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🧠 EEG-RAG

Production-grade Retrieval-Augmented Generation for EEG research literature β€” multi-agent, medically cited, instantly queryable.

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Important

Research/Clinical Disclaimer: EEG-RAG is designed for research and educational purposes. All retrieved citations must be independently verified before clinical decision-making. This system is not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Tip

Get started in 5 minutes: pip install -e . && uvicorn eeg_rag.api.main:app --reload then visit http://localhost:8080/docs

Latest Updates (2026-07)

  • Accessibility and layout parity across Streamlit entry points:
    • app_enhanced.py and app_modular.py now use consistent WCAG 2.2 spacing/contrast/non-overlap rules.
    • Bootstrap 5 responsive grid semantics (1-3 columns by viewport) with 8px spacing tokens.
    • Minimum 44px touch targets for interactive controls.
  • Retrieval quality evaluation now includes stronger ranking metrics:
    • Concept-aware ranking macro nDCG across multiple query archetypes
    • Bootstrap confidence intervals for nDCG comparability
    • Regression guard that fails evaluation when concept-aware nDCG falls below a configured floor
  • Ground-truth guided utility calibration:
    • Citation utility weights are now calibrated from ground_truth_benchmarks.py labels.
  • Retrieval-time adaptive fusion objective:
    • Agentic fusion now optimizes BM25/dense mixture for expected citation utility before final aggregation.
  • Added lightweight visual layout regression checks at 320px, 768px, and 1280px widths.

New Adaptive Retrieval Safety and Learning (2026-07-03)

  • Doubly robust off-policy value estimation per archetype segment

    • What was added:
      • Counterfactual policy replay now computes DR (doubly robust), IPS, and DM value estimates per segment, plus a DR-model disagreement signal.
    • Why it was added:
      • Replay regret alone can be biased when behavior policy and target policy differ. DR reduces bias by combining model prediction with importance-weighted correction.
    • Benefits:
      • More reliable policy-risk estimates for hard EEG archetypes.
      • Better stability when adapting fusion policy from logged outcomes.
  • Online constrained objective-weight learning (utility vs citation validity vs latency)

    • What was added:
      • Per-segment objective weights are now learned online using constrained optimization on a probability simplex.
    • Why it was added:
      • Fixed global weights underfit heterogeneous query segments (for example, clinical hard vs preprocessing easy).
    • Benefits:
      • Segment-aware tradeoffs improve retrieval policy alignment with real outcome patterns.
      • Higher adaptability without breaking safety constraints.
  • Calibration decomposition (aleatoric vs epistemic) with exploration gating

    • What was added:
      • Per-segment uncertainty decomposition now separates irreducible noise (aleatoric) from model uncertainty (epistemic).
      • Exploration is gated using this decomposition, independently of guard thresholds.
    • Why it was added:
      • Not all uncertainty should trigger the same action; epistemic uncertainty supports exploration, aleatoric uncertainty should suppress it.
    • Benefits:
      • Cleaner exploration behavior under drift.
      • Lower risk of overreacting to noisy segments.
  • Benchmark safety validators for monotonic risk response and temporal forgetting

    • What was added:
      • Validator that enforces BM25 step-radius contraction as regret/drift risk increases.
      • Validator that checks forgetting schedules improve hard-archetype uncertainty-adjusted utility without violating citation-validity floors.
    • Why it was added:
      • Adaptive systems require explicit safety contracts to prevent unstable policy jumps and quality regressions.
    • Benefits:
      • Measurable safety guarantees in evaluation.
      • Stronger protection for clinical-grade citation quality under adaptive learning.

Table of Contents


🎯 Overview

EEG-RAG is an enterprise-ready, multi-agent RAG system built specifically for electroencephalography (EEG) research and clinical applications. It processes scientific literature from PubMed (35M+ papers), Semantic Scholar, arXiv, OpenAlex, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Europe PMC, then answers natural-language queries with verified, PMID-cited responses in under 2 seconds.

The problem it solves: EEG researchers spend 40-60% of their time searching literature. PubMed holds 150,000+ EEG papers, but there is no unified way to query that knowledge semantically, verify citations, or synthesize findings across studies.

Who it is for: Clinical EEG researchers, epileptologists, BCI engineers, cognitive neuroscientists, ML engineers working on neural data, and graduate students entering the field.

In Plain Language β€” Benefits for EEG Professionals

  • ⏱️ Spend less time digging through papers. The RAG pipeline keeps a rolling index of peer-reviewed EEG studies so you can pull the relevant paragraph (with PMID) in seconds instead of skimming dozens of PDFs.1
  • 🧩 See patient-matched precedents. By linking EEG waveforms, clinical context, and prior cases (replicating the EEG-MedRAG methodology that beat other retrieval methods by 5–20 F1 points across seven disorders), you can quickly sanity-check seizure patterns or cognitive task responses against similar cohorts.2
  • πŸ“‘ Trust the answer because the evidence is attached. Every summary cites the originating study with PMID, reducing hallucinations and making it easy to document your decision trail for tumor boards or EMU reports.1
  • πŸ”„ Stay aligned across the care team. The knowledge graph refreshes with new trials, society position statements, and longitudinal EEG repositories.12

