Exact retrieval signals

Status: research notes, not product claims.

Observed industry direction#

Approximate retrieval systems increasingly need verification stages.

Relevant pattern:

  • adaptive / multi-stage retrieval
  • verification after candidate generation
  • exact confirmation after approximate search

GLYPH hypothesis#

GLYPH may serve as a deterministic exact-retrieval layer alongside approximate systems.

Not a replacement for semantic retrieval.

Core idea:

approximate systems find candidates
deterministic systems verify exact presence

Current rule#

Do not claim "solves vector hallucinations".

Use:

deterministic verification layer