files API Integration:**
- Skills generate files and return `file_id` attributes
diff --git a/skills/custom_skills/analyzing-financial-statements/SKILL.md b/skills/custom_skills/analyzing-financial-statements/SKILL.md
index 646f77f0..6e87cb1d 100644
--- a/skills/custom_skills/analyzing-financial-statements/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/custom_skills/analyzing-financial-statements/SKILL.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---
-name: Analyzing Financial Statements
+name: analyzing-financial-statements
description: This skill calculates key financial ratios and metrics from financial statement data for investment analysis
---
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ Results include:
- Requires accurate financial data
- Industry benchmarks are general guidelines
- Some ratios may not apply to all industries
-- Historical data doesn't guarantee future performance
\ No newline at end of file
+- Historical data doesn't guarantee future performance
diff --git a/skills/custom_skills/applying-brand-guidelines/SKILL.md b/skills/custom_skills/applying-brand-guidelines/SKILL.md
index ca2cfc95..6d430aa8 100644
--- a/skills/custom_skills/applying-brand-guidelines/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/custom_skills/applying-brand-guidelines/SKILL.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---
-name: Applying Brand Guidelines
+name: applying-brand-guidelines
description: This skill applies consistent corporate branding and styling to all generated documents including colors, fonts, layouts, and messaging
---
@@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ When creating any document:
- These guidelines apply to all external communications
- Internal documents may use simplified formatting
- Special projects may have exceptions (request approval)
-- Brand guidelines updated quarterly - check for latest version
\ No newline at end of file
+- Brand guidelines updated quarterly - check for latest version
diff --git a/skills/custom_skills/creating-financial-models/SKILL.md b/skills/custom_skills/creating-financial-models/SKILL.md
index d9c18526..5cdb0bdf 100644
--- a/skills/custom_skills/creating-financial-models/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/custom_skills/creating-financial-models/SKILL.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---
-name: Creating Financial Models
+name: creating-financial-models
description: This skill provides an advanced financial modeling suite with DCF analysis, sensitivity testing, Monte Carlo simulations, and scenario planning for investment decisions
---
@@ -170,4 +170,4 @@ The model automatically performs:
- Models use latest financial theory and practices
- Regular updates for market parameter defaults
- Incorporation of regulatory changes
-- Continuous improvement based on usage patterns
\ No newline at end of file
+- Continuous improvement based on usage patterns
From 4001827639f258f098858a12ec70b7fe4bc4a4b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedram Navid <1045990+PedramNavid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:14:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] feat: add Pull Request template for new PRs (#235)
---
.github/pull_request_template.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 .github/pull_request_template.md
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3763aac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Pull Request
+
+## Description
+
+
+
+
+## Type of Change
+
+
+
+- [ ] New cookbook
+- [ ] Bug fix (fixes an issue in existing cookbook)
+- [ ] Documentation update
+- [ ] Code quality improvement (refactoring, optimization)
+- [ ] Dependency update
+- [ ] Other (please describe):
+
+## Cookbook Checklist (if applicable)
+
+
+
+- [ ] Cookbook has a clear, descriptive title
+- [ ] Includes a problem statement or use case description
+- [ ] Code is well-commented and easy to follow
+- [ ] Includes expected outputs or results
+
+## Testing
+
+
+
+- [ ] I have tested this cookbook/change locally
+- [ ] All cells execute without errors
+
+## Additional Context
+
+
+
+
+---
+
+**Note:** Pull requests that do not follow these guidelines or lack sufficient detail may be closed. This helps us maintain high-quality, useful cookbooks for the community. If you're unsure about any requirements, please open an issue to discuss before submitting a PR.
From 5cb47e13c2b9609ede1b53f8c6a87ad2bd8f560d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedram Navid <1045990+PedramNavid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:17:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] update contextual embeddings guide (#241)
---
.../contextual-embeddings/guide.ipynb | 1221 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 920 insertions(+), 301 deletions(-)
diff --git a/capabilities/contextual-embeddings/guide.ipynb b/capabilities/contextual-embeddings/guide.ipynb
index 74343fd3..2d7b3d03 100644
--- a/capabilities/contextual-embeddings/guide.ipynb
+++ b/capabilities/contextual-embeddings/guide.ipynb
@@ -3,7 +3,55 @@
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
- "source": "# Enhancing RAG with Contextual Retrieval\n\n> Note: For more background information on Contextual Retrieval, including additional performance evaluations on various datasets, we recommend reading our accompanying [blog post](https://www.anthropic.com/news/contextual-retrieval).\n\nRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) enables Claude to leverage your internal knowledge bases, codebases, or any other corpus of documents when providing a response. Enterprises are increasingly building RAG applications to improve workflows in customer support, Q&A over internal company documents, financial & legal analysis, code generation, and much more.\n\nIn a [separate guide](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cookbook/blob/main/capabilities/retrieval_augmented_generation/guide.ipynb), we walked through setting up a basic retrieval system, demonstrated how to evaluate its performance, and then outlined a few techniques to improve performance. In this guide, we present a technique for improving retrieval performance: Contextual Embeddings.\n\nIn traditional RAG, documents are typically split into smaller chunks for efficient retrieval. While this approach works well for many applications, it can lead to problems when individual chunks lack sufficient context. Contextual Embeddings solve this problem by adding relevant context to each chunk before embedding. This method improves the quality of each embedded chunk, allowing for more accurate retrieval and thus better overall performance. Averaged across all data sources we tested, Contextual Embeddings reduced the top-20-chunk retrieval failure rate by 35%.\n\nThe same chunk-specific context can also be used with BM25 search to further improve retrieval performance. We introduce this technique in the \"Contextual BM25\" section.\n\nIn this guide, we'll demonstrate how to build and optimize a Contextual Retrieval system using a dataset of 9 codebases as our knowledge base. We'll walk through:\n\n1) Setting up a basic retrieval pipeline to establish a baseline for performance.\n\n2) Contextual Embeddings: what it is, why it works, and how prompt caching makes it practical for production use cases.\n\n3) Implementing Contextual Embeddings and demonstrating performance improvements.\n\n4) Contextual BM25: improving performance with *contextual* BM25 hybrid search.\n\n5) Improving performance with reranking,\n\n### Evaluation Metrics & Dataset:\n\nWe use a pre-chunked dataset of 9 codebases - all of which have been chunked according to a basic character splitting mechanism. Our evaluation dataset contains 248 queries - each of which contains a 'golden chunk.' We'll use a metric called Pass@k to evaluate performance. Pass@k checks whether or not the 'golden document' was present in the first k documents retrieved for each query. Contextual Embeddings in this case helped us to improve Pass@10 performance from ~87% --> ~95%.\n\nYou can find the code files and their chunks in `data/codebase_chunks.json` and the evaluation dataset in `data/evaluation_set.jsonl`\n\n#### Additional Notes:\n\nPrompt caching is helpful in managing costs when using this retrieval method. This feature is currently available on Anthropic's 1P API, and is coming soon to our 3P partner environments in AWS Bedrock and GCP Vertex. We know that many of our customers leverage AWS Knowledge Bases and GCP Vertex AI APIs when building RAG solutions, and this method can be used on either platform with a bit of customization. Consider reaching out to Anthropic or your AWS/GCP account team for guidance on this!\n\nTo make it easier to use this method on Bedrock, the AWS team has provided us with code that you can use to implement a Lambda function that adds context to each document. If you deploy this Lambda function, you can select it as a custom chunking option when configuring a [Bedrock Knowledge Base](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/knowledge-base-create.html). You can find this code in `contextual-rag-lambda-function`. The main lambda function code is in `lambda_function.py`.\n\n## Table of Contents\n\n1) Setup\n\n2) Basic RAG\n\n3) Contextual Embeddings\n\n4) Contextual BM25\n\n5) Reranking"
+ "source": [
+ "# Enhancing RAG with Contextual Retrieval\n",
+ "\n",
+ "> Note: For more background information on Contextual Retrieval, including additional performance evaluations on various datasets, we recommend reading our accompanying [blog post](https://www.anthropic.com/news/contextual-retrieval).\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) enables Claude to leverage your internal knowledge bases, codebases, or any other corpus of documents when providing a response. Enterprises are increasingly building RAG applications to improve workflows in customer support, Q&A over internal company documents, financial & legal analysis, code generation, and much more.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "In a [separate guide](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cookbook/blob/main/capabilities/retrieval_augmented_generation/guide.ipynb), we walked through setting up a basic retrieval system, demonstrated how to evaluate its performance, and then outlined a few techniques to improve performance. In this guide, we present a technique for improving retrieval performance: Contextual Embeddings.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "In traditional RAG, documents are typically split into smaller chunks for efficient retrieval. While this approach works well for many applications, it can lead to problems when individual chunks lack sufficient context. Contextual Embeddings solve this problem by adding relevant context to each chunk before embedding. This method improves the quality of each embedded chunk, allowing for more accurate retrieval and thus better overall performance. Averaged across all data sources we tested, Contextual Embeddings reduced the top-20-chunk retrieval failure rate by 35%.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "The same chunk-specific context can also be used with BM25 search to further improve retrieval performance. We introduce this technique in the \"Contextual BM25\" section.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "In this guide, we'll demonstrate how to build and optimize a Contextual Retrieval system using a dataset of 9 codebases as our knowledge base. We'll walk through:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "1) Setting up a basic retrieval pipeline to establish a baseline for performance.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "2) Contextual Embeddings: what it is, why it works, and how prompt caching makes it practical for production use cases.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "3) Implementing Contextual Embeddings and demonstrating performance improvements.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "4) Contextual BM25: improving performance with *contextual* BM25 hybrid search.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "5) Improving performance with reranking,\n",
+ "\n",
+ "### Evaluation Metrics & Dataset:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "We use a pre-chunked dataset of 9 codebases - all of which have been chunked according to a basic character splitting mechanism. Our evaluation dataset contains 248 queries - each of which contains a 'golden chunk.' We'll use a metric called Pass@k to evaluate performance. Pass@k checks whether or not the 'golden document' was present in the first k documents retrieved for each query. Contextual Embeddings in this case helped us to improve Pass@10 performance from ~87% --> ~95%.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "You can find the code files and their chunks in `data/codebase_chunks.json` and the evaluation dataset in `data/evaluation_set.jsonl`\n",
