feat: Add context expansion to semantic search with chunk overlap removal

Implements optional context expansion for semantic search results that
fetches adjacent chunks (N-1 and N+1) from Qdrant to provide before/after
context. Removes configurable chunk overlap (default 200 chars) to avoid
duplicate text appearing in both context and excerpt.

Key changes:
- Add include_context and context_chars parameters to nc_semantic_search
  and nc_semantic_search_answer tools
- Implement Qdrant cache fast path for chunk retrieval (avoids re-fetching
  and re-parsing documents, especially important for PDFs)
- Add _get_chunk_by_index_from_qdrant() to fetch adjacent chunks
- Remove chunk overlap from before_context (last N chars) and after_context
  (first N chars) to prevent duplicate text
- Fetch context in parallel with anyio.Semaphore (max 20 concurrent)
- Pass through page_number from SearchResult to SemanticSearchResult
- Remove document-level deduplication (keep chunk-level dedup from algorithm)

Context expansion is opt-in via include_context=true parameter. When enabled:
- Populates has_context_expansion, marked_text, before_context, after_context
- Adds truncation flags when context exceeds context_chars limit
- Falls back to document fetch for legacy data with truncated excerpts

Related: nextcloud_mcp_server/search/context.py:87-382,
         nextcloud_mcp_server/server/semantic.py:161-255
This commit is contained in:
Chris Coutinho
2025-11-21 01:02:22 +01:00
parent 5a251a99e6
commit a62a007c87
5 changed files with 359 additions and 19 deletions
+244 -4
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@@ -12,6 +12,141 @@ from nextcloud_mcp_server.client import NextcloudClient
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
async def _get_chunk_from_qdrant(
user_id: str, doc_id: int, doc_type: str, chunk_start: int, chunk_end: int
) -> str | None:
"""Retrieve full chunk text from Qdrant payload.
This avoids re-fetching and re-parsing documents by using the cached
chunk content already stored in Qdrant.
Args:
user_id: User ID who owns the document
doc_id: Document ID
doc_type: Document type (e.g., "note", "file")
chunk_start: Character offset where chunk starts
chunk_end: Character offset where chunk ends
Returns:
Full chunk text from Qdrant excerpt field, or None if not found
"""
try:
from qdrant_client.models import FieldCondition, Filter, MatchValue
from nextcloud_mcp_server.config import get_settings
from nextcloud_mcp_server.vector.qdrant_client import get_qdrant_client
qdrant_client = await get_qdrant_client()
settings = get_settings()
# Query for the specific chunk
scroll_result = await qdrant_client.scroll(
collection_name=settings.get_collection_name(),
scroll_filter=Filter(
must=[
FieldCondition(key="user_id", match=MatchValue(value=user_id)),
FieldCondition(key="doc_id", match=MatchValue(value=doc_id)),
FieldCondition(key="doc_type", match=MatchValue(value=doc_type)),
FieldCondition(
key="chunk_start_offset", match=MatchValue(value=chunk_start)
),
FieldCondition(
key="chunk_end_offset", match=MatchValue(value=chunk_end)
),
]
),
limit=1,
with_payload=["excerpt"],
with_vectors=False,
)
if scroll_result[0]:
point = scroll_result[0][0]
excerpt = point.payload.get("excerpt")
if excerpt:
logger.debug(
f"Retrieved chunk from Qdrant for {doc_type} {doc_id}: "
f"{len(excerpt)} chars"
)
return str(excerpt)
logger.debug(
f"Chunk not found in Qdrant for {doc_type} {doc_id}, "
f"chunk [{chunk_start}:{chunk_end}]. Will fall back to document fetch."
)
return None
except Exception as e:
logger.error(
f"Error querying Qdrant for chunk: {e}. Falling back to document fetch.",
exc_info=True,
)
return None
async def _get_chunk_by_index_from_qdrant(
user_id: str, doc_id: int, doc_type: str, chunk_index: int
) -> str | None:
"""Retrieve chunk text by chunk_index from Qdrant payload.
Used to fetch adjacent chunks for context expansion.
Args:
user_id: User ID who owns the document
doc_id: Document ID
doc_type: Document type (e.g., "note", "file")
chunk_index: Zero-based chunk index in document
Returns:
Full chunk text from Qdrant excerpt field, or None if not found
"""
try:
from qdrant_client.models import FieldCondition, Filter, MatchValue
from nextcloud_mcp_server.config import get_settings
from nextcloud_mcp_server.vector.qdrant_client import get_qdrant_client
qdrant_client = await get_qdrant_client()
settings = get_settings()
# Query for chunk by index
scroll_result = await qdrant_client.scroll(
collection_name=settings.get_collection_name(),
scroll_filter=Filter(
must=[
FieldCondition(key="user_id", match=MatchValue(value=user_id)),
FieldCondition(key="doc_id", match=MatchValue(value=doc_id)),
FieldCondition(key="doc_type", match=MatchValue(value=doc_type)),
