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dubeyaayush0 · 2026-06-16 · via Hacker News: Show HN
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A high-performance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for AI Engineering research.

ArXiv Scholar is an end-to-end pipeline that ingests, parses, chunks, and embeds academic papers from arXiv into a hybrid vector database — enabling fast semantic search over scientific documents. Built from scratch without high-level abstraction frameworks (no LangChain) for full architectural control and transparent failure modes.

Status: ~5,600 AI Engineering papers indexed on Qdrant Cloud. Streaming API live. Scaling via agent-driven ingestion planned.


Table of Contents

  • Architecture
  • Key Features
  • Project Structure
  • Tech Stack
  • Getting Started
  • Usage
  • Evaluation
  • Contributing
  • License

Architecture

flowchart TD
    subgraph Ingestion Pipeline
        A[ArxivUnifiedEngine] -->|Downloads PDFs from GCS| B(LocalDirectoryReader / GCSBucketReader)
        B -->|Yields Documents| C(LayoutAwareChunker)
        C -->|Produces Chunks| D{Embedding Service}
        D -->|Dense Vectors| E[FastEmbedEmbedder<br/><small>BAAI/bge-m3</small>]
        D -->|Sparse Vectors| F[SparseBM25Embedder<br/><small>Qdrant/bm25</small>]
        E --> G[(Qdrant Cloud)]
        F --> G
    end

    subgraph Retrieval Pipeline
        H[User Query] --> I{ML Query Router}
        I -->|Simple| J[Direct Hybrid Search]
        I -->|Complex/Comparative| K[LLM Decomposition + Metadata Extraction]
        I -->|Conceptual| L[HyDE - Hypothetical Document Embedding]
        K -->|Sub-queries + Filters| J
        L -->|Generated Abstract| J
        J -->|Dense + Sparse Fetch| G
        G -->|Min-Max Normalized + Weighted Fusion| N[Final Results]
    end
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Note on reranking: A cross-encoder reranker (jina-reranker-v1-tiny-en) is implemented in the codebase but is disabled by default (USE_RERANKER=False). During benchmarking, the reranker caused performance degradation on the current corpus size and was turned off. The code is retained for future evaluation at larger scale.

Pipeline Stages

Stage Component Description
Download ArxivUnifiedEngine Streams PDFs from the public arxiv-dataset GCS bucket in configurable batches. Maintains a JSON cursor (current_month, last_file) for resumable, crash-safe ingestion across YYMM folders.
Parsing LocalDirectoryReader / GCSBucketReader Extracts raw text from PDFs via PyMuPDF. Computes SHA-256 hashes for deduplication and extracts arXiv IDs from filenames using regex. GCS reader operates fully in-memory for serverless deployments.
Chunking LayoutAwareChunker Uses Docling to visually parse PDF layouts (headers, paragraphs, tables) and produce semantically grouped chunks. Falls back to SlidingWindowChunker for oversized blocks or when Docling is unavailable.
Embedding SentenceTransformerEmbedder + SparseBM25Embedder Generates dense vectors (BAAI/bge-m3) via SentenceTransformers (PyTorch) and sparse BM25 vectors via FastEmbed (ONNX) concurrently.
Storage QdrantVectorStore Upserts chunks with deterministic UUID-v5 point IDs to Qdrant Cloud. Supports both cloud mode (URL + API key) and in-memory mode for testing.
Retrieval HybridRetriever Fetches dense and sparse results independently, applies min-max normalization, and fuses scores with configurable weights (default: dense=1.0, sparse=0.3).