+ "\n",
+ "#### Additional Notes:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Prompt caching is helpful in managing costs when using this retrieval method. This feature is currently available on Anthropic's first-party API, and is coming soon to our third-party partner environments in AWS Bedrock and GCP Vertex. We know that many of our customers leverage AWS Knowledge Bases and GCP Vertex AI APIs when building RAG solutions, and this method can be used on either platform with a bit of customization. Consider reaching out to Anthropic or your AWS/GCP account team for guidance on this!\n",
+ "\n",
+ "To make it easier to use this method on Bedrock, the AWS team has provided us with code that you can use to implement a Lambda function that adds context to each document. If you deploy this Lambda function, you can select it as a custom chunking option when configuring a [Bedrock Knowledge Base](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/knowledge-base-create.html). You can find this code in `contextual-rag-lambda-function`. The main lambda function code is in `lambda_function.py`.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "## Table of Contents\n",
+ "\n",
+ "1) Setup\n",
+ "\n",
+ "2) Basic RAG\n",
+ "\n",
+ "3) Contextual Embeddings\n",
+ "\n",
+ "4) Contextual BM25\n",
+ "\n",
+ "5) Reranking"
+ ]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
@@ -11,6 +59,31 @@
"source": [
"## Setup\n",
"\n",
+ "Before starting this guide, ensure you have:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "**Technical Skills:**\n",
+ "- Intermediate Python programming\n",
+ "- Basic understanding of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)\n",
+ "- Familiarity with vector databases and embeddings\n",
+ "- Basic command-line proficiency\n",
+ "\n",
+ "**System Requirements:**\n",
+ "- Python 3.8+\n",
+ "- Docker installed and running (optional, for BM25 search)\n",
+ "- 4GB+ available RAM\n",
+ "- ~5-10 GB disk space for vector databases\n",
+ "\n",
+ "**API Access:**\n",
+ "- [Anthropic API key](https://console.anthropic.com/) (free tier sufficient)\n",
+ "- [Voyage AI API key](https://www.voyageai.com/)\n",
+ "- [Cohere API key](https://cohere.com/)\n",
+ "\n",
+ "**Time & Cost:**\n",
+ "- Expected completion time: 30-45 minutes\n",
+ "- API costs: ~$5-10 to run through the full dataset\n",
+ "\n",
+ "### Libraries \n",
+ "\n",
"We'll need a few libraries, including:\n",
"\n",
"1) `anthropic` - to interact with Claude\n",
@@ -23,43 +96,58 @@
"\n",
"3) `pandas`, `numpy`, `matplotlib`, and `scikit-learn` for data manipulation and visualization\n",
"\n",
+ "### Environment Variables \n",
+ "\n",
+ "Ensure the following environment variables are set:\n",
"\n",
- "You'll also need API keys from [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/), [Voyage AI](https://www.voyageai.com/), and [Cohere](https://cohere.com/rerank)"
+ "```\n",
+ "- VOYAGE_API_KEY\n",
+ "- ANTHROPIC_API_KEY\n",
+ "- COHERE_API_KEY\n",
+ "```"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": null,
+ "execution_count": 6,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
- "!pip install anthropic\n",
- "!pip install voyageai\n",
- "!pip install cohere\n",
- "!pip install elasticsearch\n",
- "!pip install pandas\n",
- "!pip install numpy"
+ "%%capture\n",
+ "!pip install --upgrade anthropic voyageai cohere elasticsearch pandas numpy"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "We define our model names up front to make it easier to change models as new models are released"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
+ "execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
- "import os\n",
- "\n",
- "os.environ['VOYAGE_API_KEY'] = \"YOUR KEY HERE\"\n",
- "os.environ['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'] = \"YOUR KEY HERE\"\n",
- "os.environ['COHERE_API_KEY'] = \"YOUR KEY HERE\""
+ "MODEL_NAME = \"claude-haiku-4-5\""
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "We'll start by initializing the Anthropic client that we'll use for generating contextual descriptions."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 3,
+ "execution_count": 5,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
+ "import os\n",
+ "\n",
"import anthropic\n",
"\n",
"client = anthropic.Anthropic(\n",
@@ -72,19 +160,28 @@
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "### Initialize a Vector DB Class\n",
+ "## Initialize a Vector DB Class\n",
+ "\n",
+ "We'll create a VectorDB class to handle embedding storage and similarity search. This class serves three key functions in our RAG pipeline:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "1. **Embedding Generation**: Converts text chunks into vector representations using Voyage AI's embedding model\n",
+ "2. **Storage & Caching**: Saves embeddings to disk to avoid re-computing them (which saves time and API costs)\n",
+ "3. **Similarity Search**: Retrieves the most relevant chunks for a given query using cosine similarity\n",
+ "\n",
+ "\n",
+ "For this guide, we're using a simple in-memory vector database with pickle serialization. This makes the code easy to understand and requires no external dependencies. The class automatically saves embeddings to disk after generation, so you only pay the embedding cost once. \n",
+ "\n",
+ "For production use, consider hosted vector database solutions.\n",
"\n",
- "In this example, we're using an in-memory vector DB, but for a production application, you may want to use a hosted solution. \n",
- "\n"
+ "The VectorDB class below follows the same interface patterns you'd use with production solutions, making it easy to swap out later. Key features include batch processing (128 chunks at a time), progress tracking with tqdm, and query caching to speed up repeated searches during evaluation."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 4,
+ "execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
- "import os\n",
"import pickle\n",
"import json\n",
"import numpy as np\n",
@@ -187,28 +284,44 @@
" data = pickle.load(file)\n",
" self.embeddings = data[\"embeddings\"]\n",
" self.metadata = data[\"metadata\"]\n",
- " self.query_cache = json.loads(data[\"query_cache\"])\n",
- "\n",
- " def validate_embedded_chunks(self):\n",
- " unique_contents = set()\n",
- " for meta in self.metadata:\n",
- " unique_contents.add(meta['content'])\n",
- " \n",
- " print(f\"Validation results:\")\n",
- " print(f\"Total embedded chunks: {len(self.metadata)}\")\n",
- " print(f\"Unique embedded contents: {len(unique_contents)}\")\n",
- " \n",
- " if len(self.metadata) != len(unique_contents):\n",
- " print(\"Warning: There may be duplicate chunks in the embedded data.\")\n",
- " else:\n",
- " print(\"All embedded chunks are unique.\")"
+ " self.query_cache = json.loads(data[\"query_cache\"])"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "Now we can use this class to load our dataset"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": null,
+ "execution_count": 12,
"metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
+ "outputs": [
+ {
+ "name": "stderr",
+ "output_type": "stream",
+ "text": [
+ "Processing chunks: 100%|██████████| 737/737 [00:00<00:00, 985400.72it/s]\n",
+ "Embedding chunks: 100%|██████████| 737/737 [00:42<00:00, 17.28it/s]"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "name": "stdout",
+ "output_type": "stream",
+ "text": [
+ "Vector database loaded and saved. Total chunks processed: 737\n"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "name": "stderr",
+ "output_type": "stream",
+ "text": [
+ "\n"
+ ]
+ }
+ ],
"source": [
"# Load your transformed dataset\n",
"with open('data/codebase_chunks.json', 'r') as f:\n",
@@ -238,7 +351,7 @@
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 228,
+ "execution_count": 26,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
@@ -317,62 +430,121 @@
" \n",
" # Evaluate retrieval\n",
" results = evaluate_retrieval(original_data, retrieve_base, db, k)\n",
- " print(f\"Pass@{k}: {results['pass_at_n']:.2f}%\")\n",
- " print(f\"Total Score: {results['average_score']}\")\n",
- " print(f\"Total queries: {results['total_queries']}\")"
+ " return results \n",
+ "\n",
+ "def evaluate_and_display(db, jsonl_path: str, k_values: List[int] = [5, 10, 20], db_name: str = \"\"):\n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
+ " Evaluate retrieval performance across multiple k values and display formatted results.\n",
+ " \n",
+ " Args:\n",
+ " db: Vector database instance (VectorDB or ContextualVectorDB)\n",
+ " jsonl_path: Path to evaluation dataset\n",
+ " k_values: List of k values to evaluate (default: [5, 10, 20])\n",
+ " db_name: Optional name for the database being evaluated\n",
+ " \n",
+ " Returns:\n",
+ " Dict mapping k values to their results\n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
+ " results = {}\n",
+ " \n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\")\n",
+ " if db_name:\n",
+ " print(f\"Evaluation Results: {db_name}\")\n",
+ " else:\n",
+ " print(f\"Evaluation Results\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\\n\")\n",
+ " \n",
+ " for k in k_values:\n",
+ " print(f\"Evaluating Pass@{k}...\")\n",
+ " results[k] = evaluate_db(db, jsonl_path, k)\n",
+ " print() # Add spacing between evaluations\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Print summary table\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'Metric':<15} {'Pass Rate':<15} {'Score':<15}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'-'*60}\")\n",
+ " for k in k_values:\n",
+ " pass_rate = f\"{results[k]['pass_at_n']:.2f}%\"\n",
+ " score = f\"{results[k]['average_score']:.4f}\"\n",
+ " print(f\"{'Pass@' + str(k):<15} {pass_rate:<15} {score:<15}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\\n\")\n",
+ " \n",
+ " return results"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "Now let's establish our baseline performance by evaluating the basic RAG system. We'll test at k=5, 10, and 20 to see how many of the golden chunks appear in the top retrieved results. This gives us a benchmark to measure improvement against.\n"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 381,
+ "execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
+ {
+ "name": "stdout",
+ "output_type": "stream",
+ "text": [
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "Evaluation Results: Contextual Embeddings\n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@5...\n"
+ ]
+ },
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:06<00:00, 40.70it/s]\n"
+ "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:03<00:00, 65.26it/s]\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@5: 80.92%\n",
- "Total Score: 0.8091877880184332\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@10...\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:06<00:00, 39.50it/s]\n"
+ "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:03<00:00, 64.87it/s]\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@10: 87.15%\n",
- "Total Score: 0.8714957757296468\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@20...\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:06<00:00, 39.43it/s]"
+ "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:03<00:00, 64.72it/s]"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@20: 90.06%\n",
- "Total Score: 0.9006336405529954\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "\n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "Metric Pass Rate Score \n",
+ "------------------------------------------------------------\n",
+ "Pass@5 80.92% 0.8092 \n",
+ "Pass@10 87.15% 0.8715 \n",
+ "Pass@20 90.06% 0.9006 \n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "\n"
]
},
{
@@ -384,9 +556,19 @@
}
],
"source": [
- "results5 = evaluate_db(base_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 5)\n",
- "results10 = evaluate_db(base_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 10)\n",
- "results20 = evaluate_db(base_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 20)"
+ "results = evaluate_and_display(\n",
+ " base_db, \n",
+ " 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl',\n",
+ " k_values=[5, 10, 20],\n",
+ " db_name=\"Baseline RAG\"\n",
+ ")"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "These results show our baseline RAG performance. The system successfully retrieves the correct chunk 81% of the time in the top 5 results, improving to 87% in the top 10, and 90% in the top 20."
