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How Dropbox Built a Scalable Context Engine for Enterprise Knowledge Search
Dropbox engineers built the context engine behind Dropbox Dash using pre-processed, permission-aware indexing and knowledge graph-derived bundles to avoid costly runtime API calls, reduce latency, and limit tool sprawl. Leveraging consolidated retrieval tools, model-based evaluation with DSPy, and patterns similar to Microsoft 365 Copilot, the design reflects a broader enterprise shift toward pre-computed, continuously evaluated context systems.
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