Key Features

  • Hybrid Search — Combines dense semantic embeddings with sparse BM25 keyword matching, fused via weighted min-max normalization for superior recall over either method alone.
  • Intelligent Query Routing — A hybrid ML + heuristic router (<1ms) classifies incoming queries into Direct, Decompose, or HyDE paths. Includes regex-based Hard Overrides for guaranteed metadata routing (e.g., year filtering) without ML hallucinations, plus short-query detection that auto-routes to HyDE.
  • LLM-Powered Query Decomposition — Complex queries are split into atomic sub-queries with strict metadata filters (e.g., publication year) extracted via JSON from an LLM. Filters are applied natively at the Qdrant Prefetch level.
  • Dynamic Compute Budgeting — Sub-queries from decomposition are fetched concurrently and pooled before global deduplication and scoring. The fetch budget is dynamically allocated across sub-queries.
  • Layout-Aware PDF Parsing — Docling-based visual document understanding preserves the semantic structure of academic papers (sections, tables, equations) instead of naive text splitting.
  • Crash-Safe Batch Ingestion — Cursor-based state management allows the pipeline to resume from the exact point of failure across large ingestion runs.
  • Streaming API — FastAPI endpoint with Server-Sent Events (SSE) streams retrieved sources and LLM-synthesized answers token-by-token.

Project Structure

arxiv-scholar/
├── main.py                          # Full ingestion pipeline orchestrator
├── app.py                           # Streamlit chat UI
├── configs/
│   └── config.py                    # Centralized env-var-backed configuration
├── src/arxiv_scholar/
│   ├── schema.py                    # Core data models (Document, Chunk)
│   ├── api/
│   │   ├── schema.py                # REST API request/response models (SSE events)
│   │   └── server.py                # FastAPI streaming endpoint (POST /api/v1/query)
│   ├── chunking/
│   │   ├── base.py                  # Abstract BaseChunker interface
│   │   ├── layout.py                # Docling-based layout-aware chunker
│   │   └── sliding_window.py        # Fixed-size sliding window fallback chunker
│   ├── download/
│   │   └── arxiv_ingestion.py       # GCS-backed PDF downloader with cursor state
│   ├── embedding/
│   │   ├── base.py                  # Abstract BaseEmbedder interface
│   │   ├── fastembed_embedder.py    # ONNX CPU embedder (dense + sparse BM25)
│   │   └── st_embedder.py           # SentenceTransformer embedder (GPU)
│   ├── ingestion/
│   │   ├── base.py                  # Abstract DocumentReader interface
│   │   ├── local.py                 # Local filesystem PDF reader (PyMuPDF)
│   │   └── gcs.py                   # In-memory GCS bucket reader (serverless)
│   ├── llm/
│   │   └── service.py               # LLM client (decomposition, HyDE, synthesis)
│   ├── retrieval/
│   │   ├── retrieval.py             # Hybrid retriever with weighted fusion
│   │   ├── orchestrator.py          # Query orchestrator (routes → retrieves → fuses)
│   │   └── router.py                # ML + heuristic query router
│   └── storage/
│       ├── base.py                  # Abstract BaseVectorStore interface
│       └── qdrant_store.py          # Qdrant client (upsert, search, hybrid search)
├── scripts/
│   ├── generate_arxiv_manifest.py   # Paper selection criteria & manifest generator
│   ├── download_qdrant.sh           # Qdrant binary installer
│   ├── generate_eval_dataset.py     # Evaluation dataset generator
│   ├── run_benchmarks.py            # Retrieval benchmark runner
│   └── ...                          # Various ingestion and import utilities
├── colab/
│   ├── batch_gcs_to_drive.py        # Colab script: batch download from GCS
│   └── generate_embedded_dataset.py # Colab script: embed and push to Qdrant Cloud
├── notebooks/                       # Jupyter notebooks for development & testing
├── tests/                           # Unit and integration tests
├── docs/                            # GitHub Pages website
├── Dockerfile                       # Production container (HF Spaces / Cloud Run)
├── docker-compose.yml               # Local Qdrant service definition
└── pyproject.toml                   # Project metadata and dependencies

Tech Stack

Layer Technology Purpose
Dense Embedding BAAI/bge-m3 via SentenceTransformers (PyTorch) Semantic vectors
Sparse Embedding Qdrant/bm25 via FastEmbed BM25 term-frequency vectors for keyword matching
Vector Database Qdrant Cloud Hybrid storage with server-side query batching
PDF Parsing PyMuPDF + Docling Text extraction and layout-aware chunking
API FastAPI + Uvicorn Streaming SSE endpoint
LLM Configurable (OpenAI-compatible API) Query decomposition, HyDE generation, answer synthesis
Query Router scikit-learn + regex heuristics Sub-millisecond query classification
Orchestration Pure Python (no LangChain) Full architectural control

Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Python ≥ 3.10
  • uv (recommended) or pip

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/dubeyaayush07/arxiv-scholar.git
cd arxiv-scholar

# Create a virtual environment and install dependencies
uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .

Environment Variables

Create a .env file or export the following:

# Required — Qdrant Cloud connection
export QDRANT_URL="your_qdrant_cloud_url"
export QDRANT_API_KEY="your_qdrant_api_key"
export QDRANT_COLLECTION="Arxiv-Scholar"

# Required for LLM features (decomposition, HyDE, answer synthesis)
export LLM_API_KEY="your_key_here"
export LLM_BASE_URL="https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai/"  # or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
export LLM_MODEL="claude-haiku-4-5"

# Optional overrides (defaults shown)
export EMBEDDING_BACKEND="fastembed"            # or "sentence-transformers"
export EMBEDDING_MODEL="BAAI/bge-m3"
export SPARSE_EMBEDDING_MODEL="Qdrant/bm25"
export USE_RERANKER="False"                     # Disabled — causes performance degradation
export DENSE_WEIGHT="0.6"
export SPARSE_WEIGHT="0.4"

# For local Qdrant (alternative to cloud)
export QDRANT_HOST="localhost"
export QDRANT_PORT="6333"

Usage

Ingestion Pipeline

The full ingestion pipeline is implemented in main.py. It downloads PDFs from the arXiv GCS bucket, parses them with Docling, chunks them, generates dual embeddings, and upserts to Qdrant.

# Trial run (downloads 2 PDFs, processes in-memory Qdrant)
python main.py --trial

# Production run (continuous batch ingestion)
python main.py

How we actually ingested data: Due to local compute constraints, the initial ~5,600 paper corpus was ingested via Google Colab. The colab/batch_gcs_to_drive.py script batches PDFs from GCS, and colab/generate_embedded_dataset.py generates embeddings and pushes them to Qdrant Cloud. See scripts/generate_arxiv_manifest.py for the exact paper selection criteria (keyword groups, domain exclusions, golden terms).

API Server

The API server is implemented in src/arxiv_scholar/api/server.py. It exposes a streaming SSE endpoint that routes queries, retrieves results, and synthesizes answers via LLM.

Live hosted endpoint (Hugging Face Spaces):

curl -N -X POST "https://trinetra-dev-arxiv-scholar.hf.space/api/v1/query" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "What is contrastive learning?",
    "limit": 5,
    "use_reranker": false
  }'

Run locally:

# Start the server
uvicorn src.arxiv_scholar.api.server:app --reload

# Or via Docker
docker build -t arxiv-scholar .
docker run -p 7860:7860 --env-file .env arxiv-scholar
# Query your local instance
curl -N -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/query \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "attention mechanisms in transformers", "limit": 10, "use_reranker": false}'

Running Tests


Evaluation

The retrieval pipeline is evaluated using programmatic metrics via scripts/run_benchmarks.py.

# Generate evaluation dataset
python scripts/generate_eval_dataset.py

# Run benchmarks
python scripts/run_benchmarks.py

Paper Selection Criteria

Papers are curated using a multi-dimensional filtering system defined in scripts/generate_arxiv_manifest.py:

  • Target Categories: cs.CL, cs.AI, cs.IR, cs.LG, cs.SE
  • Date Filter: Papers updated after 2022-01-01
  • Keyword Groups: RAG & Retrieval, Large Language Models, Agents & Reasoning, Training & Alignment, Safety & Quality, Inference & Systems, AI Developer Tools
  • Inclusion Logic:
    • Golden Term Bypass: Ultra-high-signal terms (vLLM, SWE-bench, FlashAttention, etc.) → auto-include
    • Regular: Matches ≥ 3 keyword groups
    • Rescued: Matches exactly 2 groups + ≥ 2 AI engineering meta-terms (pipeline, benchmark, framework, etc.)
  • Domain Exclusions: Medical, physics, quantum, agriculture, autonomous driving, pure math theory, etc.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue first to discuss proposed changes.

  1. Fork the repository.
  2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature).
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m "feat: add your feature").
  4. Push to your fork and open a Pull Request.

License

This project is open-source under the MIT License.