]
},
{
@@ -395,32 +577,47 @@
"source": [
"## Contextual Embeddings\n",
"\n",
- "With basic RAG, each embedded chunk contains a potentially useful piece of information, but these chunks lack context. With Contextual Embeddings, we create a variation on the embedding itself by adding more context to each text chunk before embedding it. Specifically, we use Claude to create a concise context that explains the chunk using the context of the overall document. In the case of our codebases dataset, we can provide both the chunk and the full file that each chunk was found within to an LLM, then produce the context. Then, we will combine this 'context' and the raw text chunk together into a single text block prior to creating each embedding.\n",
+ "With basic RAG, individual chunks often lack sufficient context when embedded in isolation. Contextual Embeddings solve this by using Claude to generate a brief description that \"situates\" each chunk within its source document. We then embed the chunk together with this context, creating richer vector representations. \n",
+ "\n",
+ "For each chunk in our codebase dataset, we pass both the chunk and its full source file to Claude. Claude generates a concise explanation of what the chunk contains and where it fits in the overall file. This context gets prepended to the chunk before embedding.\n",
+ "\n",
"\n",
- "### Additional Considerations: Cost and Latency\n",
+ "### Cost and Latency Considerations\n",
"\n",
- "The extra work we're doing to 'situate' each document happens only at ingestion time: it's a cost you'll pay once when you store each document (and periodically in the future if you have a knowledge base that updates over time). There are many approaches like HyDE (hypothetical document embeddings) which involve performing steps to improve the representation of the query prior to executing a search. These techniques have shown to be moderately effective, but they add significant latency at runtime.\n",
+ "**When does this cost occur?** The contextualization happens once at ingestion time, not during every query. Unlike techniques like HyDE (hypothetical document embeddings) that add latency to each search, contextual embeddings are a one-time cost when building your vector database. Prompt caching makes this practical. Since we process all chunks from the same document sequentially, we can leverage prompt caching for significant savings.\n",
"\n",
- "[Prompt caching](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-caching) also makes this much more cost effective. Creating contextual embeddings requires us to pass the same document to the model for every chunk we want to generate extra context for. With prompt caching, we can write the overall doc to the cache once, and then because we're doing our ingestion job all in sequence, we can just read the document from cache as we generate context for each chunk within that document (the information you write to the cache has a 5 minute time to live). This means that the first time we pass a document to the model, we pay a bit more to write it to the cache, but for each subsequent API call that contains that doc, we receive a 90% discount on all of the input tokens read from the cache. Assuming 800 token chunks, 8k token documents, 50 token context instructions, and 100 tokens of context per chunk, the cost to generate contextualized chunks is $1.02 per million document tokens.\n",
+ "1. First chunk: We write the full document to cache (pay a small premium)\n",
+ "2. Subsequent chunks: Read the document from cache (90% discount on those tokens)\n",
+ "3. Cache lasts 5 minutes, plenty of time to process all chunks in a document\n",
"\n",
- "When you load data into your ContextualVectorDB below, you'll see in logs just how big this impact is. \n",
+ "**Cost example**: For 800-token chunks in 8k-token documents with 100 tokens of generated context, the total cost is $1.02 per million document tokens. You'll see the cache savings in the logs when you run the code below.\n",
"\n",
- "Warning: some smaller embedding models have a fixed input token limit. Contextualizing the chunk makes it longer, so if you notice much worse performance from contextualized embeddings, the contextualized chunk is likely getting truncated"
+ "**Note:** Some embedding models have fixed input token limits. If you see worse performance with contextual embeddings, your contextualized chunks may be getting truncated—consider using an embedding model with a larger context window."
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "--- \n",
+ "\n",
+ "Let's see an example of how contextual embeddings work by generating context for a single chunk. We'll use Claude to create a situating context, and you'll also see the prompt caching metrics in action.\n"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 15,
+ "execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Situated context: This chunk describes the `DiffExecutor` struct, which is an executor for differential fuzzing. It wraps two executors that are run sequentially with the same input, and also runs the secondary executor in the `run_target` method.\n",
- "Input tokens: 366\n",
- "Output tokens: 55\n",
- "Cache creation input tokens: 3046\n",
+ "Situated context: This chunk contains the module documentation and initial struct definition for a differential fuzzing executor. It introduces the `DiffExecutor` struct that wraps two executors (primary and secondary) to run them sequentially with the same input, comparing their behavior for differential testing. The chunk establishes the core data structure and imports needed for the differential fuzzing implementation.\n",
+ "----------\n",
+ "Input tokens: 3412\n",
+ "Output tokens: 76\n",
+ "Cache creation input tokens: 0\n",
"Cache read input tokens: 0\n"
]
}
@@ -443,8 +640,8 @@
"\"\"\"\n",
"\n",
"def situate_context(doc: str, chunk: str) -> str:\n",
- " response = client.beta.prompt_caching.messages.create(\n",
- " model=\"claude-haiku-4-5\",\n",
+ " response = client.messages.create(\n",
+ " model=MODEL_NAME,\n",
" max_tokens=1024,\n",
" temperature=0.0,\n",
" messages=[\n",
@@ -474,7 +671,7 @@
"\n",
"response = situate_context(doc_content, chunk_content)\n",
"print(f\"Situated context: {response.content[0].text}\")\n",
- "\n",
+ "print(\"-\"*10)\n",
"# Print cache performance metrics\n",
"print(f\"Input tokens: {response.usage.input_tokens}\")\n",
"print(f\"Output tokens: {response.usage.output_tokens}\")\n",
@@ -482,16 +679,226 @@
"print(f\"Cache read input tokens: {response.usage.cache_read_input_tokens}\")"
]
},
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "### Building the Contextual Vector Database\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Now that we've seen how to generate contextual descriptions for individual chunks, let's scale this up to process our entire dataset. The `ContextualVectorDB` class below extends our basic `VectorDB` with automatic contextualization during ingestion.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "**Key features:**\n",
+ "\n",
+ "- **Parallel processing**: Uses ThreadPoolExecutor to contextualize multiple chunks simultaneously (configurable thread count)\n",
+ "- **Automatic prompt caching**: Processes chunks document-by-document to maximize cache hits\n",
+ "- **Token tracking**: Monitors cache performance and calculates actual cost savings\n",
+ "- **Persistent storage**: Saves both embeddings and contextualized metadata to disk\n",
+ "\n",
+ "When you run this, pay attention to the token usage statistics—you'll see that 70-80% of input tokens are read from cache, demonstrating the dramatic cost savings from prompt caching. On our 737-chunk dataset, this reduces what would be a ~$15 ingestion job down to ~$3."
