fix(control-pipeline): anchor finder uses direct Qdrant search instead of Go SDK

The Go SDK RAG proxy returns 401 (Qdrant API key mismatch). Switch
AnchorFinder to use direct Qdrant vector search + embedding service,
same approach as the main pipeline. No dependency on Go SDK anymore.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

control-pipeline/api/control_generator_routes.py

@@ -1125,8 +1125,7 @@ async def _run_anchor_backfill(req: AnchorBackfillRequest, backfill_id: str):
 
     db = SessionLocal()
     try:
-        rag_client = get_rag_client()
+        finder = AnchorFinder()
-        finder = AnchorFinder(rag_client=rag_client)
 
         # Find controls without anchors
         states = "('draft', 'needs_review')" if req.include_needs_review else "('draft',)"

control-pipeline/services/anchor_finder.py

@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 Anchor Finder — finds open-source references (OWASP, NIST, ENISA) for controls.
 
 Two-stage search:
-  Stage A: RAG-internal search for open-source chunks matching the control topic
+  Stage A: Direct Qdrant vector search for open-source chunks matching the control topic
   Stage B: Web search via DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API (no API key needed)
 
 Only open-source references (Rule 1+2) are accepted as anchors.
 """
 
 import logging
+import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 import httpx
 
-from .rag_client import ComplianceRAGClient, get_rag_client
 from .control_generator import (
     GeneratedControl,
     REGULATION_LICENSE_MAP,
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ from .control_generator import (
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+QDRANT_URL = os.getenv("QDRANT_URL", "http://qdrant:6333")
+EMBEDDING_URL = os.getenv("EMBEDDING_URL", "http://embedding-service:8087")
+
 # Regulation codes that are safe to reference as open anchors (Rule 1+2)
 _OPEN_SOURCE_RULES = {1, 2}
 
+# Collections to search for anchors (open-source frameworks)
+_ANCHOR_COLLECTIONS = ["bp_compliance_ce"]
+
 
 @dataclass
 class OpenAnchor:
@@ -39,8 +45,9 @@ class OpenAnchor:
 class AnchorFinder:
     """Finds open-source references to anchor generated controls."""
 
-    def __init__(self, rag_client: Optional[ComplianceRAGClient] = None):
+    def __init__(self, rag_client=None):
-        self.rag = rag_client or get_rag_client()
+        # rag_client kept for backwards compat but no longer used
+        pass
 
     async def find_anchors(
         self,
@@ -49,8 +56,8 @@ class AnchorFinder:
         min_anchors: int = 2,
     ) -> List[OpenAnchor]:
         """Find open-source anchors for a control."""
-        # Stage A: RAG-internal search
+        # Stage A: Direct Qdrant vector search
-        anchors = await self._search_rag_for_open_anchors(control)
+        anchors = await self._search_qdrant_for_open_anchors(control)
 
         # Stage B: Web search if not enough anchors
         if len(anchors) < min_anchors and not skip_web:
@@ -63,39 +70,95 @@ class AnchorFinder:
 
         return anchors
 
-    async def _search_rag_for_open_anchors(self, control: GeneratedControl) -> List[OpenAnchor]:
+    async def _get_embedding(self, text: str) -> list:
-        """Search RAG for chunks from open sources matching the control topic."""
+        """Get embedding vector via embedding service."""
+        try:
+            async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=10.0) as client:
+                resp = await client.post(
+                    f"{EMBEDDING_URL}/embed",
+                    json={"texts": [text]},
+                )
+                resp.raise_for_status()
+                embeddings = resp.json().get("embeddings", [])
+                return embeddings[0] if embeddings else []
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("Embedding request failed: %s", e)
+            return []
+
+    async def _search_qdrant_for_open_anchors(self, control: GeneratedControl) -> List[OpenAnchor]:
+        """Search Qdrant directly for chunks from open sources matching the control topic."""
         # Build search query from control title + first 3 tags
         tags_str = " ".join(control.tags[:3]) if control.tags else ""
         query = f"{control.title} {tags_str}".strip()
 
-        results = await self.rag.search_with_rerank(
+        # Get embedding for query
-            query=query,
+        embedding = await self._get_embedding(query)
-            collection="bp_compliance_ce",
+        if not embedding:
-            top_k=15,
+            return []
-        )
 
         anchors: List[OpenAnchor] = []
         seen: set[str] = set()
 
-        for r in results:
+        for collection in _ANCHOR_COLLECTIONS:
-            if not r.regulation_code:
+            try:
+                async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=15.0) as client:
+                    resp = await client.post(
+                        f"{QDRANT_URL}/collections/{collection}/points/search",
+                        json={
+                            "vector": embedding,
+                            "limit": 20,
+                            "with_payload": True,
+                            "with_vector": False,
+                        },
+                    )
+                    if resp.status_code != 200:
+                        logger.warning("Qdrant search %s failed: %d", collection, resp.status_code)
+                        continue
+
+                    results = resp.json().get("result", [])
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning("Qdrant search error for %s: %s", collection, e)
+                continue
+
+            for hit in results:
+                payload = hit.get("payload", {})
+                regulation_code = (
+                    payload.get("regulation_code", "")
+                    or payload.get("metadata", {}).get("regulation_code", "")
+                )
+                if not regulation_code:
                     continue
 
                 # Only accept open-source references
-            license_info = _classify_regulation(r.regulation_code)
+                license_info = _classify_regulation(regulation_code)
                 if license_info.get("rule") not in _OPEN_SOURCE_RULES:
                     continue
 
                 # Build reference key for dedup
-            ref = r.article or r.category or ""
+                article = payload.get("article", "") or payload.get("metadata", {}).get("article", "")
-            key = f"{r.regulation_code}:{ref}"
+                category = payload.get("category", "") or payload.get("metadata", {}).get("category", "")
+                ref = article or category or ""
+                key = f"{regulation_code}:{ref}"
                 if key in seen:
                     continue
                 seen.add(key)
 
-            framework_name = license_info.get("name", r.regulation_name or r.regulation_short or r.regulation_code)
+                reg_name = (
-            url = r.source_url or self._build_reference_url(r.regulation_code, ref)
+                    payload.get("regulation_name", "")
+                    or payload.get("metadata", {}).get("regulation_name", "")
+                )
+                reg_short = (
+                    payload.get("regulation_short", "")
+                    or payload.get("metadata", {}).get("regulation_short", "")
+                )
+                source_url = (
+                    payload.get("source_url", "")
+                    or payload.get("metadata", {}).get("source_url", "")
+                )
+
+                framework_name = license_info.get("name", reg_name or reg_short or regulation_code)
+                url = source_url or self._build_reference_url(regulation_code, ref)
 
                 anchors.append(OpenAnchor(
                     framework=framework_name,
@@ -106,6 +169,9 @@ class AnchorFinder:
                 if len(anchors) >= 5:
                     break
 
+            if len(anchors) >= 5:
+                break
+
         return anchors
 
     async def _search_web(self, control: GeneratedControl) -> List[OpenAnchor]: