Architecture note

Research Search Cross-Source Index

Purpose The /research-search/ route provides source-labeled retrieval across curated /docs, raw /reports, evidence-map nodes, review-queue entries, projects, and case studies.

Verification
Current Architecture Work
Last reviewed
2026-08-12T00:00:00Z
Search policy
Review-only; excluded from search indexes

Purpose

The /research-search/ route provides source-labeled retrieval across curated /docs, raw /reports, evidence-map nodes, review-queue entries, projects, and case studies.

Source boundary

Search results are review support. Research archive items remain raw-report-not-approved-evidence; generated candidate docs remain review-stage; approved and user-confirmed results retain their existing evidence label.

Research-only boundary

The route is research-only/noarchive/nosnippet because it can surface sensitive report metadata and candidate snippets. Ordinary non-sensitive canonical report pages are listed in reports-sitemap.xml; user-confirmed sensitive pages and raw report resources remain excluded.

Safe use

  • Locate prior research.
  • Build AI assistant packets for review.
  • Route candidate material to /review-queue/.
  • Find existing curated docs before adding new claims.

Unsafe use

  • Keep research archive item hits into resume or project claims.
  • Search ranking is retrieval support, retrieval support.
  • Use after review this page as SEO content.
  • /research-search-index.json
  • /wp-json/mk/v1/research-search
  • /reports/index.json
  • /docs/index.json
  • /.uai/research-search.uai