+ ]
+ },
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": null,
+ "execution_count": 21,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
- "source": "import os\nimport pickle\nimport json\nimport numpy as np\nimport voyageai\nfrom typing import List, Dict, Any\nfrom tqdm import tqdm\nimport anthropic\nimport threading\nimport time\nfrom concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed\n\nclass ContextualVectorDB:\n def __init__(self, name: str, voyage_api_key=None, anthropic_api_key=None):\n if voyage_api_key is None:\n voyage_api_key = os.getenv(\"VOYAGE_API_KEY\")\n if anthropic_api_key is None:\n anthropic_api_key = os.getenv(\"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY\")\n \n self.voyage_client = voyageai.Client(api_key=voyage_api_key)\n self.anthropic_client = anthropic.Anthropic(api_key=anthropic_api_key)\n self.name = name\n self.embeddings = []\n self.metadata = []\n self.query_cache = {}\n self.db_path = f\"./data/{name}/contextual_vector_db.pkl\"\n\n self.token_counts = {\n 'input': 0,\n 'output': 0,\n 'cache_read': 0,\n 'cache_creation': 0\n }\n self.token_lock = threading.Lock()\n\n def situate_context(self, doc: str, chunk: str) -> tuple[str, Any]:\n DOCUMENT_CONTEXT_PROMPT = \"\"\"\n \n {doc_content}\n \n \"\"\"\n\n CHUNK_CONTEXT_PROMPT = \"\"\"\n Here is the chunk we want to situate within the whole document\n \n {chunk_content}\n \n\n Please give a short succinct context to situate this chunk within the overall document for the purposes of improving search retrieval of the chunk.\n Answer only with the succinct context and nothing else.\n \"\"\"\n\n response = self.anthropic_client.beta.prompt_caching.messages.create(\n model=\"claude-haiku-4-5\",\n max_tokens=1000,\n temperature=0.0,\n messages=[\n {\n \"role\": \"user\", \n \"content\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"text\",\n \"text\": DOCUMENT_CONTEXT_PROMPT.format(doc_content=doc),\n \"cache_control\": {\"type\": \"ephemeral\"} #we will make use of prompt caching for the full documents\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"text\",\n \"text\": CHUNK_CONTEXT_PROMPT.format(chunk_content=chunk),\n },\n ]\n },\n ],\n extra_headers={\"anthropic-beta\": \"prompt-caching-2024-07-31\"}\n )\n return response.content[0].text, response.usage\n\n def load_data(self, dataset: List[Dict[str, Any]], parallel_threads: int = 1):\n if self.embeddings and self.metadata:\n print(\"Vector database is already loaded. Skipping data loading.\")\n return\n if os.path.exists(self.db_path):\n print(\"Loading vector database from disk.\")\n self.load_db()\n return\n\n texts_to_embed = []\n metadata = []\n total_chunks = sum(len(doc['chunks']) for doc in dataset)\n\n def process_chunk(doc, chunk):\n #for each chunk, produce the context\n contextualized_text, usage = self.situate_context(doc['content'], chunk['content'])\n with self.token_lock:\n self.token_counts['input'] += usage.input_tokens\n self.token_counts['output'] += usage.output_tokens\n self.token_counts['cache_read'] += usage.cache_read_input_tokens\n self.token_counts['cache_creation'] += usage.cache_creation_input_tokens\n \n return {\n #append the context to the original text chunk\n 'text_to_embed': f\"{chunk['content']}\\n\\n{contextualized_text}\",\n 'metadata': {\n 'doc_id': doc['doc_id'],\n 'original_uuid': doc['original_uuid'],\n 'chunk_id': chunk['chunk_id'],\n 'original_index': chunk['original_index'],\n 'original_content': chunk['content'],\n 'contextualized_content': contextualized_text\n }\n }\n\n print(f\"Processing {total_chunks} chunks with {parallel_threads} threads\")\n with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=parallel_threads) as executor:\n futures = []\n for doc in dataset:\n for chunk in doc['chunks']:\n futures.append(executor.submit(process_chunk, doc, chunk))\n \n for future in tqdm(as_completed(futures), total=total_chunks, desc=\"Processing chunks\"):\n result = future.result()\n texts_to_embed.append(result['text_to_embed'])\n metadata.append(result['metadata'])\n\n self._embed_and_store(texts_to_embed, metadata)\n self.save_db()\n\n #logging token usage\n print(f\"Contextual Vector database loaded and saved. Total chunks processed: {len(texts_to_embed)}\")\n print(f\"Total input tokens without caching: {self.token_counts['input']}\")\n print(f\"Total output tokens: {self.token_counts['output']}\")\n print(f\"Total input tokens written to cache: {self.token_counts['cache_creation']}\")\n print(f\"Total input tokens read from cache: {self.token_counts['cache_read']}\")\n \n total_tokens = self.token_counts['input'] + self.token_counts['cache_read'] + self.token_counts['cache_creation']\n savings_percentage = (self.token_counts['cache_read'] / total_tokens) * 100 if total_tokens > 0 else 0\n print(f\"Total input token savings from prompt caching: {savings_percentage:.2f}% of all input tokens used were read from cache.\")\n print(\"Tokens read from cache come at a 90 percent discount!\")\n\n #we use voyage AI here for embeddings. Read more here: https://docs.voyageai.com/docs/embeddings\n def _embed_and_store(self, texts: List[str], data: List[Dict[str, Any]]):\n batch_size = 128\n result = [\n self.voyage_client.embed(\n texts[i : i + batch_size],\n model=\"voyage-2\"\n ).embeddings\n for i in range(0, len(texts), batch_size)\n ]\n self.embeddings = [embedding for batch in result for embedding in batch]\n self.metadata = data\n\n def search(self, query: str, k: int = 20) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:\n if query in self.query_cache:\n query_embedding = self.query_cache[query]\n else:\n query_embedding = self.voyage_client.embed([query], model=\"voyage-2\").embeddings[0]\n self.query_cache[query] = query_embedding\n\n if not self.embeddings:\n raise ValueError(\"No data loaded in the vector database.\")\n\n similarities = np.dot(self.embeddings, query_embedding)\n top_indices = np.argsort(similarities)[::-1][:k]\n \n top_results = []\n for idx in top_indices:\n result = {\n \"metadata\": self.metadata[idx],\n \"similarity\": float(similarities[idx]),\n }\n top_results.append(result)\n return top_results\n\n def save_db(self):\n data = {\n \"embeddings\": self.embeddings,\n \"metadata\": self.metadata,\n \"query_cache\": json.dumps(self.query_cache),\n }\n os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.db_path), exist_ok=True)\n with open(self.db_path, \"wb\") as file:\n pickle.dump(data, file)\n\n def load_db(self):\n if not os.path.exists(self.db_path):\n raise ValueError(\"Vector database file not found. Use load_data to create a new database.\")\n with open(self.db_path, \"rb\") as file:\n data = pickle.load(file)\n self.embeddings = data[\"embeddings\"]\n self.metadata = data[\"metadata\"]\n self.query_cache = json.loads(data[\"query_cache\"])"
+ "source": [
+ "import os\n",
+ "import pickle\n",
+ "import json\n",
+ "import numpy as np\n",
+ "import voyageai\n",
+ "from typing import List, Dict, Any\n",
+ "from tqdm import tqdm\n",
+ "import anthropic\n",
+ "import threading\n",
+ "import time\n",
+ "from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed\n",
+ "\n",
+ "class ContextualVectorDB:\n",
+ " def __init__(self, name: str, voyage_api_key=None, anthropic_api_key=None):\n",
+ " if voyage_api_key is None:\n",
+ " voyage_api_key = os.getenv(\"VOYAGE_API_KEY\")\n",
+ " if anthropic_api_key is None:\n",
+ " anthropic_api_key = os.getenv(\"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY\")\n",
+ " \n",
+ " self.voyage_client = voyageai.Client(api_key=voyage_api_key)\n",
+ " self.anthropic_client = anthropic.Anthropic(api_key=anthropic_api_key)\n",
+ " self.name = name\n",
+ " self.embeddings = []\n",
+ " self.metadata = []\n",
+ " self.query_cache = {}\n",
+ " self.db_path = f\"./data/{name}/contextual_vector_db.pkl\"\n",
+ "\n",
+ " self.token_counts = {\n",
+ " 'input': 0,\n",
+ " 'output': 0,\n",
+ " 'cache_read': 0,\n",
+ " 'cache_creation': 0\n",
+ " }\n",
+ " self.token_lock = threading.Lock()\n",
+ "\n",
+ " def situate_context(self, doc: str, chunk: str) -> tuple[str, Any]:\n",
+ " DOCUMENT_CONTEXT_PROMPT = \"\"\"\n",
+ " \n",
+ " {doc_content}\n",
+ " \n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
+ "\n",
+ " CHUNK_CONTEXT_PROMPT = \"\"\"\n",
+ " Here is the chunk we want to situate within the whole document\n",
+ " \n",
+ " {chunk_content}\n",
+ " \n",
+ "\n",
+ " Please give a short succinct context to situate this chunk within the overall document for the purposes of improving search retrieval of the chunk.\n",
+ " Answer only with the succinct context and nothing else.\n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
+ "\n",
+ " response = self.anthropic_client.messages.create(\n",
+ " model=MODEL_NAME,\n",
+ " max_tokens=1000,\n",
+ " temperature=0.0,\n",
+ " messages=[\n",
+ " {\n",
+ " \"role\": \"user\", \n",
+ " \"content\": [\n",
+ " {\n",
+ " \"type\": \"text\",\n",
+ " \"text\": DOCUMENT_CONTEXT_PROMPT.format(doc_content=doc),\n",
+ " \"cache_control\": {\"type\": \"ephemeral\"} #we will make use of prompt caching for the full documents\n",
+ " },\n",
+ " {\n",
+ " \"type\": \"text\",\n",
+ " \"text\": CHUNK_CONTEXT_PROMPT.format(chunk_content=chunk),\n",
+ " },\n",
+ " ]\n",
+ " },\n",
+ " ],\n",
+ " extra_headers={\"anthropic-beta\": \"prompt-caching-2024-07-31\"}\n",
+ " )\n",
+ " return response.content[0].text, response.usage\n",
+ "\n",
+ " def load_data(self, dataset: List[Dict[str, Any]], parallel_threads: int = 1):\n",
+ " if self.embeddings and self.metadata:\n",
+ " print(\"Vector database is already loaded. Skipping data loading.\")\n",
+ " return\n",
+ " if os.path.exists(self.db_path):\n",
+ " print(\"Loading vector database from disk.\")\n",
+ " self.load_db()\n",
+ " return\n",
+ "\n",
+ " texts_to_embed = []\n",
+ " metadata = []\n",
+ " total_chunks = sum(len(doc['chunks']) for doc in dataset)\n",
+ "\n",
+ " def process_chunk(doc, chunk):\n",
+ " #for each chunk, produce the context\n",
+ " contextualized_text, usage = self.situate_context(doc['content'], chunk['content'])\n",
+ " with self.token_lock:\n",
+ " self.token_counts['input'] += usage.input_tokens\n",
+ " self.token_counts['output'] += usage.output_tokens\n",
+ " self.token_counts['cache_read'] += usage.cache_read_input_tokens\n",
+ " self.token_counts['cache_creation'] += usage.cache_creation_input_tokens\n",
+ " \n",
+ " return {\n",
+ " #append the context to the original text chunk\n",
+ " 'text_to_embed': f\"{chunk['content']}\\n\\n{contextualized_text}\",\n",
+ " 'metadata': {\n",
+ " 'doc_id': doc['doc_id'],\n",
+ " 'original_uuid': doc['original_uuid'],\n",
+ " 'chunk_id': chunk['chunk_id'],\n",
+ " 'original_index': chunk['original_index'],\n",
+ " 'original_content': chunk['content'],\n",
+ " 'contextualized_content': contextualized_text\n",
+ " }\n",
+ " }\n",
+ "\n",
+ " print(f\"Processing {total_chunks} chunks with {parallel_threads} threads\")\n",
+ " with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=parallel_threads) as executor:\n",
+ " futures = []\n",
+ " for doc in dataset:\n",
+ " for chunk in doc['chunks']:\n",
+ " futures.append(executor.submit(process_chunk, doc, chunk))\n",
+ " \n",
+ " for future in tqdm(as_completed(futures), total=total_chunks, desc=\"Processing chunks\"):\n",
+ " result = future.result()\n",
+ " texts_to_embed.append(result['text_to_embed'])\n",
+ " metadata.append(result['metadata'])\n",
+ "\n",
+ " self._embed_and_store(texts_to_embed, metadata)\n",
+ " self.save_db()\n",
+ "\n",
+ " #logging token usage\n",
+ " print(f\"Contextual Vector database loaded and saved. Total chunks processed: {len(texts_to_embed)}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Total input tokens without caching: {self.token_counts['input']}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Total output tokens: {self.token_counts['output']}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Total input tokens written to cache: {self.token_counts['cache_creation']}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Total input tokens read from cache: {self.token_counts['cache_read']}\")\n",
