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Zero-Result Recovery in Agentic Search: Progressive Filter Relaxation
Handle zero results in agentic RAG search by relaxing hard payload filters progressively, then falling back to a broad semantic query.
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Handle zero results in agentic RAG search by relaxing hard payload filters progressively, then falling back to a broad semantic query.
Qdrant applies payload filters during HNSW graph traversal, not after — so filtered queries stay fast and always return a full top-k.
How to build a production agentic search system on Qdrant: single-shot vector+filter tool calls, Postgres hydration, and progressive relaxation.
BM25 is lexical, SPLADE learns term expansion, and Qdrant's BM42/miniCOIL add neural weights to the BM25 formula—compared for hybrid RAG.