nodebb-plugin-search-agent 0.0.92 → 0.0.93

package/lib/searchHandler.js

@@ -10,10 +10,42 @@ let cachedTopicMap = null;
 let cacheTs = 0;
 const CACHE_TTL_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes
 
+// ─── Search result cache ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Caches final search results by normalised query string.
+// Saves all AI calls for repeated queries within the TTL window.
+
+const _searchCache = new Map();
+const SEARCH_CACHE_TTL_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes
+const SEARCH_CACHE_MAX = 200;
+
+function _normalizeQuery(q) {
+	return q.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+}
+
+function _getSearchCache(queryText) {
+	const key = _normalizeQuery(queryText);
+	const entry = _searchCache.get(key);
+	if (entry && (Date.now() - entry.ts) < SEARCH_CACHE_TTL_MS) {
+		return entry.results;
+	}
+	_searchCache.delete(key);
+	return null;
+}
+
+function _setSearchCache(queryText, results) {
+	const key = _normalizeQuery(queryText);
+	_searchCache.set(key, { results, ts: Date.now() });
+	if (_searchCache.size > SEARCH_CACHE_MAX) {
+		// Evict the oldest entry
+		_searchCache.delete(_searchCache.keys().next().value);
+	}
+}
+
 function invalidateCache() {
 	cachedIndex = null;
 	cachedTopicMap = null;
 	cacheTs = 0;
+	_searchCache.clear();
 	require.main.require('winston').info('[search-agent] Topic index cache invalidated.');
 }
 
@@ -30,6 +62,8 @@ async function getSettings() {
 		openaiModel: (raw.openaiModel || 'gpt-4o-mini').trim(),
 		// How many TF-IDF candidates to send to AI for re-ranking
 		aiCandidates: Math.min(100, Math.max(5, parseInt(raw.aiCandidates, 10) || 30)),
+		// HyDE: generate a hypothetical answer before embedding — improves recall but costs one extra LLM call per search
+		hydeEnabled: raw.hydeEnabled === 'on',
 		// Visibility: 'all' = all logged-in users, 'admins' = administrators only
 		visibleTo: raw.visibleTo || 'all',
 		// Whether guests (non-logged-in users) may use the widget
@@ -163,25 +197,32 @@ async function expandQueryWithHyDE(queryText, apiKey, model) {
  */
 async function reRankWithAI(queryText, candidates, topicMap, apiKey, model, maxResults, snippetByTid = {}) {
 	console.log('Re-ranking with AI:', { queryText, candidates: candidates.map(c => ({ tid: c.tid, title: (topicMap[String(c.tid)] || {}).title })) });
-    const candidateList = candidates
-		.map((c) => {
-			const title = (topicMap[String(c.tid)] || {}).title || '';
-			const raw = (snippetByTid[String(c.tid)] || '').replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ').replace(/[ \t]+/g, ' ').trim();
-			const snippet = raw.length > 0 ? `\n   תוכן: "${raw.slice(0, 1500)}"` : '';
-			return `[tid:${c.tid}] ${title}${snippet}`;
-		})
-		.join('\n\n');
+
+
+	// Embed the query and all candidate post snippets
+	const { embed, embedBatch } = require('../services/embeddingService');
+	const queryEmbedding = await embed(queryText);
+	const postSnippets = candidates.map((c) => {
+		const raw = (snippetByTid[String(c.tid)] || '').replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ').replace(/[ \t]+/g, ' ').trim();
+		return raw.slice(0, 1500);
+	});
+	const postEmbeddings = await embedBatch(postSnippets);
+
+	// Format: [tid:..., embedding: [v1, v2, ...]]
+	const candidateList = candidates.map((c, i) => {
+		return `[tid:${c.tid}]\nembedding: [${postEmbeddings[i].slice(0, 8).map(x => x.toFixed(4)).join(', ')} ...]`;
+	}).join('\n\n');
 
 	const systemPrompt =
 		'אתה מסנן חיפוש פורום מחמיר. ' +
-		'לכל נושא ברשימה, דרג את הרלוונטיות שלו לשאלת המשתמש בסקלה 0-10: ' +
+		'לכל מועמד ברשימה, דרג את הרלוונטיות של embedding הפוסט לembedding של השאלה בסקלה 0-10: ' +
 		'10 = עונה ישירות ובאופן מלא. 7-9 = עונה על חלק משמעותי. 0-6 = לא רלוונטי. ' +
 		'החזר אך ורק JSON תקני במבנה: {"tid": ציון, ...} — לדוגמה: {"42": 9, "15": 3}. ' +
 		'אין להוסיף הסברים, טקסט נוסף, או עיצוב מחוץ ל-JSON.'+
-        'הוסף שדה נוסף "scoreExplanation" עם משפט קצר שמסביר למה נושא עם ציון נמוך לא רלוונטי, כדי שנוכל להבין את שיקול הדעת של המודל.';
+		'הוסף שדה נוסף "scoreExplanation" עם משפט קצר שמסביר לפי מה נעשה הדירוג.';
 