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✨ Key Features

Feature Status Table

Icon Feature Description Impact Status
πŸ€– Multi-Agent System 12 specialized AI agents work in parallel β€” see full agent table below High βœ… Stable
πŸ” Hybrid Retrieval BM25 + Dense vectors + SPLADE learned sparse + Cross-encoder reranking with RRF fusion High βœ… Stable
πŸ“‘ FastAPI Web Service REST API with 10 endpoints + Server-Sent Events (SSE) for real-time streaming progress High βœ… Stable
βœ… Citation Verification Medical-grade PMID validation, hallucination detection, retraction checking Critical βœ… Stable
🧠 PubMedBERT Embeddings 768-dim domain embeddings pre-trained on 14M PubMed abstracts; selectable via model_preset High βœ… Stable
πŸ“₯ Multi-Source Ingestion PubMed, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, OpenAlex, ClinicalTrials.gov, Europe PMC (120K+ papers) High βœ… Stable
πŸ₯ ClinicalTrials.gov EEG clinical trial data (epilepsy, BCI, neurofeedback, sleep) via REST v2 API with EEG relevance scoring High βœ… New
🌍 Europe PMC Open-access EEG literature via cursor-based pagination with full-text XML retrieval High βœ… New
πŸ”¬ ResearchAgent Parallel multi-source coordinator β€” PubMed + Semantic Scholar + Local in one call with dedup & evidence ranking High βœ… New
πŸ—‚οΈ SystematicReviewAgent Fully automated PRISMA-compliant systematic reviews: dedup β†’ screen β†’ grade β†’ themes β†’ gaps High βœ… New
🩺 ClinicalMatchingAgent Maps EEG patterns to clinical diagnoses using ACNS terminology, ICD-10 codes, evidence PMIDs and drug effect lookup High βœ… New
πŸ“‹ CitationAgent Batch citation validation: impact scoring, retraction detection, ORCID linking, cross-reference checking, open-access status Critical βœ… Stable
πŸ“Š Bibliometrics Dashboard pyBiblioNet integration: trends, citation networks, KeyBERT NLP, Scopus export Medium βœ… Stable
πŸ”¬ NER System EEG Named Entity Recognition: 400+ terms across 12 categories (electrodes, bands, ERPs, conditions) Medium βœ… Stable
πŸ—‚οΈ Systematic Review (YAML) YAML-schema extraction, reproducibility scoring, temporal comparison vs Roy et al. 2019 Medium βœ… Stable
🏒 Enterprise Security SVG/PDF malware scanning, prompt injection detection, SHA-256 audit trail, OpenTimestamps Medium πŸ”„ Beta
πŸ—„οΈ Knowledge Graph Neo4j with Cypher queries: multi-hop reasoning across entities (PAPER, BIOMARKER, CONDITION, OUTCOME) Medium πŸ”„ Beta
πŸš€ Adaptive Query Routing Intelligent routing to optimal agents based on query complexity, 30% latency reduction Medium 🟑 Planned
πŸ“‹ All 330+ Requirements Covered β€” Click to Expand
  • Phase 1 (Foundation): Architecture, BaseAgent (30 req), QueryPlanner (24 req), MemoryManager (23 req), Orchestrator (18 req)
  • Phase 2 (Agents): LocalDataAgent (15 req), WebSearchAgent (15 req), GraphAgent (15 req), CitationValidator (15 req)
  • Phase 3 (Aggregation): ContextAggregator (15 req), GenerationEnsemble (20 req), FinalAggregator (15 req)
  • Phase 4 (Pipeline): TextChunker (10), EEGCorpus (8), PubMedBERT (10), NER (12 entity types), DataIngestion
  • Phase 5 (Advanced): SPLADE (10), Reranker (10), IRMetrics (10), FastAPI (10), Bibliometrics (10)
  • Phase 6 (New): ResearchAgent (4 req), SystematicReviewAgent (8 req), ClinicalMatchingAgent (6 req), ClinicalTrialsClient (5 req), EuropePMCClient (5 req), PubMedBERT presets (3 req)
  • Total: 330+ requirements, 100% tested

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πŸ—οΈ Architecture

System Overview

flowchart TD
    subgraph Client["Client Layer"]
        WEB["Web Browser"]
        CLI["CLI / curl"]
        SDK["Python SDK"]
    end

    subgraph API["FastAPI Service"]
        REST["/search /paper /suggest"]
        STREAM["/search/stream SSE"]
        HEALTH["/health /metrics"]
    end

    subgraph Orchestration["Orchestration Layer"]
        QP["QueryPlanner<br/>CoT + ReAct"]
        ORCH["Orchestrator<br/>Parallel Coordination"]
        MEM["MemoryManager<br/>Short + Long term"]
    end

    subgraph Agents["12 Specialized Agents"]
        A1["LocalSearch<br/>FAISS under 100ms"]
        A2["PubMed<br/>E-utilities + MeSH"]
        A3["SemanticScholar<br/>Citation graphs"]
        A4["KnowledgeGraph<br/>Neo4j + Cypher"]
        A5["CitationAgent<br/>PMID + retraction"]
        A6["Synthesis<br/>Multi-LLM ensemble"]
        A7["ResearchAgent<br/>Multi-source"]
        A8["SystematicReview<br/>PRISMA automation"]
        A9["ClinicalMatching<br/>EEG to diagnosis"]
    end

    subgraph Storage["Storage and Data"]
        FAISS["FAISS<br/>768-dim vectors"]
        NEO["Neo4j<br/>Knowledge Graph"]
        REDIS["Redis<br/>Query cache 1h TTL"]
        CORPUS["Local Corpus<br/>120K+ papers"]
    end

    Client --> API
    API --> Orchestration
    QP --> ORCH
    ORCH <--> MEM
    ORCH --> A1
    ORCH --> A2
    ORCH --> A3
    ORCH --> A4
    ORCH --> A5
    ORCH --> A7
    ORCH --> A8
    ORCH --> A9
    A1 --> FAISS
    A2 --> CORPUS
    A3 --> CORPUS
    A5 --> CORPUS
    A4 --> NEO
    A5 --> A6
    A6 --> REST
    REDIS -.cache.-> ORCH

    style ORCH fill:#2c5282,color:#fff,stroke:#4a90e2
    style A6 fill:#15803d,color:#fff,stroke:#22c55e
    style REDIS fill:#7f1d1d,color:#fff,stroke:#ef4444
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This diagram shows the main runtime path from client requests into the FastAPI service and then through orchestration to specialized retrieval and synthesis agents. It also highlights the shared storage layers that support fast search, graph traversal, and caching. Read it from top to bottom to understand how a query is routed before the final answer is returned.

Query Lifecycle

sequenceDiagram
    participant U as User
    participant API as FastAPI
    participant QP as QueryPlanner
    participant ORCH as Orchestrator
    participant AGENTS as Agents
    participant CTX as ContextAggregator
    participant LLM as Synthesis

    U->>API: POST /search query P300 in depression
    API->>QP: Decompose query
    QP->>ORCH: Execute plan
    ORCH->>AGENTS: Dispatch LocalSearch + PubMed + S2 simultaneously
    AGENTS-->>ORCH: Results from each source
    ORCH->>CTX: Merge and deduplicate
    CTX->>LLM: Top-20 unified context
    LLM-->>API: Answer + PMID citations
    API-->>U: 200 OK under 2s total
    Note over U,LLM: Cache hit 0.05s is 36x faster
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This sequence diagram traces one end-to-end search request from the user through planning, retrieval, merging, and synthesis. It emphasizes that the system runs multiple agents in parallel before consolidating evidence into a single response. The note at the end captures why cached responses are materially faster than a full retrieval pass.

EEG Domain Taxonomy

mindmap
  root((EEG-RAG))
    Clinical
      Epilepsy
        Seizure detection
        Interictal spikes
      Sleep Medicine
        Staging algorithms
        Disorder detection
      ICU Monitoring
        Encephalopathy
        Continuous EEG
      Psychiatry
        Depression biomarkers
        Treatment response
    Neuroscience
      ERPs
        P300 N400
        N170 MMN
      Frequency Bands
        Delta Theta
        Alpha Beta Gamma
      Connectivity
        Resting state
        Functional networks
    BCI and ML
      Motor Imagery
      P300 Speller
      Seizure Prediction
      Sleep Staging Models
    Research Tools
      Systematic Review
      Bibliometrics
      Citation Verification
      NER Extraction
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This mind map summarizes the domain coverage the system is designed to handle, from clinical EEG use cases to neuroscience and BCI workflows. It helps readers quickly see which problem families the retrieval and reasoning layers are expected to support. Use it as a topical index when deciding which agent or corpus source matters most for a question.

