Keyword search is all you need: Achieving RAG-Level Performance without vector databases using agentic tool use

arXiv 2602.23368•694c1e9cba3c8e198cde8e53522b14c860bd2765f5728de522f0935475e85997
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2602.23368
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Computer Science — Information Retrieval (cs.IR)

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694c1e9cba3c8e198cde8e53522b14c860bd2765f5728de522f0935475e85997
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