Replace hardcoded 0.7 relevance with computed token-overlap scores

- bird_x: parse_bird_response now accepts query param and computes
  token_overlap_relevance against tweet text
- reddit: _normalize_post computes relevance from query vs title+selftext
- hackernews: blends 60% Algolia rank + 40% token overlap + engagement

This makes the 45%-weight relevance factor in score.py actually
differentiate results instead of being a constant.
This commit is contained in:
Jeffrey Sperling
2026-03-11 15:21:52 -07:00
parent 38caae3288
commit c5be117701
4 changed files with 36 additions and 18 deletions
+8 -5
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@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
from datetime import datetime
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
from .relevance import token_overlap_relevance as _compute_relevance
# Path to the vendored bird-search wrapper
_BIRD_SEARCH_MJS = Path(__file__).parent / "vendor" / "bird-search" / "bird-search.mjs"
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ def search_x(
response = _run_bird_search(query, count, timeout)
# Check if we got results
items = parse_bird_response(response)
items = parse_bird_response(response, query=core_topic)
# Retry with fewer keywords if 0 results and query has 3+ words
core_words = core_topic.split()
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ def search_x(
_log(f"0 results for '{core_topic}', retrying with '{shorter}'")
query = f"{shorter} since:{from_date}"
response = _run_bird_search(query, count, timeout)
items = parse_bird_response(response)
items = parse_bird_response(response, query=core_topic)
# Last-chance retry: use strongest remaining token (often the product name)
if not items and core_words:
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ def search_handles(
continue
response = json.loads(output)
items = parse_bird_response(response)
items = parse_bird_response(response, query=core_topic)
all_items.extend(items)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
@@ -340,11 +342,12 @@ def search_handles(
return all_items
def parse_bird_response(response: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
def parse_bird_response(response: Dict[str, Any], query: str = "") -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Parse Bird response to match xai_x output format.
Args:
response: Raw Bird JSON response
query: Original search query for relevance scoring
Returns:
List of normalized item dicts matching xai_x.parse_x_response() format.
@@ -422,7 +425,7 @@ def parse_bird_response(response: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"date": date,
"engagement": engagement if any(v is not None for v in engagement.values()) else None,
"why_relevant": "", # Bird doesn't provide relevance explanations
"relevance": 0.7, # Default relevance, let score.py re-rank
"relevance": _compute_relevance(query, str(tweet.get("text", ""))) if query else 0.7,
}
items.append(item)