Context Query Rewrite Skill

Rewrites user queries for better semantic retrieval by:

• •Extracting intent from natural language
• •Adding lane/domain filters automatically
• •Inferring temporal windows (recent vs. all-time)

Phase

pre_retrieval - Runs before semantic search retrieval

Priority

10 (runs early in pre-retrieval phase)

Activation

• •Lanes: ops (via lane field)
• •Modes: COO, CFO (via activation.modes)
• •Agent Types: cursor, codex (via activation.agent_types)

Mutations

• •rewrite_query - Transforms the user query into a better retrieval query

Example

Input:

{
  "user_query": "how do we deploy?",
  "lane": "ops",
  "agent_type": "cursor"
}

Output:

{
  "rewritten_query": "deployment process configuration",
  "filters": {
    "lane": "ops",
    "source": "chatgpt"
  },
  "time_window": 90
}

Implementation

Located at: app/services/chat-gateway/context_engineering/skills/query_rewrite.py

The skill analyzes the user query to:

1. •Extract key concepts and intent
2. •Add lane-specific filters
3. •Determine if query needs recent context (last 90 days) or all-time context