Repository: truera/trulens
Issue: [BUG] Problem with custom retriever. It's triggering "Found more than one `BaseRetriever` in app".
Root cause: Validation Gap

**Bug Description**
What happened?

I created a custom retriever using BaseRetriever class from langchain. Then, I'm passing this custom retriever as my base retriever for
other retrievers that Langchain has like ContextualCompressionRetriever. After this, I create my retrieval chain and use the TruChain object to evaluate my rag but I'm getting the "Found more than one `BaseRetriever` in app" error.

**To Reproduce**
Which steps should someone take to run into the same error? A small, reproducible code example is useful here.

```python
from typing import List

from langchain.callbacks.manager import CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
from langchain.schema.retriever import BaseRetriever
from langchain_core.documents import Document
from langchain.retrievers import ContextualCompressionRetriever
from langchain.retrievers.document_compressors import LLMChainFilter
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from langchain_core.output_parsers import StrOutputParser
from langchain_core.runnables import RunnablePassthrough
from trulens_eval.feedback.provider import OpenAI
from trulens_eval.app import App
from trulens_eval import Tru, TruChain, Feedback

class CustomRetriever(BaseRetriever):
    top_k: int
    neighbor_chunks_amount: int

    def _get_relevant_documents(
        self, query: str, *, run_manager: CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
    ) -> List[Document]:
        #Custom retrieval
        pass

llm = ChatOpenAI(model_name="gpt-3.5-turbo", temperature=0)
base_retriever = CustomRetriever(8, 2)
_filter = LLMChainFilter.from_llm(llm)
retriever = ContextualCompressionRetriever(
      base_compressor=_filter, base_retriever=base_retriever
)

def format_docs(docs):
    return "\n\n".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs)

rag_chain = (
    {"context": retriever | format_docs, "question": RunnablePassthrough()}
    | prompt
    | llm
    | StrOutputParser()
)

context = App.select_context(rag_chain)
f_groundedness = (
    Feedback(provider.groundedness_measure_with_cot_reasons)
    .on(context.collect()) # collect context chunks into a list
    .on_output()
)

tru_recorder = TruChain(
    rag_chain,
    app_id='custom_rag',
    feedbacks=[f_groundedness]
)
question = "What is Task Decomposition?"
response, tru_record = tru_recorder.with_record(rag_chain.invoke, question)
```

**Expected behavior**

I expect the logic to work. It is currently working only in my rag chain when my retriever is either the custom retriever or the multiquery retriever.

**Environment:**
 - OS: Ubuntu 22.04
 - Python 11
 - TruLens 0.28.2
langchain==0.1.17
langchain-community==0.0.37
langchain-core==0.1.52
langchain-openai==0.1.6
langchain-text-splitters==0.0.1


<!-- Answer -->
The error "Found more than one `BaseRetriever` in app" occurs because the `TruChain` object expects only one `BaseRetriever` in the application chain. When multiple retrievers are present, it raises this error unless the first retriever is an instance of `MultiQueryRetriever`.

To resolve this issue, you need to ensure that your application contains only one `BaseRetriever` or handle the case where multiple retrievers are present. Here is a possible solution:

1. **Ensure that your application contains only one `BaseRetriever`.**
2. **If your application requires multiple retrievers, ensure that the first retriever is an instance of `MultiQueryRetriever`.**

In your case, you are using a `CustomRetriever` and a `ContextualCompressionRetriever`. You need to ensure that only one `BaseRetriever` is present in the chain.

Here is a modified version of your code that ensures only one `BaseRetriever` is present:

```python
from typing import List
from langchain.callbacks.manager import CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
from langchain.schema.retriever import BaseRetriever
from langchain_core.documents import Document
from langchain.retrievers import ContextualCompressionRetriever
from langchain.retrievers.document_compressors import LLMChainFilter
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from langchain_core.output_parsers import StrOutputParser
from langchain_core.runnables import RunnablePassthrough
from trulens_eval.feedback.provider import OpenAI
from trulens_eval.app import App
from trulens_eval import Tru, TruChain, Feedback

class CustomRetriever(BaseRetriever):
    top_k: int
    neighbor_chunks_amount: int

    def _get_relevant_documents(
        self, query: str, *, run_manager: CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
    ) -> List[Document]:
        # Custom retrieval logic
        pass

llm = ChatOpenAI(model_name="gpt-3.5-turbo", temperature=0)
base_retriever = CustomRetriever(8, 2)
_filter = LLMChainFilter.from_llm(llm)
retriever = ContextualCompressionRetriever(
      base_compressor=_filter, base_retriever=base_retriever
)

def format_docs(docs):
    return "\n\n".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs)

rag_chain = (
    {"context": retriever | format_docs, "question": RunnablePassthrough()}
    | prompt
    | llm
    | StrOutputParser()
)

context = App.select_context(rag_chain)
f_groundedness = (
    Feedback(provider.groundedness_measure_with_cot_reasons)
    .on(context.collect()) # collect context chunks into a list
    .on_output()
)

tru_recorder = TruChain(
    rag_chain,
    app_id='custom_rag',
    feedbacks=[f_groundedness]
)
question = "What is Task Decomposition?"
response, tru_record = tru_recorder.with_record(rag_chain.invoke, question)
```

If you need to use multiple retrievers, you might need to refactor your code to ensure that only one `BaseRetriever` is present in the chain or handle the case where multiple retrievers are present by ensuring the first retriever is a `MultiQueryRetriever`.