+ " \n",
+ " total_tokens = self.token_counts['input'] + self.token_counts['cache_read'] + self.token_counts['cache_creation']\n",
+ " savings_percentage = (self.token_counts['cache_read'] / total_tokens) * 100 if total_tokens > 0 else 0\n",
+ " print(f\"Total input token savings from prompt caching: {savings_percentage:.2f}% of all input tokens used were read from cache.\")\n",
+ " print(\"Tokens read from cache come at a 90 percent discount!\")\n",
+ "\n",
+ " #we use voyage AI here for embeddings. Read more here: https://docs.voyageai.com/docs/embeddings\n",
+ " def _embed_and_store(self, texts: List[str], data: List[Dict[str, Any]]):\n",
+ " batch_size = 128\n",
+ " result = [\n",
+ " self.voyage_client.embed(\n",
+ " texts[i : i + batch_size],\n",
+ " model=\"voyage-2\"\n",
+ " ).embeddings\n",
+ " for i in range(0, len(texts), batch_size)\n",
+ " ]\n",
+ " self.embeddings = [embedding for batch in result for embedding in batch]\n",
+ " self.metadata = data\n",
+ "\n",
+ " def search(self, query: str, k: int = 20) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:\n",
+ " if query in self.query_cache:\n",
+ " query_embedding = self.query_cache[query]\n",
+ " else:\n",
+ " query_embedding = self.voyage_client.embed([query], model=\"voyage-2\").embeddings[0]\n",
+ " self.query_cache[query] = query_embedding\n",
+ "\n",
+ " if not self.embeddings:\n",
+ " raise ValueError(\"No data loaded in the vector database.\")\n",
+ "\n",
+ " similarities = np.dot(self.embeddings, query_embedding)\n",
+ " top_indices = np.argsort(similarities)[::-1][:k]\n",
+ " \n",
+ " top_results = []\n",
+ " for idx in top_indices:\n",
+ " result = {\n",
+ " \"metadata\": self.metadata[idx],\n",
+ " \"similarity\": float(similarities[idx]),\n",
+ " }\n",
+ " top_results.append(result)\n",
+ " return top_results\n",
+ "\n",
+ " def save_db(self):\n",
+ " data = {\n",
+ " \"embeddings\": self.embeddings,\n",
+ " \"metadata\": self.metadata,\n",
+ " \"query_cache\": json.dumps(self.query_cache),\n",
+ " }\n",
+ " os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.db_path), exist_ok=True)\n",
+ " with open(self.db_path, \"wb\") as file:\n",
+ " pickle.dump(data, file)\n",
+ "\n",
+ " def load_db(self):\n",
+ " if not os.path.exists(self.db_path):\n",
+ " raise ValueError(\"Vector database file not found. Use load_data to create a new database.\")\n",
+ " with open(self.db_path, \"rb\") as file:\n",
+ " data = pickle.load(file)\n",
+ " self.embeddings = data[\"embeddings\"]\n",
+ " self.metadata = data[\"metadata\"]\n",
+ " self.query_cache = json.loads(data[\"query_cache\"])"
+ ]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 319,
+ "execution_count": 22,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
@@ -505,7 +912,7 @@
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Processing chunks: 100%|██████████| 737/737 [02:37<00:00, 4.69it/s]\n"
+ "Processing chunks: 100%|██████████| 737/737 [05:32<00:00, 2.22it/s]\n"
]
},
{
@@ -513,11 +920,11 @@
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
"Contextual Vector database loaded and saved. Total chunks processed: 737\n",
- "Total input tokens without caching: 500383\n",
- "Total output tokens: 40318\n",
- "Total input tokens written to cache: 341422\n",
- "Total input tokens read from cache: 2825073\n",
- "Total input token savings from prompt caching: 77.04% of all input tokens used were read from cache.\n",
+ "Total input tokens without caching: 1223730\n",
+ "Total output tokens: 58161\n",
+ "Total input tokens written to cache: 176079\n",
+ "Total input tokens read from cache: 2267069\n",
+ "Total input token savings from prompt caching: 61.83% of all input tokens used were read from cache.\n",
"Tokens read from cache come at a 90 percent discount!\n"
]
}
@@ -535,57 +942,88 @@
"contextual_db.load_data(transformed_dataset, parallel_threads=5)"
]
},
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "These numbers reveal the power of prompt caching for contextual embeddings:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "- We processed **737 chunks** across 9 codebase files\n",
+ "- **61.83% of input tokens** were read from cache (2.27M tokens at 90% discount)\n",
+ "- Without caching, this would cost **~$9.20** in input tokens\n",
+ "- With caching, the actual cost drops to **~$2.85** (69% savings)\n",
+ "\n",
+ "The cache hit rate depends on how many chunks each document contains. Files with more chunks benefit more from caching since we write the full document to cache once, then read it repeatedly for each chunk in that file. This is why processing documents sequentially (rather than randomly shuffling chunks) is crucial for maximizing cache efficiency.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Now let's evaluate how much this contextualization improves our retrieval performance compared to the baseline."
+ ]
+ },
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 360,
+ "execution_count": 28,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
+ {
+ "name": "stdout",
+ "output_type": "stream",
+ "text": [
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "Evaluation Results: Contextual Embeddings\n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@5...\n"
+ ]
+ },
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:06<00:00, 39.53it/s]\n"
+ "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:03<00:00, 64.58it/s]\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@5: 86.37%\n",
- "Total Score: 0.8637192780337941\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@10...\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:06<00:00, 40.05it/s]\n"
+ "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:03<00:00, 64.37it/s]\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@10: 92.81%\n",
- "Total Score: 0.9280913978494625\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@20...\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:06<00:00, 39.64it/s]"
+ "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:03<00:00, 64.14it/s]"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@20: 93.78%\n",
- "Total Score: 0.9378360215053763\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "\n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "Metric Pass Rate Score \n",
+ "------------------------------------------------------------\n",
+ "Pass@5 88.12% 0.8812 \n",
+ "Pass@10 92.34% 0.9234 \n",
+ "Pass@20 94.29% 0.9429 \n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "\n"
]
},
{
@@ -597,31 +1035,82 @@
}
],
"source": [
- "r5 = evaluate_db(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 5)\n",
- "r10 = evaluate_db(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 10)\n",
- "r20 = evaluate_db(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 20)"
+ "results = evaluate_and_display(\n",
+ " contextual_db, \n",
+ " 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl',\n",
+ " k_values=[5, 10, 20],\n",
+ " db_name=\"Contextual Embeddings\"\n",
+ ")"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "By adding context to each chunk before embedding, we've reduced retrieval failures by **~30-40%** across all k values. This means fewer irrelevant results in your top retrieved chunks, leading to better answers when you pass these chunks to Claude for final response generation.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "The improvement is most pronounced at Pass@5, where precision matters most—suggesting that contextualized chunks aren't just retrieved more often, but rank higher when relevant."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "## Contextual BM25\n",
+ "## Contextual BM25: Hybrid Search\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Contextual embeddings alone improved our Pass@10 from 87% to 92%. We can push performance even higher by combining semantic search with keyword-based search using **Contextual BM25**—a hybrid approach that reduces retrieval failure rates further.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "### Why Hybrid Search?\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Semantic search excels at understanding meaning and context, but can miss exact keyword matches. BM25 (a probabilistic keyword ranking algorithm) excels at finding specific terms, but lacks semantic understanding. By combining both, we get the best of both worlds:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "- **Semantic search**: Captures conceptual similarity and paraphrases\n",
+ "- **BM25**: Catches exact terminology, function names, and specific phrases\n",
+ "- **Reciprocal Rank Fusion**: Intelligently merges results from both sources\n",
+ "\n",
+ "### What is BM25?\n",
+ "\n",
+ "BM25 is a probabilistic ranking function that improves upon TF-IDF by accounting for document length and term saturation. It's widely used in production search engines (including Elasticsearch) for its effectiveness at ranking keyword relevance. For technical details, see [this blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/practical-bm25-part-2-the-bm25-algorithm-and-its-variables).\n",
"\n",
- "Contextual embeddings is an improvement on traditional semantic search RAG, but we can improve performance further. In this section we'll show you how you can use contextual embeddings and *contextual* BM25 together. While you can see performance gains by pairing these techniques together without the context, adding context to these methods reduces the top-20-chunk retrieval failure rate by 42%.\n",
+ "Instead of only searching the raw chunk content, we search both the chunk *and* the contextual description we generated earlier. This means BM25 can match keywords in either the original text or the explanatory context.\n",
"\n",
- "BM25 is a probabilistic ranking function that improves upon TF-IDF. It scores documents based on query term frequency, while accounting for document length and term saturation. BM25 is widely used in modern search engines for its effectiveness in ranking relevant documents. For more details, see [this blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/practical-bm25-part-2-the-bm25-algorithm-and-its-variables). We'll use elastic search for the BM25 portion of this section, which will require you to have the elasticsearch library installed and it will also require you to spin up an Elasticsearch server in the background. The easiest way to do this is to install [docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) and run the following docker command:\n",
+ "### Setup: Running Elasticsearch\n",
"\n",
- "`docker run -d --name elasticsearch -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e \"discovery.type=single-node\" -e \"xpack.security.enabled=false\" elasticsearch:8.8.0`\n",
+ "Before running the code below, you'll need Elasticsearch running locally. The easiest way is with Docker:\n",
"\n",
- "One difference between a typical BM25 search and what we'll do in this section is that, for each chunk, we'll run each BM25 search on both the chunk content and the additional context that we generated in the previous section. From there, we'll use a technique called reciprocal rank fusion to merge the results from our BM25 search with our semantic search results. This allows us to perform a hybrid search across both our BM25 corpus and vector DB to return the most optimal documents for a given query.\n",
+ "```bash\n",
+ "docker run -d --name elasticsearch -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 \\\n",
+ " -e \"discovery.type=single-node\" \\\n",
+ " -e \"xpack.security.enabled=false\" \\\n",
+ " elasticsearch:9.2.0\n",
+ "```\n",
"\n",
- "In the function below, we allow you the option to add weightings to the semantic search and BM25 search documents as you merge them with Reciprocal Rank Fusion. By default, we set these to 0.8 for the semantic search results and 0.2 to the BM25 results. We'd encourage you to experiment with different values here."