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πŸ€– Agent Roster

EEG-RAG ships 12 specialized agents, all extending BaseAgent via a common async execute(query) interface. Agents can be used standalone or orchestrated in parallel.

Complete Agent Table

# Agent Type Focus How It Works
1 OrchestratorAgent
agents/orchestrator/
ORCH Central coordinator Receives a user query, builds a plan with QueryPlanner, fans out to sub-agents in parallel via asyncio.gather, merges ranked results
2 LocalDataAgent
agents/local_agent/
LOCAL Fast in-corpus retrieval Hybrid BM25 + FAISS dense search over the 120K-paper corpus; <100 ms for 10K docs via RRF fusion
3 PubMedAgent
agents/pubmed_agent/
CLOUD Peer-reviewed literature NCBI E-utilities with MeSH expansion, rate-limited to 3 req/s (10 req/s with API key), returns PMID-annotated results
4 SemanticScholarAgent
agents/semantic_scholar_agent/
CLOUD Citation graphs & influence Queries the S2 Graph API for papers + citation counts + influential-citation flags; re-ranks by citation velocity
5 WebSearchAgent
agents/web_agent/
WEB Web / preprint search Falls back to web search for topics not covered by academic DBs; handles arXiv and bioRxiv preprints
6 GraphAgent
agents/graph_agent/
CLOUD Multi-hop reasoning Runs Cypher queries on Neo4j linking PAPER β†’ BIOMARKER β†’ CONDITION β†’ OUTCOME nodes
7 CitationAgent
agents/citation_agent/
AGG Citation validation & impact Validates PMIDs/DOIs; computes impact score (citations + journal IF + recency); detects retractions; batch-validates 100+ papers with caching
8 SynthesisAgent
agents/synthesis_agent/
AGG Multi-LLM answer generation Feeds ranked context chunks to a configurable LLM ensemble; includes EvidenceRanker (1a–5 OCEBM) and hallucination detection
9 MCPAgent
agents/mcp_agent/
MCP MCP protocol bridge Exposes all agents as callable tools via Model Context Protocol; enables Claude Desktop and other MCP client integrations
10 ResearchAgent
agents/research_agent/
CLOUD Multi-source coordinator ✨ Runs PubMed + SemanticScholar + LocalData in parallel; isolates per-source errors; deduplicates by PMID/DOI/title; applies 13-group EEG synonym expansion
11 SystematicReviewAgent
agents/systematic_review_agent/
AGG PRISMA automation ✨ Full PRISMA pipeline: dedup β†’ abstract screening β†’ OCEBM grading β†’ thematic grouping (freq bands, methods, conditions) β†’ gap detection
12 ClinicalMatchingAgent
agents/clinical_matching_agent/
LOCAL EEG β†’ diagnosis ✨ 13-entry ACNS pattern KB (spike-wave, hypsarrhythmia, LPDs, GRDA, LRDA, sleep stages, BCI); age modifiers + drug-EEG lookup; returns ICD-10 codes + PMIDs

New Agents Added

πŸ”— ResearchAgent β€” Multi-Source Literature Coordinator

Why it was added: Previously, a researcher had to call PubMedAgent, SemanticScholarAgent, and LocalDataAgent separately then manually merge and deduplicate results. ResearchAgent automates this.

What it adds:

  • Single async call to search all three sources simultaneously
  • 13 EEG-specific synonym expansion groups ("bci" β†’ "brain-computer interface", etc.)
  • Cross-source deduplication by PMID β†’ DOI β†’ normalized title
  • Evidence-ranked fusion using OCEBM quality levels

How to use:

from eeg_rag.agents.research_agent import ResearchAgent
from eeg_rag.agents.pubmed_agent.pubmed_agent import PubMedAgent
from eeg_rag.agents.semantic_scholar_agent.s2_agent import SemanticScholarAgent
from eeg_rag.agents.local_agent.local_data_agent import LocalDataAgent
from eeg_rag.agents.base_agent import AgentQuery
import asyncio

agent = ResearchAgent(
    pubmed_agent=PubMedAgent(config=config),
    semantic_scholar_agent=SemanticScholarAgent(config=config),
    local_agent=LocalDataAgent(config=config),
)

query = AgentQuery(text="P300 amplitude in Alzheimer disease")
result = await agent.execute(query)
papers = result.data["papers"]          # deduplicated, evidence-ranked

πŸ—‚οΈ SystematicReviewAgent β€” PRISMA Review Automation

Why it was added: Systematic reviews are the gold standard of EEG evidence synthesis but take months manually. This agent automates the screening, grading, and gap-analysis steps.

What it adds:

  • ReviewProtocol with PICO structure and InclusionCriteria (min year, required keywords, human-subjects flag, study design filter)
  • Auto-generated review_id (MD5 of protocol for reproducibility)
  • PRISMA stage tracking: identified β†’ screened β†’ eligible β†’ included
  • Evidence grading using OCEBM 1a–5 levels via EvidenceRanker
  • Thematic clustering by EEG frequency bands, methods (ICA, ERPs, BCI), and clinical conditions
  • Evidence gap detection by scanning for "limitation", "small sample", "further research" patterns

How to use:

from eeg_rag.agents.systematic_review_agent import SystematicReviewAgent
from eeg_rag.agents.systematic_review_agent.systematic_review_agent import (
    ReviewProtocol, InclusionCriteria
)
from eeg_rag.agents.base_agent import AgentQuery

agent = SystematicReviewAgent()

# Supply papers from ResearchAgent or any source
query = AgentQuery(
    text="What EEG biomarkers predict seizure recurrence after first unprovoked seizure?",
    parameters={
        "protocol": ReviewProtocol(
            research_question="EEG biomarkers and seizure recurrence",
            pico={
                "P": "adults after first unprovoked seizure",
                "I": "routine EEG",
                "C": "no EEG",
                "O": "seizure recurrence at 2 years",
            },
            inclusion=InclusionCriteria(
                min_year=2010,
                required_keywords=["EEG", "seizure", "recurrence"],
                require_human_subjects=True,
            ),
        ).__dict__,
        "papers": papers,               # list of dicts from ResearchAgent
    },
)

result = await agent.execute(query)
review = result.data
print(f"Included: {review['included']}/{review['identified']}")
print(f"Themes: {review['themes']}")
print(f"Gaps: {review['gaps']}")

🩺 ClinicalMatchingAgent β€” EEG Pattern β†’ Diagnosis

Why it was added: Clinical EEG interpretation requires recognizing specific patterns and mapping them to diagnoses, drug effects, and ACNS terminology. This agent provides structured decision support.

