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bcql-py specific guide

Guide What you will learn
LLM workflows Agentic retry loops using BCQLSyntaxError feedback
AST & parser design Internal architecture and the Pydantic node hierarchy
Tagset validation Semantic validation of queries with CorpusSpec
BCQL cheatsheet Quick-reference tables for every BCQL construct

Blacklab official guides

Guide What you will learn
Token queries Matching tokens, sequences, repetitions, lookaround, spans, captures
Relations Dependency-relation queries and root relations
Parallel corpora Alignment operators for parallel-corpus search
Operators & CQL compatibility Operator precedence and CQL compatibility notes