## 📋 PR Checklist

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🔗 Related Issue

N/A

📝 What does this PR do?

This PR adds a configurable top-k retrieval parameter to the Chat API, allowing the user to dynamically adjust the number of context chunks retrieved during RAG queries.

Specifically, it:

1. Adds a top_k parameter to the ChatRequest schema.
2. Updates /ask and /ask/stream endpoints to pass the top_k value down to the retriever.
3. Adds a "Sources count (Top-K)" slider in the Frontend Chat Settings menu to let users easily configure this value before asking questions.

🗂️ Type of Change

• 🐛 Bug fix
• ✨ New feature
• 🔧 Refactor / code cleanup
• 📝 Documentation update
• 🎨 UI / styling change
• ⚙️ CI / tooling / config change
• 🧪 Tests

🧪 How was this tested?

• Ran the backend locally (uvicorn app.main:app --reload)
• Ran the frontend locally (npm run dev inside frontend/)
• Tested the affected API endpoints manually
• Added / updated tests

📸 Screenshots (if UI change)

⚠️ Anything to flag for reviewers?

The default fallback for top_k remains unchanged (driven by backend settings) if the frontend does not explicitly provide a value.

✅ Self-Review Checklist

• My branch is based on dev, not main
• I have not added any secrets / API keys
• I have not modified main branch or any HuggingFace deployment config
• My code follows the existing style (no unnecessary formatting changes)
• I have updated relevant docs / comments if needed