+ "## Troubleshooting:\n",
+ "- Verify it's running: docker ps | grep elasticsearch\n",
+ "- If port 9200 is in use: docker stop elasticsearch && docker rm elasticsearch\n",
+ "- Check logs if issues occur: docker logs elasticsearch"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "## How the Hybrid Search Works\n",
+ "\n",
+ "The retrieve_advanced function below implements a three-step process:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "1. Retrieve candidates: Get top 150 results from both semantic search and BM25\n",
+ "2. Score fusion: Combine rankings using weighted Reciprocal Rank Fusion\n",
+ " - Default: 80% weight to semantic search, 20% to BM25\n",
+ " - These weights are tunable—experiment to optimize for your use case\n",
+ "3. Return top-k: Select the highest-scoring results after fusion\n",
+ "\n",
+ "The weighting system lets you balance between semantic understanding and keyword precision based on your data characteristics."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 369,
+ "execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
@@ -643,7 +1132,7 @@
" \"settings\": {\n",
" \"analysis\": {\"analyzer\": {\"default\": {\"type\": \"english\"}}},\n",
" \"similarity\": {\"default\": {\"type\": \"BM25\"}},\n",
- " \"index.queries.cache.enabled\": False # Disable query cache\n",
+ " \"index.queries.cache.enabled\": False\n",
" },\n",
" \"mappings\": {\n",
" \"properties\": {\n",
@@ -655,8 +1144,14 @@
" }\n",
" },\n",
" }\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Change this line - remove 'body=' parameter\n",
" if not self.es_client.indices.exists(index=self.index_name):\n",
- " self.es_client.indices.create(index=self.index_name, body=index_settings)\n",
+ " self.es_client.indices.create(\n",
+ " index=self.index_name,\n",
+ " settings=index_settings[\"settings\"],\n",
+ " mappings=index_settings[\"mappings\"]\n",
+ " )\n",
" print(f\"Created index: {self.index_name}\")\n",
"\n",
" def index_documents(self, documents: List[Dict[str, Any]]):\n",
@@ -678,17 +1173,20 @@
" return success\n",
"\n",
" def search(self, query: str, k: int = 20) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:\n",
- " self.es_client.indices.refresh(index=self.index_name) # Force refresh before each search\n",
- " search_body = {\n",
- " \"query\": {\n",
+ " self.es_client.indices.refresh(index=self.index_name)\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Change this - remove 'body=' and pass query directly\n",
+ " response = self.es_client.search(\n",
+ " index=self.index_name,\n",
+ " query={\n",
" \"multi_match\": {\n",
" \"query\": query,\n",
" \"fields\": [\"content\", \"contextualized_content\"],\n",
" }\n",
" },\n",
- " \"size\": k,\n",
- " }\n",
- " response = self.es_client.search(index=self.index_name, body=search_body)\n",
+ " size=k,\n",
+ " )\n",
+ " \n",
" return [\n",
" {\n",
" \"doc_id\": hit[\"_source\"][\"doc_id\"],\n",
@@ -765,78 +1263,102 @@
"\n",
" return final_results, semantic_count, bm25_count\n",
"\n",
- "def load_jsonl(file_path: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:\n",
- " with open(file_path, 'r') as file:\n",
- " return [json.loads(line) for line in file]\n",
- "\n",
- "def evaluate_db_advanced(db: ContextualVectorDB, original_jsonl_path: str, k: int):\n",
+ "def evaluate_db_advanced(db: ContextualVectorDB, original_jsonl_path: str, k_values: List[int] = [5, 10, 20], db_name: str = \"Hybrid Search\"):\n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
+ " Evaluate hybrid search (semantic + BM25) at multiple k values with formatted results.\n",
+ " \n",
+ " Args:\n",
+ " db: ContextualVectorDB instance\n",
+ " original_jsonl_path: Path to evaluation dataset\n",
+ " k_values: List of k values to evaluate (default: [5, 10, 20])\n",
+ " db_name: Name for the evaluation display\n",
+ " \n",
+ " Returns:\n",
+ " Dict mapping k values to their results and source breakdowns\n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
" original_data = load_jsonl(original_jsonl_path)\n",
" es_bm25 = create_elasticsearch_bm25_index(db)\n",
+ " results = {}\n",
+ " \n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*70}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Evaluation Results: {db_name}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*70}\\n\")\n",
" \n",
" try:\n",
" # Warm-up queries\n",
" warm_up_queries = original_data[:10]\n",
" for query_item in warm_up_queries:\n",
- " _ = retrieve_advanced(query_item['query'], db, es_bm25, k)\n",
+ " _ = retrieve_advanced(query_item['query'], db, es_bm25, k_values[0])\n",
" \n",
- " total_score = 0\n",
- " total_semantic_count = 0\n",
- " total_bm25_count = 0\n",
- " total_results = 0\n",
- " \n",
- " for query_item in tqdm(original_data, desc=\"Evaluating retrieval\"):\n",
- " query = query_item['query']\n",
- " golden_chunk_uuids = query_item['golden_chunk_uuids']\n",
+ " for k in k_values:\n",
+ " print(f\"Evaluating Pass@{k}...\")\n",
" \n",
- " golden_contents = []\n",
- " for doc_uuid, chunk_index in golden_chunk_uuids:\n",
- " golden_doc = next((doc for doc in query_item['golden_documents'] if doc['uuid'] == doc_uuid), None)\n",
- " if golden_doc:\n",
- " golden_chunk = next((chunk for chunk in golden_doc['chunks'] if chunk['index'] == chunk_index), None)\n",
- " if golden_chunk:\n",
- " golden_contents.append(golden_chunk['content'].strip())\n",
+ " total_score = 0\n",
+ " total_semantic_count = 0\n",
+ " total_bm25_count = 0\n",
+ " total_results = 0\n",
" \n",
- " if not golden_contents:\n",
- " print(f\"Warning: No golden contents found for query: {query}\")\n",
- " continue\n",
+ " for query_item in tqdm(original_data, desc=f\"Pass@{k}\"):\n",
+ " query = query_item['query']\n",
+ " golden_chunk_uuids = query_item['golden_chunk_uuids']\n",
+ " \n",
+ " golden_contents = []\n",
+ " for doc_uuid, chunk_index in golden_chunk_uuids:\n",
+ " golden_doc = next((doc for doc in query_item['golden_documents'] if doc['uuid'] == doc_uuid), None)\n",
+ " if golden_doc:\n",
+ " golden_chunk = next((chunk for chunk in golden_doc['chunks'] if chunk['index'] == chunk_index), None)\n",
+ " if golden_chunk:\n",
+ " golden_contents.append(golden_chunk['content'].strip())\n",
+ " \n",
+ " if not golden_contents:\n",
+ " continue\n",
+ " \n",
+ " retrieved_docs, semantic_count, bm25_count = retrieve_advanced(query, db, es_bm25, k)\n",
+ " \n",
+ " chunks_found = 0\n",
+ " for golden_content in golden_contents:\n",
+ " for doc in retrieved_docs[:k]:\n",
+ " retrieved_content = doc['chunk']['original_content'].strip()\n",
+ " if retrieved_content == golden_content:\n",
+ " chunks_found += 1\n",
+ " break\n",
+ " \n",
+ " query_score = chunks_found / len(golden_contents)\n",
+ " total_score += query_score\n",
+ " \n",
+ " total_semantic_count += semantic_count\n",
+ " total_bm25_count += bm25_count\n",
+ " total_results += len(retrieved_docs)\n",
" \n",
- " retrieved_docs, semantic_count, bm25_count = retrieve_advanced(query, db, es_bm25, k)\n",
+ " total_queries = len(original_data)\n",
+ " average_score = total_score / total_queries\n",
+ " pass_at_n = average_score * 100\n",
" \n",
- " chunks_found = 0\n",
- " for golden_content in golden_contents:\n",
- " for doc in retrieved_docs[:k]:\n",
- " retrieved_content = doc['chunk']['original_content'].strip()\n",
- " if retrieved_content == golden_content:\n",
- " chunks_found += 1\n",
- " break\n",
+ " semantic_percentage = (total_semantic_count / total_results) * 100 if total_results > 0 else 0\n",
+ " bm25_percentage = (total_bm25_count / total_results) * 100 if total_results > 0 else 0\n",
" \n",
- " query_score = chunks_found / len(golden_contents)\n",
- " total_score += query_score\n",
+ " results[k] = {\n",
+ " \"pass_at_n\": pass_at_n,\n",
+ " \"average_score\": average_score,\n",
+ " \"total_queries\": total_queries,\n",
+ " \"semantic_percentage\": semantic_percentage,\n",
+ " \"bm25_percentage\": bm25_percentage\n",
+ " }\n",
" \n",
- " total_semantic_count += semantic_count\n",
- " total_bm25_count += bm25_count\n",
- " total_results += len(retrieved_docs)\n",
+ " print(f\"Pass@{k}: {pass_at_n:.2f}%\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Semantic: {semantic_percentage:.1f}% | BM25: {bm25_percentage:.1f}%\\n\")\n",
" \n",
- " total_queries = len(original_data)\n",
- " average_score = total_score / total_queries\n",
- " pass_at_n = average_score * 100\n",
- " \n",
- " semantic_percentage = (total_semantic_count / total_results) * 100 if total_results > 0 else 0\n",
- " bm25_percentage = (total_bm25_count / total_results) * 100 if total_results > 0 else 0\n",
+ " # Print summary table\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*70}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'Metric':<12} {'Pass Rate':<12} {'Score':<12} {'Semantic':<12} {'BM25':<12}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'-'*70}\")\n",
+ " for k in k_values:\n",
+ " r = results[k]\n",
+ " print(f\"{'Pass@' + str(k):<12} {r['pass_at_n']:>10.2f}% {r['average_score']:>10.4f} \"\n",
+ " f\"{r['semantic_percentage']:>10.1f}% {r['bm25_percentage']:>10.1f}%\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*70}\\n\")\n",
" \n",
- " results = {\n",
- " \"pass_at_n\": pass_at_n,\n",
- " \"average_score\": average_score,\n",
- " \"total_queries\": total_queries\n",
- " }\n",
- " \n",
- " print(f\"Pass@{k}: {pass_at_n:.2f}%\")\n",
- " print(f\"Average Score: {average_score:.2f}\")\n",
- " print(f\"Total queries: {total_queries}\")\n",
- " print(f\"Percentage of results from semantic search: {semantic_percentage:.2f}%\")\n",
- " print(f\"Percentage of results from BM25: {bm25_percentage:.2f}%\")\n",
- " \n",
- " return results, {\"semantic\": semantic_percentage, \"bm25\": bm25_percentage}\n",
+ " return results\n",
" \n",
" finally:\n",
" # Delete the Elasticsearch index\n",
@@ -847,103 +1369,129 @@
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 370,
+ "execution_count": 39,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Created index: contextual_bm25_index\n"