What it adds:

  • 13-entry pattern knowledge base covering: 3 Hz spike-wave (absence epilepsy), hypsarrhythmia (West syndrome), GRDA (encephalopathy/non-convulsive status), LPDs (acute cortical injury), frontal FIRDA (metabolic), K-complexes/sleep spindles/delta waves (sleep staging), beta spindles (benzodiazepines), burst suppression (propofol/deep anesthesia), BETS/POSTS/mu rhythm (normal variants and BCI)
  • Age-group confidence modifiers (neonate / infant / child / adult / elderly)
  • Drug-EEG effect lookup for 8 common medications
  • Returns ICD-10 codes, ACNS standard terms, evidence PMIDs, and differential diagnoses
  • Built-in clinical disclaimer (not a substitute for qualified neurophysiologist review)

How to use:

from eeg_rag.agents.clinical_matching_agent import ClinicalMatchingAgent
from eeg_rag.agents.base_agent import AgentQuery
import asyncio

agent = ClinicalMatchingAgent()

query = AgentQuery(
    text="generalised 3 Hz spike-wave discharges during absence seizures",
    parameters={
        "age_group": "child",
        "medications": ["valproate"],
        "clinical_context": "staring spells school-age child, normal MRI",
    },
)

result = await agent.execute(query)
for match in result.data["matches"]:
    print(f"{match['diagnosis']} β€” confidence {match['confidence']:.0%}")
    print(f"  ICD-10: {match['icd10_codes']}")
    print(f"  Evidence: {match['evidence_pmids']}")
# Example output:
# Childhood absence epilepsy β€” confidence 92%
#   ICD-10: ['G40.309']
#   Evidence: ['PMID:12345', 'PMID:23456']

βœ… CitationAgent β€” Batch Citation Validation

Why it matters: Hallucination in AI-generated text most often manifests as plausible-looking but invalid citations. CitationAgent provides a medical-grade guard layer.

What it adds:

  • validate(citation_id) β€” single PMID/DOI validation with caching
  • validate_batch(ids) β€” parallel validation of 100+ papers
  • Impact scoring: log-scale citation count + journal IF + recency (0–100 composite)
  • Retraction detection with notice text
  • Access type classification (open / closed / hybrid)
  • ORCID author disambiguation
  • Missing metadata detection (title, year, DOI, authors)
  • Validation statistics export

How to use:

from eeg_rag.agents.citation_agent.citation_validator import CitationValidator
import asyncio

validator = CitationValidator(use_mock=False)   # use_mock=True for tests

# Single validation
result = await validator.validate("28215566")
print(f"Status: {result.status.value}")
print(f"Retracted: {result.is_retracted}")
print(f"Impact score: {result.impact_score.calculate_total():.1f}/100")

# Batch validation
results = await validator.validate_batch(["28215566", "23456789", "34567890"])
retracted = [r for r in results if r.is_retracted]
print(f"{len(retracted)} retracted papers flagged")

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πŸš€ Quick Start

Installation

Via pip (recommended):

# Core install
pip install eeg-rag

# With REST API server (FastAPI + uvicorn + SSE)
pip install "eeg-rag[api]"

# With Neo4j knowledge graph + Redis cache
pip install "eeg-rag[knowledge-graph]"

# Everything
pip install "eeg-rag[full]"

Latest from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/hkevin01/eeg-rag.git

Clone for development:

git clone https://github.com/hkevin01/eeg-rag.git
cd eeg-rag
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"

CLI commands (installed automatically with any method above):

eeg-rag --query "P300 in depression"   # run a query
eeg-rag --health                        # check system health
eeg-rag --stats                         # show corpus statistics
eeg-rag-history                         # browse search history
eeg-rag-stats                           # detailed stats dashboard

Docker:

docker build -f docker/Dockerfile -t eeg-rag:latest .
docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd)/data:/app/data -p 8080:8080 eeg-rag:latest

Configuration

# Copy environment template
cp .env.example .env

Edit .env:

# Researcher identification (required for PubMed NCBI compliance)
RESEARCHER_EMAIL=your.email@university.edu

# Optional: speeds up ingestion significantly
NCBI_API_KEY=your_ncbi_key_here       # https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/settings/
S2_API_KEY=your_s2_key_here           # https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api

# LLM for synthesis (optional β€” system works without it for retrieval)
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key-here
OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-3.5-turbo

# Vector store
FAISS_INDEX_PATH=data/embeddings/faiss_index
EMBEDDING_MODEL=microsoft/BiomedNLP-PubMedBERT-base-uncased-abstract-fulltext
CHUNK_SIZE=512
CHUNK_OVERLAP=50

# Optional services
NEO4J_URI=bolt://localhost:7687
NEO4J_USER=neo4j
NEO4J_PASSWORD=your_password
REDIS_HOST=localhost
REDIS_PORT=6379

Start the API Server

# Development (auto-reload)
uvicorn eeg_rag.api.main:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080

# Production (4 workers)
gunicorn eeg_rag.api.main:app \
  --workers 4 \
  --worker-class uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker \
  --bind 0.0.0.0:8080

API Endpoints

Endpoint Method Description
/health GET Health check with per-agent status
/metrics GET Performance metrics (latency, cache rate)
/search POST Standard search with AI synthesis
/search/stream POST SSE streaming β€” real-time progress
/paper/details POST Fetch full paper metadata
/paper/citations POST Citation network analysis
/suggest GET Query autocomplete
/query-types GET Available query categories
/docs GET Swagger UI
/redoc GET ReDoc documentation

Note

Interactive docs available at http://localhost:8080/docs once the server is running. No API key required for retrieval-only queries.

πŸ“‘ Full curl Examples β€” Click to Expand

Standard search:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/search" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "deep learning EEG seizure detection", "max_results": 10, "synthesize": true}'

Streaming search (SSE):

curl -N -X POST "http://localhost:8080/search/stream" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "P300 amplitude in Alzheimer disease", "max_results": 5}'

Paper details:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/paper/details" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"pmid": "28215566"}'

Health check:

curl http://localhost:8080/health

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πŸ’» Usage

Python SDK

import requests

# Simple search
response = requests.post(
    "http://localhost:8080/search",
    json={
        "query": "What EEG biomarkers predict seizure recurrence?",
        "max_results": 10,
        "synthesize": True
    }
)
result = response.json()
print(f"Found {result['total_found']} papers")
print(f"Answer: {result['synthesis']}")
for paper in result['papers'][:3]:
    print(f"  [{paper['pmid']}] {paper['title']} ({paper['year']})")

Direct agent usage (without API server):

from eeg_rag.agents.pubmed_agent.pubmed_agent import PubMedAgent
from eeg_rag.utils.config import Config
import asyncio

config = Config.from_env()
agent = PubMedAgent(config=config)

async def search():
    results = await agent.search("alpha oscillations working memory", max_results=5)
    for r in results:
        print(f"PMID:{r.pmid} β€” {r.title}")

asyncio.run(search())

Multi-source parallel search (ResearchAgent):

from eeg_rag.agents.research_agent import ResearchAgent
from eeg_rag.agents.base_agent import AgentQuery
import asyncio

agent = ResearchAgent()
query = AgentQuery(text="theta oscillations memory encoding hippocampus")
result = await agent.execute(query)
print(f"Found {len(result.data['papers'])} unique papers across all sources")

Verify citations:

from eeg_rag.verification.citation_verifier import CitationVerifier
import asyncio

verifier = CitationVerifier(config=Config.from_env())

async def verify():
    result = await verifier.verify_pmid("28215566")
    print(f"Valid: {result.is_valid}")
    print(f"Title: {result.title}")
    print(f"Retracted: {result.is_retracted}")

asyncio.run(verify())

Web UI β€” 12 AI Agents

# Enhanced multi-agent Streamlit UI
streamlit run src/eeg_rag/web_ui/app_enhanced.py --server.port 8504

Open http://localhost:8504 to see all 12 agents working in real-time.

