Semantic search vs keyword search

What you'll do

Keyword search matches words. Semantic search matches meaning. AshnaAI file chat uses embeddings. Slack and Gmail search use the provider APIs.

This guide walks through semantic vs keyword search in AshnaAI. You stay in chat. You do not need a separate desktop of buttons for each file job.

Before you start

Open AshnaAI and start a new chat.

How to semantic vs keyword search

Follow the steps below in order. Confirm in chat before AshnaAI sends, posts, or writes to Tally.

Step 1. Read the definition

Keyword search matches words. Semantic search matches meaning. AshnaAI file chat uses embeddings. Slack and Gmail search use the provider APIs.

Step 2. Open AshnaAI

Sign in at https://app.ashna.ai and start a chat, or open the agent builder.

Step 3. Try the job

Ask a meaning question against an uploaded PDF, then a keyword search in Gmail.

Step 4. What to expect

Connector search is whatever Gmail, Slack, or Drive expose. That is not always vector search.

Keep in mind

Connector search is whatever Gmail, Slack, or Drive expose. That is not always vector search.

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Try it now

Open app.ashna.ai and run this job in a new chat. New accounts can start from app.ashna.ai/signup.