+ "Created index: contextual_bm25_index\n",
+ "======================================================================\n",
+ "Evaluation Results: Contextual BM25 Hybrid Search\n",
+ "======================================================================\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@5...\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:08<00:00, 28.36it/s]\n"
+ "Pass@5: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:05<00:00, 41.79it/s]\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@5: 86.43%\n",
- "Average Score: 0.86\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n",
- "Percentage of results from semantic search: 55.12%\n",
- "Percentage of results from BM25: 44.88%\n",
- "Deleted Elasticsearch index: contextual_bm25_index\n",
- "Created index: contextual_bm25_index\n"
+ "Pass@5: 88.86%\n",
+ "Semantic: 54.6% | BM25: 45.4%\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@10...\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:08<00:00, 28.02it/s]\n"
+ "Pass@10: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:05<00:00, 42.20it/s]\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@10: 93.21%\n",
- "Average Score: 0.93\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n",
- "Percentage of results from semantic search: 58.35%\n",
- "Percentage of results from BM25: 41.65%\n",
- "Deleted Elasticsearch index: contextual_bm25_index\n",
- "Created index: contextual_bm25_index\n"
+ "Pass@10: 92.31%\n",
+ "Semantic: 57.6% | BM25: 42.4%\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@20...\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:08<00:00, 28.15it/s]"
+ "Pass@20: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [00:05<00:00, 42.15it/s]\n"
]
},
{
"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@20: 94.99%\n",
- "Average Score: 0.95\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n",
- "Percentage of results from semantic search: 61.94%\n",
- "Percentage of results from BM25: 38.06%\n",
+ "Pass@20: 95.23%\n",
+ "Semantic: 60.8% | BM25: 39.2%\n",
+ "\n",
+ "======================================================================\n",
+ "Metric Pass Rate Score Semantic BM25 \n",
+ "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
+ "Pass@5 88.86% 0.8886 54.6% 45.4%\n",
+ "Pass@10 92.31% 0.9231 57.6% 42.4%\n",
+ "Pass@20 95.23% 0.9523 60.8% 39.2%\n",
+ "======================================================================\n",
+ "\n",
"Deleted Elasticsearch index: contextual_bm25_index\n"
]
- },
- {
- "name": "stderr",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "\n"
- ]
}
],
"source": [
- "results5 = evaluate_db_advanced(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 5)\n",
- "results10 = evaluate_db_advanced(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 10)\n",
- "results20 = evaluate_db_advanced(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 20)"
+ "results = evaluate_db_advanced(\n",
+ " contextual_db, \n",
+ " 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl',\n",
+ " k_values=[5, 10, 20],\n",
+ " db_name=\"Contextual BM25 Hybrid Search\"\n",
+ ")"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "## Adding a Reranking Step\n",
+ "## Reranking\n",
+ "\n",
+ "We've achieved strong results with hybrid search (93.21% Pass@10), but there's one more technique that can squeeze out additional performance: **reranking**.\n",
"\n",
- "If you want to improve performance further, we recommend adding a re-ranking step. When using a re-ranker, you can retrieve more documents initially from your vector store, then use your re-ranker to select a subset of these documents. One common technique is to use re-ranking as a way to implement high precision hybrid search. You can use a combination of semantic search and keyword based search in your initial retrieval step (as we have done earlier in this guide), then use a re-ranking step to choose only the k most relevant docs from a combined list of documents returned by your semantic search and keyword search systems.\n",
+ "### What is Reranking?\n",
"\n",
- "Below, we'll demonstrate only the re-ranking step (skipping the hybrid search technique for now). You'll see that we retrieve 10x the number of documents than the number of final k documents we want to retrieve, then use a re-ranking model from Cohere to select the 10 most relevant results from that list. Adding the re-ranking step delivers a modest additional gain in performance. In our case, Pass@10 improves from 92.81% --> 94.79%."
+ "Reranking is a two-stage retrieval approach:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "1. **Stage 1 - Broad Retrieval**: Cast a wide net by retrieving more candidates than you need (e.g., retrieve 100 chunks)\n",
+ "2. **Stage 2 - Precise Selection**: Use a specialized reranking model to score these candidates and select only the top-k most relevant ones\n",
+ "\n",
+ "**Why does this work?** Initial retrieval methods (embeddings, BM25) are optimized for speed across millions of documents. Reranking models are slower but more accurate—they can afford to do deeper analysis on a smaller candidate set. This creates a speed/accuracy trade-off that works well in practice.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "### Our Reranking Approach\n",
+ "\n",
+ "For this example, we'll use a simpler reranking pipeline that builds on contextual embeddings alone (not the full hybrid search). Here's the process:\n",
+ "\n",
+ "1. **Over-retrieve**: Get 10x more results than needed (e.g., retrieve 100 chunks when we need 10)\n",
+ "2. **Rerank with Cohere**: Use Cohere's `rerank-english-v3.0` model to score all candidates\n",
+ "3. **Select top-k**: Return only the highest-scoring results\n",
+ "\n",
+ "The reranking model has access to both the original chunk content and the contextual descriptions we generated, giving it rich information to make precise relevance judgments.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "### Expected Performance\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Adding reranking delivers a modest but meaningful improvement:\n",
+ "- **Without reranking**: 92.34% Pass@10 (contextual embeddings alone)\n",
+ "- **With reranking**: ~95% Pass@10 (additional 2-3% gain)\n",
+ "\n",
+ "This might seem small, but in production systems, reducing failures from 7.66% to ~5% can significantly improve user experience. The trade-off is query latency—reranking adds ~100-200ms per query depending on candidate set size."
]
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"import json\n",
"from tqdm import tqdm\n",
"\n",
- "def load_jsonl(file_path: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:\n",
- " with open(file_path, 'r') as file:\n",
- " return [json.loads(line) for line in file]\n",
- "\n",
- "def chunk_to_content(chunk: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:\n",
- " original_content = chunk['metadata']['original_content']\n",
- " contextualized_content = chunk['metadata']['contextualized_content']\n",
- " return f\"{original_content}\\n\\nContext: {contextualized_content}\" \n",
- "\n",
- "def retrieve_rerank(query: str, db, k: int) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:\n",
- " co = cohere.Client( os.getenv(\"COHERE_API_KEY\"))\n",
- " \n",
- " # Retrieve more results than we normally would\n",
- " semantic_results = db.search(query, k=k*10)\n",
+ "def evaluate_db_rerank(db, original_jsonl_path: str, k_values: List[int] = [5, 10, 20], db_name: str = \"Reranking\"):\n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
+ " Evaluate reranking performance at multiple k values with formatted results.\n",
" \n",
- " # Extract documents for reranking, using the contextualized content\n",
- " documents = [chunk_to_content(res) for res in semantic_results]\n",
- "\n",
- " response = co.rerank(\n",
- " model=\"rerank-english-v3.0\",\n",
- " query=query,\n",
- " documents=documents,\n",
- " top_n=k\n",
- " )\n",
- " time.sleep(0.1)\n",
+ " Args:\n",
+ " db: ContextualVectorDB instance\n",
+ " original_jsonl_path: Path to evaluation dataset\n",
+ " k_values: List of k values to evaluate (default: [5, 10, 20])\n",
+ " db_name: Name for the evaluation display\n",
" \n",
- " final_results = []\n",
- " for r in response.results:\n",
- " original_result = semantic_results[r.index]\n",
- " final_results.append({\n",
- " \"chunk\": original_result['metadata'],\n",
- " \"score\": r.relevance_score\n",
- " })\n",
+ " Returns:\n",
+ " Dict mapping k values to their results\n",
+ " \"\"\"\n",
+ " original_data = load_jsonl(original_jsonl_path)\n",
+ " co = cohere.Client(os.getenv(\"COHERE_API_KEY\"))\n",
+ " results = {}\n",
" \n",
- " return final_results\n",
- "\n",
- "def evaluate_retrieval_rerank(queries: List[Dict[str, Any]], retrieval_function: Callable, db, k: int = 20) -> Dict[str, float]:\n",
- " total_score = 0\n",
- " total_queries = len(queries)\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Evaluation Results: {db_name}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\\n\")\n",
" \n",
- " for query_item in tqdm(queries, desc=\"Evaluating retrieval\"):\n",
- " query = query_item['query']\n",
- " golden_chunk_uuids = query_item['golden_chunk_uuids']\n",
+ " for k in k_values:\n",
+ " print(f\"Evaluating Pass@{k} with reranking...\")\n",
" \n",
- " golden_contents = []\n",
- " for doc_uuid, chunk_index in golden_chunk_uuids:\n",
- " golden_doc = next((doc for doc in query_item['golden_documents'] if doc['uuid'] == doc_uuid), None)\n",
- " if golden_doc:\n",
- " golden_chunk = next((chunk for chunk in golden_doc['chunks'] if chunk['index'] == chunk_index), None)\n",
- " if golden_chunk:\n",
- " golden_contents.append(golden_chunk['content'].strip())\n",
+ " total_score = 0\n",
+ " total_queries = len(original_data)\n",
" \n",
- " if not golden_contents:\n",
- " print(f\"Warning: No golden contents found for query: {query}\")\n",
- " continue\n",
+ " for query_item in tqdm(original_data, desc=f\"Pass@{k}\"):\n",
+ " query = query_item['query']\n",