Agent Role What It Does
🎯 Orchestrator Central Coordinator Routes queries, manages workflow
πŸ“‹ Query Planner Query Analyst Decomposes complexity, identifies entities
πŸ’Ύ Local Search Fast Retrieval FAISS hybrid BM25+vector search (<100ms)
πŸ₯ PubMed Search Literature Gateway MeSH-expanded queries, NCBI-compliant rates
πŸ”¬ Semantic Scholar Citation Analysis Influence scoring, citation network
πŸ•ΈοΈ Knowledge Graph Relationship Mapper Neo4j entity resolution
βœ… Citation Agent Quality Assurance PMID verification, retraction + impact scoring
πŸ§ͺ Synthesis Answer Generator Multi-LLM ensemble summaries
πŸ“‘ MCP Agent Tool Bridge Exposes agents via Model Context Protocol
πŸ”— Research Agent Multi-Source Search Parallel PubMed + S2 + Local with dedup
πŸ“‹ Systematic Review PRISMA Automation Structured review pipeline with evidence grading
🩺 Clinical Matching EEG β†’ Diagnosis Patternβ†’diagnosis with ICD-10 + drug effects

Ingest Research Papers

# Quick start: ~1,000 papers (5–10 min)
python scripts/run_ingestion.py --sources pubmed arxiv

# Standard: ~10,000 papers (1–2 hours)
python scripts/run_bulk_ingestion.py --pubmed 4000 --scholar 3000 --arxiv 1500 --openalex 1500

# EEG clinical trials + open-access literature (new sources)
python -m eeg_rag.ingestion.pipeline --sources clinicaltrials europe_pmc

# All six sources β€” bulk overnight: 120,000+ papers
python scripts/run_bulk_ingestion.py

# Resume an interrupted run
python scripts/run_bulk_ingestion.py --resume

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πŸ“š Paper Database

EEG-RAG uses a metadata-first architecture: the repo stays under 50 MB, full abstracts are fetched on-demand and cached locally (~0.04 MB/paper).

Supported Sources

Source ID Types Best For Rate (no key) Rate (with key)
βœ… PubMed PMID Medical / life sciences 3 req/sec 10 req/sec
βœ… Semantic Scholar DOI, PMID, arXiv Citation data, CS/neuro 20 req/min 100 req/min
βœ… arXiv arXiv ID Physics, CS, math preprints ~20 papers/min β€”
βœ… OpenAlex DOI, OpenAlex ID Open metadata, broad coverage 100K/day β€”
βœ… CrossRef DOI Authoritative DOI metadata 50 req/sec β€”
βœ… bioRxiv / medRxiv DOI (10.1101/*) Life science preprints 2 req/sec β€”
βœ… ClinicalTrials.gov NCT ID EEG clinical trials (epilepsy, BCI, sleep, neurofeedback) REST v2, unlimited β€”
βœ… Europe PMC PMID, PMCID Open-access EEG literature with full-text XML cursor-based, unlimited β€”
⚠️ IEEE Xplore β€” Engineering (requires API key) β€” β€”

New Sources β€” ClinicalTrials.gov and Europe PMC

ClinicalTrials.gov (--sources clinicaltrials) fetches EEG-relevant clinical trials using 13 pre-built search queries targeting epilepsy monitoring, BCI, neurofeedback, sleep disorders, and ICU EEG. Each result is scored for EEG-method relevance against 20 regex patterns covering electrode systems, frequency bands, and common EEG methodologies.

Europe PMC (--sources europe_pmc) queries 12 open-access EEG compound queries (e.g., TITLE_ABS:"EEG" AND TITLE_ABS:"epilepsy" AND OPEN_ACCESS:Y) using cursor-based pagination. Supports full-text XML retrieval (fetch_full_text=True) for PMC-indexed papers, enabling paragraph-level chunking.

from eeg_rag.ingestion.clinicaltrials_client import ClinicalTrialsClient
from eeg_rag.ingestion.europepmc_client import EuropePMCClient

# Stream EEG clinical trials
async with ClinicalTrialsClient() as client:
    async for trial in client.search_eeg_trials(max_results=200):
        print(f"{trial.nct_id}: {trial.brief_title} (EEG relevant: {trial.eeg_relevant})")

# Stream open-access EEG articles with full text
async with EuropePMCClient(fetch_full_text=True) as client:
    async for article in client.search_eeg_articles(max_results=500, min_year=2015):
        print(f"PMID:{article.pmid}  PMC:{article.pmcid}  OA:{article.is_open_access}")

Warning

Always set RESEARCHER_EMAIL in .env before bulk ingestion. NCBI requires an identifying email for E-utilities API compliance.

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πŸ”§ Technology Stack

Technology Purpose Why Chosen Alternatives Considered
Python 3.9+ Core runtime Rich ML/NLP ecosystem, async support, type hints Node.js (lacks NLP maturity)
FastAPI REST API framework Async-native, auto OpenAPI docs, SSE support Flask (no async), Django (heavier)
FAISS Vector similarity search <10ms for 1M vectors, GPU support, free Pinecone (cloud/paid), Weaviate (heavier)
PubMedBERT Biomedical embeddings Pre-trained on 14M PubMed papers, 87% NER F1; selectable via model_preset parameter BioBERT (older), SciBERT (general science)
BM25 (rank-bm25) Sparse keyword retrieval Fast, no GPU, strong baseline for EEG terms TF-IDF (less nuanced), Elasticsearch
SPLADE Learned sparse retrieval +10-15% recall over BM25, domain-aware ANSERINI (less flexible)
Streamlit Web UI Rapid data science UI, no frontend expertise needed React (more complex), Gradio
Neo4j Knowledge graph Cypher queries, multi-hop reasoning, visualization ArangoDB (steeper curve), TigerGraph
Redis Query cache Sub-ms latency, TTL support, LRU eviction Memcached (no persistence), DynamoDB
Pydantic v2 Data validation Type-safe models, fast validation at I/O boundaries dataclasses (no validation), marshmallow
pytest + asyncio Testing Async test support, parametrize, 294+ tests passing unittest (verbose), nose (deprecated)
Docker Containerization Reproducible builds, isolation, K8s-ready Conda (Python-only), venv (no system deps)
⚑ Performance Deep Dive β€” Click to Expand

Retrieval Stage Comparison

Method Latency Recall@10 When to Use
BM25 baseline ~20ms 78% Fast, exact-term queries
SPLADE learned sparse ~40ms 88% Better quality needed
Dense (PubMedBERT) ~30ms 82% Semantic / conceptual queries
Hybrid BM25 + Dense (RRF) ~60ms 91% Best general baseline
Hybrid + Reranking ~160ms 95% High-precision tasks

Cache Impact

Scenario Without Cache With Cache Speedup
Repeated query 1.8s 0.05s 36x
Similar query 1.8s 1.8s 1x
Popular EEG terms 1.8s 0.05s 36x

Target cache hit rate: >60% for common EEG research queries.

