Advanced Knowledge Stack Settings

Fine-tune document processing and search quality

Learn how to optimize your Knowledge Stack's search accuracy and processing with these advanced settings.

Processing Settings

Chunk settings interface

Access these settings by clicking the gear icon at the bottom of your Knowledge Stack:

Choose how Msty understands your content:

Choose how to divide your content:

Recursive Character: Like chapters in a book
- Best for normal documents
- Keeps paragraphs together
- Works well with mixed content
Sentence: Like individual sentences
- Perfect for technical docs
- Keeps code blocks intact
- Better for precise answers

Control how Msty processes your text:

Chunk Size
- Low: Quick, specific answers
- Medium: Balanced (recommended)
- High: More context
- Highest: Full context
Chunk Overlap
- Low: Minimal connection
- Medium: Good balance
- High: Strong connection
- Highest: Maximum context
Ignore Small Chunks
- Default: 50 characters
- Filters out headers, footers
- Skips single-line comments
- Removes short metadata

Start with Medium settings - they work great for most documents! Adjust only if you notice issues with answer quality.

Search settings interface

Access these by clicking the sliders icon in the top right:

Number of Chunks
- Default: 15 chunks
- Adjust based on needs
- More chunks = broader context
- Fewer = focused answers
Similarity Threshold
- Low to Highest options
- Controls match strictness
- Higher = more precise matches
- Lower = broader results

Enhance search accuracy:

Privacy Note: Jina AI processes search queries and metadata to improve results. Check their privacy policy for details.

Compose and save buttons

Save Draft: Store unfinished work
Compose: Activate your stack
Three-dot Menu:
- "Compose new changes": Update content
- "Recompose Stack": Apply setting changes

Content Issues
- Long documents → Increase chunk size
- Missing context → Increase overlap
- Too much noise → Raise similarity threshold
- Short answers → Add more chunks
Performance Tips
- Test with real questions
- Change one setting at a time
- Note what works best
- Save successful configurations

Remember: You can adjust search settings per chat session in the Knowledge Stack selector!

Thanks to our wonderful Discord user @Tdwag fo contributing almost all the content for this guide!