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Research Saathi

Multi-agent RAG research assistant for grounded knowledge synthesis.

PythonRAGAgentsVector SearchEmbeddingsWeb Search
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Research Saathi

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Architecture flow

2 layers
Retrieval & Data
AI Orchestration
Retrieval agents with reasoning-agent synthesis
Fallback web-search behavior for weak local context
Persistent knowledge base for reusable findings

Problem

Research workflows often fragment across PDFs, notes, web searches, and summaries, making citation tracking and factual grounding difficult.

My Role

Designed the agent workflow, retrieval/fallback behavior, and knowledge persistence approach.

Solution

Retrieval agents gather grounded context from documents and web sources while reasoning agents synthesize structured answers.

Stack

PythonRAGAgentsVector SearchEmbeddingsWeb Search

Case study

Problem

Research workflows often fragment across PDFs, notes, web searches, and summaries, making citation tracking and factual grounding difficult.

Proof signal

Multi-agent RAG · Web fallback agents · Persistent knowledge base

My Role

Designed the agent workflow, retrieval/fallback behavior, and knowledge persistence approach.

Core product work

  • Document retrieval
  • Web fallback
  • Grounded synthesis
  • Knowledge persistence

Solution

Retrieval agents gather grounded context from documents and web sources while reasoning agents synthesize structured answers.

Documents and web sources are embedded into a vector store, retrieval agents collect grounded context, reasoning agents synthesize the answer, and fallback web-search agents fill missing context when local retrieval is weak.

Architecture Highlights

Retrieval agents with reasoning-agent synthesis

Fallback web-search behavior for weak local context

Persistent knowledge base for reusable findings

Challenges and Tradeoffs

  • Balancing local retrieval with external search without mixing weak context into final answers.
  • Maintaining traceability from generated answers back to source material.

Impact / Outcome

  • Designed a research workflow that keeps retrieval and reasoning responsibilities explicit.
  • Reduced hallucination risk through grounding and fallback search patterns.

Learnings

  • Agentic RAG systems need clear routing decisions before synthesis.
  • Persistent knowledge bases are most useful when source provenance is preserved.