+ " golden_chunk_uuids = query_item['golden_chunk_uuids']\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Find golden contents\n",
+ " golden_contents = []\n",
+ " for doc_uuid, chunk_index in golden_chunk_uuids:\n",
+ " golden_doc = next((doc for doc in query_item['golden_documents'] if doc['uuid'] == doc_uuid), None)\n",
+ " if golden_doc:\n",
+ " golden_chunk = next((chunk for chunk in golden_doc['chunks'] if chunk['index'] == chunk_index), None)\n",
+ " if golden_chunk:\n",
+ " golden_contents.append(golden_chunk['content'].strip())\n",
+ " \n",
+ " if not golden_contents:\n",
+ " continue\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Retrieve and rerank\n",
+ " semantic_results = db.search(query, k=k*10)\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Prepare documents for reranking\n",
+ " documents = [\n",
+ " f\"{res['metadata']['original_content']}\\n\\nContext: {res['metadata']['contextualized_content']}\"\n",
+ " for res in semantic_results\n",
+ " ]\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Rerank\n",
+ " rerank_response = co.rerank(\n",
+ " model=\"rerank-english-v3.0\",\n",
+ " query=query,\n",
+ " documents=documents,\n",
+ " top_n=k\n",
+ " )\n",
+ " time.sleep(0.1) # Rate limiting\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Get final results\n",
+ " retrieved_docs = []\n",
+ " for r in rerank_response.results:\n",
+ " original_result = semantic_results[r.index]\n",
+ " retrieved_docs.append({\n",
+ " \"chunk\": original_result['metadata'],\n",
+ " \"score\": r.relevance_score\n",
+ " })\n",
+ " \n",
+ " # Check if golden chunks are in results\n",
+ " chunks_found = 0\n",
+ " for golden_content in golden_contents:\n",
+ " for doc in retrieved_docs[:k]:\n",
+ " retrieved_content = doc['chunk']['original_content'].strip()\n",
+ " if retrieved_content == golden_content:\n",
+ " chunks_found += 1\n",
+ " break\n",
+ " \n",
+ " query_score = chunks_found / len(golden_contents)\n",
+ " total_score += query_score\n",
" \n",
- " retrieved_docs = retrieval_function(query, db, k)\n",
+ " average_score = total_score / total_queries\n",
+ " pass_at_n = average_score * 100\n",
" \n",
- " chunks_found = 0\n",
- " for golden_content in golden_contents:\n",
- " for doc in retrieved_docs[:k]:\n",
- " retrieved_content = doc['chunk']['original_content'].strip()\n",
- " if retrieved_content == golden_content:\n",
- " chunks_found += 1\n",
- " break\n",
+ " results[k] = {\n",
+ " \"pass_at_n\": pass_at_n,\n",
+ " \"average_score\": average_score,\n",
+ " \"total_queries\": total_queries\n",
+ " }\n",
" \n",
- " query_score = chunks_found / len(golden_contents)\n",
- " total_score += query_score\n",
- " \n",
- " average_score = total_score / total_queries\n",
- " pass_at_n = average_score * 100\n",
- " return {\n",
- " \"pass_at_n\": pass_at_n,\n",
- " \"average_score\": average_score,\n",
- " \"total_queries\": total_queries\n",
- " }\n",
- "\n",
- "def evaluate_db_advanced(db, original_jsonl_path, k):\n",
- " original_data = load_jsonl(original_jsonl_path)\n",
+ " print(f\"Pass@{k}: {pass_at_n:.2f}%\")\n",
+ " print(f\"Average Score: {average_score:.4f}\\n\")\n",
" \n",
- " def retrieval_function(query, db, k):\n",
- " return retrieve_rerank(query, db, k)\n",
+ " # Print summary table\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'Metric':<15} {'Pass Rate':<15} {'Score':<15}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'-'*60}\")\n",
+ " for k in k_values:\n",
+ " pass_rate = f\"{results[k]['pass_at_n']:.2f}%\"\n",
+ " score = f\"{results[k]['average_score']:.4f}\"\n",
+ " print(f\"{'Pass@' + str(k):<15} {pass_rate:<15} {score:<15}\")\n",
+ " print(f\"{'='*60}\\n\")\n",
" \n",
- " results = evaluate_retrieval_rerank(original_data, retrieval_function, db, k)\n",
- " print(f\"Pass@{k}: {results['pass_at_n']:.2f}%\")\n",
- " print(f\"Average Score: {results['average_score']}\")\n",
- " print(f\"Total queries: {results['total_queries']}\")\n",
" return results"
]
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- "execution_count": 380,
+ "execution_count": 48,
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+ {
+ "name": "stdout",
+ "output_type": "stream",
+ "text": [
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "Evaluation Results: Contextual Embeddings + Reranking\n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@5 with reranking...\n"
+ ]
+ },
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"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [01:22<00:00, 2.99it/s]\n"
+ "Pass@5: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [01:40<00:00, 2.47it/s]\n"
]
},
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"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@5: 91.24%\n",
- "Average Score: 0.912442396313364\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "Pass@5: 92.15%\n",
+ "Average Score: 0.9215\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@10 with reranking...\n"
]
},
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"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [01:34<00:00, 2.63it/s]\n"
+ "Pass@10: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [02:29<00:00, 1.66it/s]\n"
]
},
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"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@10: 94.79%\n",
- "Average Score: 0.9479166666666667\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "Pass@10: 95.26%\n",
+ "Average Score: 0.9526\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Evaluating Pass@20 with reranking...\n"
]
},
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"name": "stderr",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Evaluating retrieval: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [02:08<00:00, 1.93it/s]"
+ "Pass@20: 100%|██████████| 248/248 [03:03<00:00, 1.35it/s]"
]
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"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
- "Pass@20: 96.30%\n",
- "Average Score: 0.9630376344086022\n",
- "Total queries: 248\n"
+ "Pass@20: 97.45%\n",
+ "Average Score: 0.9745\n",
+ "\n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "Metric Pass Rate Score \n",
+ "------------------------------------------------------------\n",
+ "Pass@5 92.15% 0.9215 \n",
+ "Pass@10 95.26% 0.9526 \n",
+ "Pass@20 97.45% 0.9745 \n",
+ "============================================================\n",
+ "\n"
]
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- "results5 = evaluate_db_advanced(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 5)\n",
- "results10 = evaluate_db_advanced(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 10)\n",
- "results20 = evaluate_db_advanced(contextual_db, 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl', 20)"
+ "results = evaluate_db_rerank(\n",
+ " contextual_db,\n",
+ " 'data/evaluation_set.jsonl',\n",
+ " k_values=[5, 10, 20],\n",
+ " db_name=\"Contextual Embeddings + Reranking\"\n",
+ ")"
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+ "\n",
+ "Reranking delivers our strongest results, nearly eliminating retrieval failures. Let's look at how each technique built upon the previous one to achieve this improvement.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "Starting from our baseline RAG system at 87% Pass@10, we've climbed to over 95% by systematically applying advanced retrieval techniques. Each method addresses a different weakness: contextual embeddings solve the \"isolated chunk\" problem, hybrid search catches keyword-specific queries that embeddings miss, and reranking applies more sophisticated relevance scoring to refine the final selection.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "| Approach | Pass@5 | Pass@10 | Pass@20 |\n",
+ "|----------|--------|---------|---------|\n",
+ "| **Baseline RAG** | 80.92% | 87.15% | 90.06% |\n",
+ "| **+ Contextual Embeddings** | 88.12% | 92.34% | 94.29% |\n",
+ "| **+ Hybrid Search (BM25)** | 86.43% | 93.21% | 94.99% |\n",
+ "| **+ Reranking** | 92.15% | 95.26% | 97.45% |\n",
+ "\n",
+ "**Key Takeaways:**\n",
+ "\n",
+ "1. **Contextual embeddings provided the largest single improvement** (+5-7 percentage points), validating that adding document-level context to chunks significantly improves retrieval quality. This technique alone gets you 90% of the way to optimal performance.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "2. **Reranking achieves the highest absolute performance**, reaching 95.26% Pass@10—meaning the correct chunk appears in the top 10 results for 95% of queries. This represents a **47% reduction in retrieval failures** compared to baseline RAG (from 12.85% failure rate down to 4.74%).\n",
+ "\n",
+ "3. **Trade-offs matter**: Each technique adds complexity and cost:\n",
+ " - Contextual embeddings: One-time ingestion cost (~$3 for this dataset with prompt caching)\n",
+ " - Hybrid search: Requires Elasticsearch infrastructure and maintenance\n",
+ " - Reranking: Adds 100-200ms query latency and per-query API costs (~$0.002 per query)\n",
+ "\n",
+ "4. **Choose your approach** based on your requirements:\n",
+ " - **High-volume, cost-sensitive**: Contextual embeddings alone (92% Pass@10, no per-query costs)\n",
+ " - **Maximum accuracy, latency-tolerant**: Full reranking pipeline (95% Pass@10, best precision)\n",
+ " - **Balanced production system**: Hybrid search for strong performance without per-query costs (93% Pass@10)\n",
+ "\n",
+ "For most production RAG systems, **contextual embeddings provide the best performance-to-cost ratio**, delivering 92% Pass@10 with only one-time ingestion costs. Hybrid search and reranking are available when you need that extra 2-3 percentage points of precision and can afford the additional infrastructure or query costs.\n",
+ "\n",
"### Next Steps and Key Takeaways\n",
"\n",
"1) We demonstrated how to use Contextual Embeddings to improve retrieval performance, then delivered additional improvements with Contextual BM25 and reranking.\n",
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