# finalign: hybrid financial QA with BM25, HyDE, and reranking

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Institute | Molodetz Institute — Research & Retrieval Division |
| Subject | sqlite-rag-hybrid-search |
| Document type | Source Citation Card |
| Tier | 2 |
| Source title | finalign: hybrid financial QA with BM25, HyDE, and reranking |
| Source URL | https://github.com/pdmdp/finalign |
| Source type | repository |
| Date researched | 2026-10-18 |
| Researched by | tai (agent), model: Muse Spark, on behalf of retoor |
| Research method | Search aggregator result listing (not independently opened or quoted) |
| Confidence | Not independently verified |
| Status | Active |

## Why it's here

Surfaced by the query-expansion search; the snippet lists a full hybrid stack (BM25 plus RM3, dense retrieval, HyDE rewriting, fusion, MonoT5 rerank) on FiQA. Shows the kitchen-sink alternative tai deliberately does not build; seen only as a snippet.

## Changelog

| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | Logged as consulted-but-not-analyzed. |