Knowledge pipeline
Trace a Source from ingestion to a cited Assistant answer.
Ingestion
Ciele stores Knowledge as Documents in Open Knowledge Format (OKF). A Document keeps a reference to its original Source. OKF calls the same record a Concept, and the database tables keep that name.
File, text, and website ingestion store the extracted text without changes. Ciele does not rewrite a Source with a model. FAQ ingestion creates a curated Document with question and answer provenance. File and website ingestion preserve the original Source object where applicable.
Retrieval
The runtime retrieves 20 candidate passages through vector search and lexical fallback. A rerank model then selects the 6 passages that the Assistant reads.
The rerank step uses the platform AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY. If the key is not set, or the rerank model does not answer in time, search keeps the order of the index. Answers continue in both cases.
Every search scopes by the Assistant-to-Source links. Ciele drops a hit from a Source that is not linked to the querying Assistant.
A Context Hint can constrain retrieval to a relevant Collection or course-like context when the runtime supplies one.
Deep Search increases Knowledge navigation work within runtime bounds. It does not query the public web.
Citation resolution
The final answer cites named Sources, not opaque search chunks. Citation identifiers resolve through the Document to its original Source.
The Visitor can open the Sources display after the answer. The Inbox stores the same citation parts with the Conversation.
Deletion and recrawl
Source deletion retires related Documents from active search data, for every linked Assistant. Removing one link retires nothing. It stops one Assistant from reaching the Source.
Website recrawl restarts extraction and indexing for that Source.