FieldCondition(
key="chunk_index", match=MatchValue(value=chunk_index)
),
]
),
limit=1,
with_payload=["excerpt"],
with_vectors=False,
)
if scroll_result[0]:
point = scroll_result[0][0]
excerpt = point.payload.get("excerpt")
if excerpt:
logger.debug(
f"Retrieved adjacent chunk {chunk_index} from Qdrant for "
f"{doc_type} {doc_id}: {len(excerpt)} chars"
)
return str(excerpt)
return None
except Exception as e:
logger.debug(
f"Could not retrieve adjacent chunk {chunk_index} for "
f"{doc_type} {doc_id}: {e}"
)
return None
async def _get_file_path_from_qdrant(
user_id: str, file_id: int, chunk_start: int, chunk_end: int
) -> str | None:
@@ -117,11 +252,11 @@ async def get_chunk_with_context(
total_chunks: int = 1,
context_chars: int = 300,
) -> ChunkContext | None:
"""Fetch chunk with surrounding context from original document.
"""Fetch chunk with surrounding context.
Retrieves the full document text and expands the matched chunk to include
surrounding context for better understanding. Inserts position markers
around the chunk for visualization.
First tries to retrieve the chunk from Qdrant (fast, cached). If that fails
(e.g., legacy data with truncated excerpts), falls back to fetching and
parsing the full document (slower, for PDFs especially).
Args:
nc_client: Authenticated Nextcloud client
@@ -139,6 +274,111 @@ async def get_chunk_with_context(
ChunkContext with expanded context and markers, or None if document
cannot be retrieved
"""
# Convert doc_id to int for Qdrant query
doc_id_int = (
int(doc_id)
if isinstance(doc_id, str) and doc_id.isdigit()
else (doc_id if isinstance(doc_id, int) else None)
)
# Try to get chunk from Qdrant first (fast path)
if doc_id_int is not None:
chunk_text = await _get_chunk_from_qdrant(
user_id, doc_id_int, doc_type, chunk_start, chunk_end
)
if chunk_text:
logger.info(
f"Retrieved chunk from Qdrant cache for {doc_type} {doc_id} "
f"(avoids document re-fetch/re-parse)"
)
# Fetch adjacent chunks for context expansion
# Get chunk overlap from config to remove duplicate text
from nextcloud_mcp_server.config import get_settings
settings = get_settings()
chunk_overlap = settings.document_chunk_overlap
before_context = ""
after_context = ""
has_before_truncation = False
has_after_truncation = False
# Fetch previous chunk if not first chunk
if chunk_index > 0:
before_chunk = await _get_chunk_by_index_from_qdrant(
user_id, doc_id_int, doc_type, chunk_index - 1
)
if before_chunk:
# Remove overlap: the last chunk_overlap chars of previous chunk
# overlap with the first chunk_overlap chars of current chunk
before_context = (
before_chunk[:-chunk_overlap]
if len(before_chunk) > chunk_overlap
else ""
)
# Truncate if requested context_chars < remaining length
if before_context and len(before_context) > context_chars:
before_context = before_context[-context_chars:]
has_before_truncation = True
else:
# Could not fetch previous chunk, but we're not at start
has_before_truncation = True
# Fetch next chunk if not last chunk
if chunk_index < total_chunks - 1:
after_chunk = await _get_chunk_by_index_from_qdrant(
user_id, doc_id_int, doc_type, chunk_index + 1
)
if after_chunk:
# Remove overlap: the first chunk_overlap chars of next chunk
# overlap with the last chunk_overlap chars of current chunk
after_context = (
after_chunk[chunk_overlap:]
if len(after_chunk) > chunk_overlap
else ""
)
# Truncate if requested context_chars < remaining length
if after_context and len(after_context) > context_chars:
after_context = after_context[:context_chars]
has_after_truncation = True
else:
# Could not fetch next chunk, but we're not at end
has_after_truncation = True
marked_text = _insert_position_markers(
before_context=before_context,
chunk_text=chunk_text,
after_context=after_context,
page_number=page_number,
chunk_index=chunk_index,
total_chunks=total_chunks,
has_before_truncation=has_before_truncation,
has_after_truncation=has_after_truncation,
)
return ChunkContext(
chunk_text=chunk_text,
before_context=before_context,
after_context=after_context,
chunk_start_offset=chunk_start,
chunk_end_offset=chunk_end,
page_number=page_number,
chunk_index=chunk_index,
total_chunks=total_chunks,
marked_text=marked_text,
has_before_truncation=has_before_truncation,
has_after_truncation=has_after_truncation,
)
# Fallback: Fetch full document and extract chunk with context
# This path is taken for:
# 1. Legacy data with truncated excerpts in Qdrant
# 2. Failed Qdrant queries
logger.info(
f"Falling back to document fetch for {doc_type} {doc_id} "
f"(Qdrant cache miss, possibly legacy data)"
)
# For files, retrieve file_path from Qdrant payload
resolved_doc_id = doc_id
if doc_type == "file" and isinstance(doc_id, int):