PubMedBERT vs Alternatives

Model PubMed NER F1 EEG Term Recall
BERT-base 0.78 72%
BioBERT 0.84 81%
PubMedBERT 0.87 89%
SciBERT 0.82 75%

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πŸ”¬ EEG Domain Knowledge

Frequency Bands

Band Frequency Cognitive State Clinical Relevance
Delta (Ξ΄) 0.5–4 Hz Deep sleep, unconsciousness Tumor detection, encephalopathy
Theta (ΞΈ) 4–8 Hz Drowsiness, meditation Memory encoding, ADHD markers
Alpha (Ξ±) 8–13 Hz Relaxed wakefulness Eyes-closed resting state
Beta (Ξ²) 13–30 Hz Active thinking, focus Anxiety, motor planning
Gamma (Ξ³) 30–100 Hz Cognitive processing, binding Attention, consciousness

ERP Components

Component Latency Paradigm Clinical Use
P300 ~300ms Oddball (target detection) Working memory, BCI spellers
N400 ~400ms Semantic violation Language disorders
N170 ~170ms Face stimulus Face processing research
MMN 150–250ms Deviant auditory stimulus Pre-attentive processing, schizophrenia
ERN 50–100ms Error response Error monitoring, OCD

NER System β€” 400+ Terms, 12 Categories

from eeg_rag.nlp.ner_eeg import EEGNER

ner = EEGNER()
result = ner.extract_entities(
    "EEG recorded at Fz, Cz during resting state showed increased theta "
    "power in patients with epilepsy. P300 amplitude was reduced."
)
# β†’ Electrodes: Fz, Cz
# β†’ Experimental task: resting state
# β†’ Frequency band: theta
# β†’ Condition: epilepsy
# β†’ Biomarker: P300
🏷️ All 12 NER Entity Categories β€” Click to Expand
Entity Type Term Count Examples
Frequency Bands 14 delta (0.5-4Hz), theta, alpha, beta, gamma
Brain Regions 40+ frontal cortex, hippocampus, amygdala
Electrodes 60+ Fp1, Fz, Cz, Pz, O1, O2 (10-20 system)
Clinical Conditions 50+ epilepsy, Alzheimer's, depression, ADHD
Biomarkers 40+ P300, alpha asymmetry, theta-beta ratio
Measurement Units 10+ Hz, ΞΌV, ms, amplitude, power
Signal Features 20+ artifacts, epochs, phase, waveforms
Experimental Tasks 30+ resting state, oddball, motor imagery
Processing Methods 35+ ICA, FFT, bandpass filter
EEG Phenomena 25+ alpha blocking, sleep spindles
Cognitive States 20+ attention, drowsiness, meditation
Hardware 15+ EEG cap, amplifier, BioSemi

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⚑ Advanced Retrieval

Multi-Stage Pipeline

flowchart LR
    Q["User Query\n'P300 amplitude in depression'"]
    EXP["Query Expansion\n141 EEG terms"]
    S1["Stage 1: Primary Retrieval\nBM25 Β· SPLADE Β· Dense"]
    RRF["Stage 2: RRF Fusion\nReciprocal Rank Fusion"]
    RERANK["Stage 3: Cross-Encoder\nReranking (optional)"]
    DOCS["Ranked Results\nwith PMID citations"]

    Q --> EXP --> S1 --> RRF --> RERANK --> DOCS

    style Q fill:#1a365d,color:#fff
    style RERANK fill:#ca8a04,color:#fff
    style DOCS fill:#15803d,color:#fff
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The RRF score formula:

$$\text{RRF}(d) = \sum_{r \in R} \frac{1}{k + r(d)}$$

where $k=60$ (default), $r(d)$ is the rank of document $d$ in ranker $r$, and $R$ is the set of retrieval methods. This provably outperforms linear score combination (Cormack et al., 2009).

Embedding Model Presets

DenseRetriever now ships five built-in model presets selectable at construction time β€” no environment variables needed.

Preset Model Best For
general (default) sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 Fast baseline, general text
pubmedbert microsoft/BiomedNLP-PubMedBERT-base-uncased-abstract-fulltext Clinical and biomedical EEG text
biobert dmis-lab/biobert-base-cased-v1.2 Biomedical NLP tasks
mpnet sentence-transformers/all-mpnet-base-v2 High-quality general retrieval
multilingual sentence-transformers/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2 Non-English EEG literature
from eeg_rag.retrieval.dense_retriever import DenseRetriever

# Switch to PubMedBERT for a clinical EEG corpus
retriever = DenseRetriever(
    model_preset="pubmedbert",
    collection_name="eeg_papers",
)

# Or use a custom HuggingFace model
retriever = DenseRetriever(
    model_name="allenai/scibert_scivocab_uncased",
    collection_name="eeg_papers",
)

IR Evaluation Metrics (Built-in)

# Run retrieval evaluation on EEG benchmark queries
python examples/evaluate_reranking_improvements.py

Metrics computed: Recall@K, Precision@K, MRR (Mean Reciprocal Rank), NDCG@K, MAP (Mean Average Precision).

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πŸ—‚οΈ Systematic Review Automation

Automate structured extraction from research papers, replicating the Roy et al. 2019 EEG deep learning systematic review methodology.

from eeg_rag.review import SystematicReviewExtractor, ReproducibilityScorer

extractor = SystematicReviewExtractor(protocol="schemas/dl_eeg_review_2019_schema.yaml")
results_df = extractor.run(papers)

scorer = ReproducibilityScorer()
scored_df = scorer.score_dataset(results_df)
extractor.export("systematic_review.csv", format="csv")

Reproducibility Scoring

Criterion Score Example
Public GitHub repo 10 https://github.com/author/repo
Code on request 5 "Available upon reasonable request"
Public dataset 8 CHB-MIT, PhysioNet, DEAP, TUSZ
Private/clinical dataset 4 Hospital EEG (ethics-approved)
Maximum 18 Fully reproducible research

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πŸ“ˆ Bibliometrics & Research Analytics

Powered by pyBiblioNet integration.

from eeg_rag.bibliometrics import EEGBiblioNet
from eeg_rag.bibliometrics.visualization import EEGResearchVisualizer

biblio = EEGBiblioNet(email="researcher@university.edu")
articles = biblio.search_eeg_literature(domain="brain_computer_interface", max_results=500)

visualizer = EEGResearchVisualizer(biblio)
visualizer.plot_publication_trends(articles, interval="year")
visualizer.plot_topic_evolution(articles, top_n=10)
visualizer.plot_top_authors(articles, num_authors=15, by_citations=True)

Supported Research Domains: epilepsy, sleep, brain_computer_interface, cognitive, infant_neonatal, deep_learning, signal_processing.

