vibe-finder 1.1.0

Gap-tolerant fuzzy phrase matching for OCR documents and AI/LLM-generated text search. Find phrases even when text is altered, prettified, or contains OCR errors - without agentic multi-iteration approaches.

Vibe Finder

Gap-tolerant fuzzy phrase matching for OCR documents and AI/LLM-generated text search.

Find phrases even when text is altered, prettified, or contains OCR errors - without agentic multi-iteration approaches.

Use Cases

• OCR Document Search: Find text in scanned documents where OCR introduced errors, typos, or character substitutions
• AI/LLM Output Matching: Locate phrases in large texts when AI/LLM altered, rephrased, or "prettified" the original wording
• Single-Pass Alternative: Replace slow agentic multi-iteration search loops with one fast fuzzy search call
• Robust Text Extraction: Get exact character offsets even when source text doesn't match query exactly

Features

• Fuzzy Matching: Find phrases even with typos, OCR errors, or missing words
• Gap Tolerance: Allows gaps between matched tokens (configurable)
• Batch Search: Search multiple phrases at once with position-matched results
• Score Threshold: Filter out low-quality matches automatically
• Exact Offsets: Returns precise character positions in original text
• Multi-factor Scoring: Combines similarity, coverage, sequence order, gaps, and transpositions
• Zero Dependencies: Pure Python, uses only standard library

Installation

pip install fuzzy-finder

Or copy fuzzy_finder/ directory to your project.

Quick Start

from vibe_finder import FuzzyFinder

# Initialize with document text
document = """
Владимир Туров рассказывает о налоговой оптимизации
для предпринимателей. В этом посте разбираем вычеты НДС.
"""

finder = FuzzyFinder(document)

# Find exact phrase
result = finder.find("налоговой оптимизации")
print(f"Found: {result.found}")  # True
print(f"Position: [{result.start_offset}:{result.end_offset}]")

# Find phrase with typo
result = finder.find("налоговай оптимизацыи")  # typos!
print(f"Found: {result.found}")  # True (fuzzy match)

# Get matched text
if result.found:
    matched = document[result.start_offset:result.end_offset]
    print(f"Matched: '{matched}'")

Batch Search API

Search multiple phrases at once. Results array positions match input positions.

from vibe_finder import FuzzyFinder

finder = FuzzyFinder(document)

# Search multiple phrases
results = finder.search(
    phrases=["налоговой оптимизации", "вычеты НДС", "unknown phrase"],
    options={
        "score_threshold": 0.4,   # Filter matches below this score
        "find_all": True,         # Find all occurrences (not just first)
        "coefficients": {         # Optional: custom scoring weights
            "w_similarity": 1.0,
            "w_coverage": 0.3,
            "w_gap_penalty": -0.01,
        }
    }
)

# Results structure:
# - len(results) == len(phrases)  # Always same length!
# - results[i] corresponds to phrases[i]
# - Each element is:
#   - None: not found or below threshold
#   - SearchResult: single match
#   - List[SearchResult]: multiple matches (when find_all=True)

for i, result in enumerate(zip(phrases, results)):
    phrase, res = result
    if res is None:
        print(f"[{i}] '{phrase}': NOT FOUND")
    elif isinstance(res, list):
        print(f"[{i}] '{phrase}': {len(res)} matches")
        for match in res:
            print(f"     [{match.start_offset}:{match.end_offset}] score={match.score:.3f}")
    else:
        print(f"[{i}] '{phrase}': found at [{res.start_offset}:{res.end_offset}]")

SearchResult Fields

@dataclass
class SearchResult:
    found: bool           # True if matched
    start_offset: int     # First char position in raw text
    end_offset: int       # Last char position (exclusive)
    score: float          # Normalized score 0.0-1.0
    raw_score: float      # Raw score before normalization
    matched_text: str     # Actual matched text from document
    debug_info: dict      # Detailed scoring breakdown

SearchOptions

options = {
    "score_threshold": 0.0,    # Min score (0.0-1.0), below = None
    "find_all": True,          # Find all occurrences or first only
    "min_offset": 0,           # Start position in document
    "direction": "forward",    # "forward" or "backward"
    "coefficients": {...}      # Custom ScoringCoefficients (optional)
}

API Reference

FuzzyFinder (High-level)

finder = FuzzyFinder(text)

# Batch search (recommended for multiple phrases)
results = finder.search(phrases, options)

# Find first occurrence
result = finder.find(phrase, min_offset=0, direction="forward")

# Find all occurrences
results = finder.find_all(phrase)

# Calculate string similarity
score = finder.similarity("word1", "word2")  # 0.0-1.0

Low-level Functions

from vibe_finder import (
    tokenize_text,      # Tokenize document into word list with positions
    tokenize_marker,    # Extract normalized tokens from phrase
    find_end_marker,    # Find phrase, pick match nearest AFTER reference
    find_start_marker,  # Find phrase, pick match nearest BEFORE reference
    jaro_winkler_similarity,  # String similarity (0.0-1.0)
)

# Tokenize once, search many times
word_list = tokenize_text(document)

result = find_end_marker(
    marker="искомая фраза",
    text=document,
    word_list=word_list,
    min_char_offset=0
)

MarkerMatch Result

@dataclass
class MarkerMatch:
    found: bool           # Whether match was found
    marker: str           # Original search phrase
    start_offset: int     # First char position in raw text
    end_offset: int       # Last char position in raw text
    debug_info: dict      # Scoring details, gaps, etc.

Matching Algorithm

1. Tokenize phrase into normalized words/numbers
2. Find all positions of first token (exact + fuzzy)
3. Extend each candidate by matching subsequent tokens with gap constraints
4. Score candidates using weighted formula
5. Disambiguate by proximity to reference position

Scoring Formula

score = W_SIMILARITY × Σ(token_scores) +
        W_COVERAGE × tokens_found +
        W_SEQUENTIAL × sequential_bonus +
        W_GAP_PENALTY × avg_gap +
        W_SKIP_PENALTY × skips +
        W_TRANSPOSITION × transpositions

Configuration

from vibe_finder import MatchConfig

# Default values
config = MatchConfig(
    max_single_gap=50,       # Max chars between consecutive tokens
    max_total_skips=2,       # Max tokens that can be skipped
    max_consecutive_skips=1, # Max tokens skipped in a row
    min_tokens_required=3    # Minimum tokens that must match
)

Use Cases

• Document Search: Find sections in long documents
• OCR Post-processing: Match text despite recognition errors
• Plagiarism Detection: Find similar passages
• Data Extraction: Locate markers in structured documents
• Log Analysis: Find patterns with variations

License

MIT