 	const userMessage =
-		`שאלת המשתמש: "${queryText}"\n\nנושאים:\n${candidateList}`;
+		`embedding של שאלת המשתמש: [${queryEmbedding.slice(0, 8).map(x => x.toFixed(4)).join(', ')} ...]\n\nפוסטים:\n${candidateList}`;
 
 	const response = await callOpenAI(apiKey, model, [
 		{ role: 'system', content: systemPrompt },
@@ -220,6 +261,14 @@ async function reRankWithAI(queryText, candidates, topicMap, apiKey, model, maxR
  */
 async function searchTopics(queryText) {
 	const winston = require.main.require('winston');
+
+	// ── Search result cache ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+	const cachedResults = _getSearchCache(queryText);
+	if (cachedResults) {
+		winston.verbose(`[search-agent] Search cache hit for "${queryText}" (${cachedResults.length} results)`);
+		return cachedResults;
+	}
+
 	const settings = await getSettings();
 
 	// ── Semantic search (primary) ────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -230,7 +279,7 @@ async function searchTopics(queryText) {
 		// HyDE: replace the short raw query with a hypothetical answer so the
 		// embedding matches post content more closely.
 		let embeddingQuery = queryText;
-		if (useAI) {
+		if (useAI && settings.hydeEnabled) {
 			try {
 				embeddingQuery = await expandQueryWithHyDE(
 					queryText, settings.openaiApiKey, settings.openaiModel
@@ -314,6 +363,7 @@ async function searchTopics(queryText) {
 
 			if (results.length > 0) {
 				winston.info(`[search-agent] Semantic search returned ${results.length} results for "${queryText}".`);
+				_setSearchCache(queryText, results);
 				return results;
 			}
 		}
@@ -369,6 +419,7 @@ async function searchTopics(queryText) {
 		url: `/topic/${(topicMap[String(r.tid)] || {}).slug || r.tid}`,
 	}));
 	winston.info(`[search-agent] Final results: ${JSON.stringify(results.map(r => r.title))}`);
+	_setSearchCache(queryText, results);
 	return results;
 }
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nodebb-plugin-search-agent",
-  "version": "0.0.92",
+  "version": "0.0.93",
   "description": "NodeBB plugin that adds a floating chat assistant to help users find relevant forum topics using TF-IDF text similarity",
   "main": "library.js",
   "author": "Racheli Bayfus",

package/services/embeddingService.js

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ const RETRY_DELAY_MS = 500;
 // Using 1.5 chars/token worst-case: 8000 tokens × 1.5 = 12 000 chars — gives a safe margin.
 const MAX_CHARS = 12000;
 
+// ─── Embedding cache ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Avoids calling the embeddings API for the same text within a session.
+// HyDE output varies, so the biggest wins come from repeated identical queries.
+const _embedCache = new Map();
+const EMBED_CACHE_MAX = 500;
+
 function truncate(text) {
 	return text.length > MAX_CHARS ? text.slice(0, MAX_CHARS) : text;
 }
@@ -104,10 +110,23 @@ async function embed(text) {
 	}
 
 	const safe = truncate(text);
+
+	if (_embedCache.has(safe)) {
+		winston().verbose('[search-agent] embeddingService: embedding cache hit');
+		return _embedCache.get(safe);
+	}
+
 	winston().verbose(`[search-agent] embeddingService: generating embedding for text (${safe.length} chars)`);
 	const response = await withRetry(() => requestEmbeddings(apiKey, safe));
 	winston().verbose('[search-agent] embeddingService: embedding generated successfully');
-	return response.data[0].embedding;
+	const embedding = response.data[0].embedding;
+
+	if (_embedCache.size >= EMBED_CACHE_MAX) {
+		_embedCache.delete(_embedCache.keys().next().value);
+	}
+	_embedCache.set(safe, embedding);
+
+	return embedding;
 }
 
 /**

package/templates/admin/plugins/search-agent.tpl

@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@
 						</label>
 					</div>
 
+					<div class="form-check form-switch mb-3">
+						<input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="hydeEnabled" name="hydeEnabled">
+						<label for="hydeEnabled" class="form-check-label">
+							Enable HyDE query expansion
+						</label>
+						<div class="form-text">
+							Generates a hypothetical forum post from the query before embedding — improves
+							recall for vague queries but adds <strong>one extra LLM call per search</strong>.
+							Disable to cut AI costs roughly in half.
+						</div>
+					</div>
+
 					<div class="mb-3">
 						<label class="form-label" for="openaiApiKey">OpenAI API Key</label>
 						<input