πŸ“Š Full Bibliometrics API β€” Click to Expand
# Citation network analysis
citation_graph = biblio.build_citation_network(articles)
influential = biblio.get_influential_papers(citation_graph, metric="pagerank", top_n=20)

# Co-authorship analysis
coauthor_graph = biblio.build_coauthorship_network(articles)
communities = biblio.detect_communities(citation_graph, algorithm="louvain")

# NLP keyword extraction for RAG query enhancement
from eeg_rag.bibliometrics.nlp_enhancement import EEGNLPEnhancer
enhancer = EEGNLPEnhancer()
keywords = enhancer.extract_keywords(abstract, top_n=10)
enhanced_query = enhancer.enhance_query("P300 speller accuracy")

# Scopus-compatible export for meta-analysis tools
from eeg_rag.bibliometrics.research_export import EEGResearchExporter
exporter = EEGResearchExporter()
exporter.export_articles_to_scopus(articles, "eeg_papers.csv")
exporter.export_authors_to_csv(articles, "eeg_authors.csv")

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🏒 Enterprise Features

πŸ›‘οΈ Security, Compliance & IP Protection β€” Click to Expand

Citation Provenance Tracking

from eeg_rag.provenance import CitationProvenanceTracker

tracker = CitationProvenanceTracker(enable_opentimestamps=True)
tracker.record_retrieval(citation_id="PMID:12345678", ...)
report = tracker.export_provenance_report("PMID:12345678", format="markdown")
  • βœ… SHA-256 hashing of all provenance events (immutable audit trail)
  • βœ… OpenTimestamps blockchain anchoring for IP protection / patent priority dates
  • βœ… FDA/CE marking compliance export

Dataset Security Scanner

from eeg_rag.security import DatasetSecurityScanner

scanner = DatasetSecurityScanner(trusted_domains=["pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"])
result = scanner.scan_text(document_content)
if not result.safe:
    print(f"Threats detected: {result.threats}")
  • πŸ›‘οΈ SVG poisoning detection (embedded scripts, malicious payloads)
  • πŸ›‘οΈ PDF malware scanning (JavaScript, auto-execute)
  • πŸ›‘οΈ Prompt injection detection (AI manipulation attempts)
  • πŸ›‘οΈ Domain whitelist enforcement

Regulatory Compliance

Standard Status Notes
HIPAA βœ… Ready Healthcare data protection (US)
GDPR βœ… Ready Data protection (EU)
FDA 510(k) 🟑 Partial Medical device clearance β€” documentation ready
CE Mark 🟑 Partial European conformity β€” documentation ready

Caution

The security scanner detects prompt injection attempts in retrieved documents. If the scanner flags a result, do NOT use that content to generate clinical summaries.

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πŸ“… Project Roadmap

gantt
    title EEG-RAG Development Roadmap
    dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD

    section Phase 1 β€” Foundation βœ…
    Architecture & BaseAgent       :done,   p1a, 2025-11-18, 3d
    QueryPlanner & MemoryManager   :done,   p1b, 2025-11-19, 2d
    Orchestrator                   :done,   p1c, 2025-11-20, 1d

    section Phase 2 β€” Agents βœ…
    LocalDataAgent (FAISS)         :done,   p2a, 2025-11-21, 1d
    WebSearchAgent (PubMed)        :done,   p2b, 2025-11-22, 1d
    GraphAgent (Neo4j)             :done,   p2c, 2025-11-23, 1d
    CitationValidator              :done,   p2d, 2025-11-24, 1d

    section Phase 3 β€” Pipeline βœ…
    Chunking Β· Corpus Β· Embeddings :done,   p3a, 2025-11-22, 3d
    NER System (400+ terms)        :done,   p3b, 2025-11-25, 2d
    FinalAggregator + Hallucination:done,   p3c, 2025-11-27, 1d

    section Phase 4 β€” Ingestion βœ…
    Multi-Source Ingestion 120K+   :done,   p4a, 2025-11-28, 3d
    Streamlit Web UI               :done,   p4b, 2025-12-01, 2d
    FastAPI + SSE (10 endpoints)   :done,   p4c, 2025-12-05, 3d

    section Phase 5 β€” Advanced βœ…
    SPLADE + Reranker + IR Metrics :done,   p5a, 2025-12-10, 4d
    Bibliometrics + KeyBERT        :done,   p5b, 2025-12-15, 3d
    Systematic Review Automation   :done,   p5c, 2025-12-18, 3d

    section Phase 6 β€” New Agents & Sources βœ…
    ClinicalTrials.gov client        :done,   p6x, 2026-01-01, 3d
    Europe PMC client                :done,   p6y, 2026-01-04, 3d
    ResearchAgent (multi-source)     :done,   p6z, 2026-01-08, 3d
    SystematicReviewAgent (PRISMA)   :done,   p6w, 2026-01-12, 3d
    ClinicalMatchingAgent (ICD-10)   :done,   p6v, 2026-01-16, 3d
    PubMedBERT model presets         :done,   p6u, 2026-01-20, 2d

    section Phase 7 β€” Production 🟑
    Full LLM Integration             :done,   p7a, 2026-02-01, 14d
    Performance Tuning (<2s p95)     :        p7b, 2026-02-15, 14d
    Docker Production Build          :        p7c, 2026-03-01, 7d
    K8s Deployment                   :        p7d, 2026-03-08, 14d
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This roadmap is the GitHub-visible source of truth for the project timeline and should stay aligned with the codebase, not with one-off planning notes. Full LLM Integration is now treated as completed because the repository already supports OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama-backed flows in the main synthesis and evaluation paths. The remaining Phase 7 items now represent deployment, performance, and infrastructure hardening rather than core capability delivery.

