exopriors.com
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public corpus search with vector embeddings
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exopriors.com
Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.
exopriors.com#vector search#text-to-sql#semantic search#embeddings#hacker news search
How HN took it
15 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 10 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Generating SQL rather than a black-box chatbot is a good research approach
From 1 comment
I like that this relies on generating SQL rather than just being a black-box chat bot. It feels like the right way to use LLMs for research: as a translator from natural language…
barishnamazov on HN
Onboarding flow is simple and nice
From 1 comment
The quick setup is cool! I’ve not seen this onboarding flow for other tools, and I quite like its simplicity.
m11a on HN
Objections
Security risk from network egress and pasted embedded API key
From 3 comments
Not a software engineer. Isnt allowing network egress a security risk? exopriors.com is not an established domain or brand that warrants the trust its asking
dcreater on HNNice, but would you consider open-sourcing it? I (and I assume others) are not keen on sharing my API keys with a 3rd party.
mentalgear on HNGuys, you obviously cannot suggest that —dangerously-skip-permissions is ok here, especially in the same paragraph as “even if you are not a software engineer”. This is untrusted…
theptip on HN
Claims of state of the art and AGI are hyperbolic
From 3 comments
> a state-of-the-art research tool over Hacker News, arXiv, LessWrong, and dozens what makes this state of the art?
kburman on HN"intelligence explosion", "are essentially AGI at this point", "ARBITRARY SQL + VECTOR ALGEBRA" etc. Casual use of hyperbole and technical jargon. my charlatan radar is going off.
dcreater on HNlots of highfalutin language trying to make something thats pretty hand wavy look like it's not. Where are the benchmarks? The "vector algebra" framing with @X + @Y - @Z is a…
bfeynman on HN
Vector algebra does not form meaningful algebra over concepts
From 1 comment
lots of highfalutin language trying to make something thats pretty hand wavy look like it's not. Where are the benchmarks? The "vector algebra" framing with @X + @Y - @Z is a…
bfeynman on HN
Requests
Open source the project
From 3 comments
Nice, but would you consider open-sourcing it? I (and I assume others) are not keen on sharing my API keys with a 3rd party.
mentalgear on HNSeems very cool, but IMO you’d be better off doing an open source version and then hosted SAAS.
bugglebeetle on HNReally useful currently working on a autonomous academic research system [1] and thinking about integrating this. Currently using custom prompt + Edison Scientific API. Any plans…
7777777phil on HN
Support self-hosted smaller models
From 1 comment
That's just not a good use of my Claude plan. If you can make it so a self-hosted Lllama or Qwen 7B can query it, then that's something.
nineteen999 on HN
Add pubmed or supplementary material coverage
From 2 comments
just a recommendation, pubmed is free and not limited to preprints
biophysboy on HNThis may exist already, but I'd like to find a way to query 'Supplementary Material' in biomedical research papers for genes / proteins or even biological processes. As it is,…
bonsai_spool on HN
Questions
How are alerts implemented?
From 1 comment
How is the alerts functionality implemented?
pcloadlett3r on HN
How does vector search handle semantic bleeding across datasets?
From 1 comment
I like that this relies on generating SQL rather than just being a black-box chat bot. It feels like the right way to use LLMs for research: as a translator from natural language…
barishnamazov on HN
Alternatives named
Google BigQuery
From 1 comment
in the direction of "empowering the public with new capabilities they didn't have before", Scry offers, with the copy and paste of a prompt and talking with an agent: 1) Full…
Xyra on HN
MCP servers
From 1 comment
What’s the benefit of manually pasting a massive prompt and enable egress to make queries over http vs just using MCP?
Too on HN