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Hybrid Search

Hybrid Search is a search capability available through Weaviate, Typesense on Aweb. Combined keyword and vector search. Access it through a single unified API with automatic failover and intelligent routing.

Try Hybrid SearchAPI docs

Best for

Highest quality

Weaviate, Typesense

Premium tier

Most affordable

Typesense

Economy tier

Contract

Max Latency3000ms

Providers (2)

ProviderScoreQualityPricing
WeaviateDEFAULT
88premiumstandard
Typesense
95premiumeconomy

Quick start

Call Hybrid Search through Alfred — automatic provider selection, failover, and load balancing included.

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.alfred-ai.app/v1/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ALFRED_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "capability": "search.hybrid",
    "input": { "prompt": "Hello world" }
  }'

TypeScript

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Alfred automatically selects the best provider
const result = await alfred.execute({
  capability: 'search.hybrid',
  input: { prompt: 'Hello world' },
});

console.log(result.output);

Orchestration pipeline

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Multi-step pipeline with automatic failover
const result = await alfred.orchestrate({
  steps: [
    { id: 'step1', capability: 'search.hybrid', input: { prompt: 'Hello world' } },
    { id: 'step2', capability: 'llm.chat', dependsOn: ['step1'],
      input: { prompt: 'Summarize: $step1.output' } },
  ],
});

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