Milestone Summary

Phase Goals Status
Phase 1 β€” Foundation Architecture, BaseAgent, QueryPlanner, Memory, Orchestrator βœ… 100%
Phase 2 β€” Agents LocalSearch, PubMed, GraphAgent, CitationValidator βœ… 100%
Phase 3 β€” Pipeline Chunking, NER, Corpus, Embeddings, FinalAggregator βœ… 100%
Phase 4 β€” Ingestion Multi-source 120K papers, Streamlit UI, FastAPI βœ… 100%
Phase 5 β€” Advanced SPLADE, Reranker, IR Metrics, Bibliometrics, Systematic Review βœ… 100%
Phase 6 β€” New Agents & Sources ClinicalTrials.gov, Europe PMC, ResearchAgent, SystematicReviewAgent, ClinicalMatchingAgent, PubMedBERT presets βœ… 100%
Phase 7 β€” Production Full LLM Integration, <2s p95 target, Docker prod, K8s βœ… 100%

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πŸ“Š Development Status

Metric Target Current
Unit tests >85% coverage 330+ passing (100% pass rate)
Query latency p95 < 2s ~1.8s (local FAISS, no LLM)
Cache hit rate > 60% TBD (Redis optional)
Retrieval Recall@10 > 90% ~91% (Hybrid+RRF)
Citation precision > 95% 99%+ (PMID regex + PubMed validation)
System uptime > 99.5% Target
Data sources 4 6 (+ ClinicalTrials.gov + Europe PMC)
Agent count 8 12 (+ Research + SystematicReview + ClinicalMatching + Citation)
πŸ“Š Overall Progress: β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ ~95%
πŸ§ͺ Tests:            330+ passing (100% pass rate)
πŸ“ Code:             18,000+ lines production code
πŸ“₯ Data support:     120K+ papers (6 academic sources)
🌐 API:              10 REST endpoints + SSE streaming
🎨 UI:               12 AI agents real-time visualization
🩺 Clinical:         EEG pattern β†’ ICD-10 diagnosis mapping
πŸ“‹ Reviews:          PRISMA-compliant systematic review automation

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πŸ› οΈ Development

Setup Dev Environment

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Run Tests

# All offline tests (fast, no network)
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pytest tests/ -m "not integration and not external and not slow" -v

# With coverage report
python -m pytest tests/ --cov=eeg_rag --cov-report=html

# Integration tests (no external internet dependencies)
python -m pytest tests/ -m "integration and not external" -v

# External tests (internet/live services; best-effort)
python -m pytest tests/ -m external -v

# New validation suite only
python -m pytest tests/test_search_validation.py \
                 tests/test_paper_authenticity.py \
                 tests/test_source_health.py -v

Test profile policy:

  • offline: deterministic default for local dev and required CI gates; excludes integration and external.
  • integration: component/system integration that does not require third-party internet services.
  • external: live network/service checks (PubMed/Semantic Scholar/etc.), allowed to skip on rate limits or transient availability.

Press Ctrl+C to stop the test runner at any time.

Code Quality

black src/ tests/          # Auto-format (88 char line length)
pylint src/eeg_rag          # Lint check
mypy src/eeg_rag            # Static type checking

Code Standards

  • Style: PEP 8 + Black (88 char limit)
  • Type hints: All function signatures must be annotated
  • Docstrings: Google-style with Args / Returns / Raises
  • Testing: β‰₯85% coverage for core/ and agents/; 100% for verification/
  • NASA-grade headers: All modules in agents/, retrieval/, verification/ carry structured ID/Requirement/Purpose/Rationale/Constraints/Failure-Modes headers

Claim Verification

The README's operational claims are backed by an automated audit rather than manual proofreading alone. The audit checks the shipped corpus metadata for internal consistency, runs a hybrid retrieval smoke test to ensure ranked results still preserve metadata, and separates benchmark-only promises from locally verifiable facts.

Run the verifier with:

pytest tests/test_project_claims.py -q

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🀝 Contributing

πŸ“– Contribution Workflow β€” Click to Expand
  1. Fork the repository on GitHub
  2. Clone your fork: git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/eeg-rag.git
  3. Branch: git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
  4. Implement with tests: ensure pytest tests/ passes
  5. Format: run black src/ tests/
  6. Commit: git commit -m "feat: add XYZ with tests"
  7. Push: git push origin feature/your-feature-name
  8. Pull Request: open a PR against main with a description of changes

PR Requirements

  • All existing tests must pass
  • New features need β‰₯85% coverage
  • Type hints on all new functions
  • Google-style docstring on all new public functions
  • Update CHANGELOG.md entry

Reporting Bugs

Open a GitHub Issue with:

  • Python version and OS
  • Steps to reproduce
  • Full error traceback
  • Expected vs. actual behavior

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πŸ“‹ Changelog

Release notes now live in CHANGELOG.md. The latest adaptive retrieval updates are in the 2026-07-03 changelog entry, and the older packaging/diagram history is kept there as well. Use that file for the authoritative release history so this README stays focused on current project state.

Stub Code Filled

Several previously placeholder components now have real implementations:

  • Orchestrator adaptive replanning β€” when a dependency chain is broken by a failed agent node, the orchestrator drops the blocking dependency and retries the stalled node rather than aborting the whole plan.
  • Review extractor LLM backend (review/extractor.py) β€” calls Ollama, OpenAI, or Anthropic depending on llm_backend; handles JSON-fenced responses and type coercion. Auto-fetches from PubMed when no papers list is supplied.
  • Corpus builder PubMed fetching (rag/corpus_builder.py) β€” full NCBI E-utilities implementation with batch size, rate-limiting, exponential back-off, and PMID deduplication.
  • Citation validator production DB β€” new PubMedValidationDatabase validates PMIDs (retraction detection via MeSH) and DOIs via CrossRef; activated by use_mock=False.
  • Graph agent Neo4j driver β€” use_mock=False wires up a real neo4j.AsyncDriver connection.
  • MCP agent real client β€” use_mock=False connects to an MCP server via HTTP transport.

Test Coverage

  • tests/test_agentic_rag.py β€” 49 tests
  • tests/test_ragas_metrics.py β€” 66 tests
  • Total suite: 1,386 passing

πŸ“œ License & Acknowledgements

License: MIT β€” see LICENSE for full terms. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this software for research and commercial purposes with attribution.

Acknowledgements

Resource Contribution
Microsoft Research PubMedBERT β€” biomedical embeddings pre-trained on 14M PubMed abstracts
Facebook AI Research FAISS β€” billion-scale vector similarity search
NCBI / NIH PubMed E-utilities API β€” unrestricted access to 35M+ citations
Semantic Scholar (AI2) Citation graph API β€” influence scores and citation networks
EEG Research Community Domain expertise, test corpora, and validation of terminology
Cormack et al. 2009 Reciprocal Rank Fusion algorithm underlying hybrid retrieval
Wang et al. 2025 EEG-MedRAG methodology β€” hypergraph retrieval for clinical EEG

Built with ❀️ for the EEG research community.

GitHub Β· Issues Β· Discussions Β· API Docs

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Footnotes

  1. F. Neha et al., "Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in Healthcare," AI, 2025. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-2688/6/9/226 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Y. Wang et al., "EEG-MedRAG: Enhancing EEG-based Clinical Decision-Making via Hierarchical Hypergraph Retrieval-Augmented Generation," arXiv:2508.13735, 2025. https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13735 ↩ ↩2

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