Search
search@1 defines the retrieval and ranking execution semantics of the Forge Pool execution platform.
Search workloads discover, evaluate, rank, and reduce candidate sets through the same canonical execution contract used by every other primitive family.
Rather than existing as an isolated search service, search@1 participates in the common execution doctrine of Forge Pool, inheriting deterministic execution, replay compatibility, execution evidence, and verification guarantees.
Purpose
Search execution is designed for workloads where the objective is to discover or rank candidate results.
Representative domains include:
- systemic risk discovery
- scenario retrieval
- distributed ranking
- relevance evaluation
- candidate generation
- uncertainty-aware search
The primitive family defines the retrieval semantics.
Execution profiles define the domain-specific search behavior.
Operation Identity
Search workloads are selected through the canonical execution contract.
{
"op": {
"name": "search",
"version": 1,
"profile": "finance.system.systemic_fragility_search.v1"
}
}Search execution is performed through the canonical public endpoint.
POST /api/v0/ops/executeNo workload-specific execution endpoint exists.
Execution Characteristics
Search execution is characterized by:
- distributed candidate discovery
- deterministic ranking
- relevance evaluation
- execution-unit parallelism
- deterministic reduction
- replay-compatible execution evidence
Execution infrastructure may vary.
Search semantics remain invariant.
Representative Profiles
Representative search@1 profiles include:
finance.system.systemic_fragility_search.v1finance.credit.scenario_set.discovery.v1
Additional profiles may extend the search family without modifying the public execution contract.
Execution Parameters
Search profiles typically define parameters such as:
- search scope
- candidate constraints
- ranking strategy
- scoring configuration
- evaluation thresholds
- result limits
- artifact preferences
Each profile defines its own parameter schema while inheriting the shared search@1 execution semantics.
Deterministic Execution
Search execution remains deterministic under equivalent execution contracts.
Equivalent workloads must preserve equivalent:
- candidate generation
- ranking semantics
- reduction behavior
- replay metadata
- execution evidence
Execution timing, infrastructure topology, and runtime placement must not influence computational meaning.
Reduction Semantics
Distributed search execution produces multiple candidate sets.
Reduction combines those intermediate results into one canonical search outcome.
Reduction may produce:
- ranked result sets
- relevance scores
- confidence metrics
- candidate summaries
- search statistics
- workload-specific outputs
Reduction remains deterministic, versioned, and replay-compatible.
Execution Evidence
Successful search execution may produce:
- execution metrics
- candidate statistics
- ranking summaries
- execution-unit summaries
- artifact references
- replay metadata
- verification outcomes
Execution evidence forms part of the canonical execution result.
Verification
Search verification confirms that retrieval and ranking were performed according to the declared execution contract.
Verification may inspect:
- candidate consistency
- ranking determinism
- reduction behavior
- execution evidence
- replay metadata
- repeated execution equivalence
Verification validates execution semantics rather than implementation details.
Replay
Replay preserves the computational meaning of search execution.
Replay depends upon:
- operation identity
- execution profile
- canonical parameters
- deterministic execution
- reduction semantics
- execution evidence
Replay validates that identical search contracts preserve identical retrieval behavior.
See:
Relationship to Other Primitive Families
Search is one execution family within the broader execution taxonomy.
Unlike Graph, Monte Carlo, Ensemble, or Media, the Search family specializes in candidate discovery and ranking while inheriting the same execution doctrine.
Execution semantics remain consistent across all primitive families.
Relationship to Examples
Concrete Search capabilities are documented in the Examples section.
Start with:
Examples demonstrate workload behavior.
This document defines primitive-family execution semantics.
Related Documentation
Continue with:
Continue in Forge Studio
To explore Search execution interactively:
- Browse Search capabilities in Capability Explorer
- Inspect Search execution blocks in Block Registry
- Execute representative retrieval workloads
- Compare execution evidence across repeated runs
- Validate replay metadata and deterministic ranking
Trust should be established through independent verification rather than documentation alone.
Final Note
Search is not a standalone retrieval service.
It is a retrieval-oriented execution family implemented through the same canonical execution contract as every other Forge Pool primitive.
By separating retrieval semantics from execution infrastructure, Forge Pool enables distributed search workloads to inherit deterministic execution, replay compatibility, execution evidence, and verification guarantees while preserving one stable public API.