If you continue to face issues, please provide more details about your custom retriever and how it interacts with other components in the chain. This will help in providing a more specific solution.


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**Sources**
- [Custom Retriever Class for AWS Bedrock + Retriever Class ](https://github.com/truera/trulens/issues/766)
- [trulens_eval/trulens_eval/tru_chain.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/trulens_eval/tru_chain.py)
- [trulens_eval/trulens_eval/utils/langchain.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/trulens_eval/utils/langchain.py)
- [trulens_eval/tests/e2e/test_tru_chain.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/tests/e2e/test_tru_chain.py)

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The code is the same that I posted, so, there's little help there. I kinda understand the issue of having multiple BaseRetrievers but I'm not sure of how to handle it? I kinda need to create my custom retriever and I want to have the ability to use the ContextualCompressionRetriever, and some others, as well.

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To handle multiple retrievers without encountering the "Found more than one `BaseRetriever` in app" error, you can use the `MultiQueryRetriever` class to combine multiple retrievers. This approach ensures that you can manage multiple retrievers without running into conflicts.

Here's how you can refactor your code:

1. **Combine Multiple Retrievers Using `MultiQueryRetriever`**: This class allows you to combine multiple retrievers into one, avoiding the error related to having more than one `BaseRetriever`.

2. **Modify the `select_context` Method**: Ensure that the `select_context` method in the `TruChain` class can handle the `MultiQueryRetriever`.

Here is the refactored version of your code:

```python
from typing import List
from langchain.callbacks.manager import CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
from langchain.schema.retriever import BaseRetriever
from langchain_core.documents import Document
from langchain.retrievers import ContextualCompressionRetriever, MultiQueryRetriever
from langchain.retrievers.document_compressors import LLMChainFilter
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from langchain_core.output_parsers import StrOutputParser
from langchain_core.runnables import RunnablePassthrough
from trulens_eval.feedback.provider import OpenAI
from trulens_eval.app import App
from trulens_eval import Tru, TruChain, Feedback

class CustomRetriever(BaseRetriever):
    top_k: int
    neighbor_chunks_amount: int

    def _get_relevant_documents(
        self, query: str, *, run_manager: CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
    ) -> List[Document]:
        # Custom retrieval logic
        pass

llm = ChatOpenAI(model_name="gpt-3.5-turbo", temperature=0)
base_retriever = CustomRetriever(8, 2)
_filter = LLMChainFilter.from_llm(llm)
contextual_retriever = ContextualCompressionRetriever(
      base_compressor=_filter, base_retriever=base_retriever
)

# Assuming you have other retrievers, combine them using MultiQueryRetriever
multi_retriever = MultiQueryRetriever(retrievers=[contextual_retriever])

def format_docs(docs):
    return "\n\n".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs)

prompt = hub.pull("rlm/rag-prompt")

rag_chain = (
    {"context": multi_retriever | format_docs, "question": RunnablePassthrough()}
    | prompt
    | llm
    | StrOutputParser()
)

# Modify the select_context method to handle MultiQueryRetriever
class TruChain(mod_app.App):
    # ... other methods ...

    @classmethod
    def select_context(cls, app: Optional[Chain] = None) -> Lens:
        if app is None:
            raise ValueError(
                "langchain app/chain is required to determine context for langchain apps. "
                "Pass it in as the `app` argument"
            )

        retrievers = []

        app_json = jsonify(app)
        for lens in all_queries(app_json):
            try:
                comp = lens.get_sole_item(app)
                if isinstance(comp, BaseRetriever):
                    retrievers.append((lens, comp))

            except Exception as e:
                pass

        if len(retrievers) == 0:
            raise ValueError("Cannot find any `BaseRetriever` in app.")

        if len(retrievers) > 1:
            if isinstance(retrievers[0][1], MultiQueryRetriever):
                pass
            else:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Found more than one `BaseRetriever` in app:\n\t" + \
                    ("\n\t".join(map(
                        lambda lr: f"{type(lr[1])} at {lr[0]}",
                        retrievers)))
                )

        return (
            Select.RecordCalls + retrievers[0][0]
        ).get_relevant_documents.rets

# Now you can use the TruChain recorder with your rag_chain
tru_recorder = TruChain(
    rag_chain,
    app_id='custom_rag',
    feedbacks=[f_groundedness]
)

question = "What is Task Decomposition?"
response, tru_record = tru_recorder.with_record(rag_chain.invoke, question)
```

### Explanation:
1. **MultiQueryRetriever**: This class is used to combine multiple retrievers. In this example, `contextual_retriever` is combined using `MultiQueryRetriever`.

2. **select_context Method**: The `select_context` method in the `TruChain` class is modified to handle `MultiQueryRetriever`. This ensures that the method can correctly identify and work with multiple retrievers.

By using `MultiQueryRetriever`, you can manage multiple retrievers without encountering the "Found more than one `BaseRetriever` in app" error. This approach ensures that your custom retriever and other retrievers can coexist without conflicts.


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**Sources**
- [Custom Retriever Class for AWS Bedrock + Retriever Class ](https://github.com/truera/trulens/issues/766)
- [trulens_eval/trulens_eval/tru_chain.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/trulens_eval/tru_chain.py)
- [trulens_eval/trulens_eval/utils/langchain.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/trulens_eval/utils/langchain.py)
- [trulens_eval/trulens_eval/feedback/feedback.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/trulens_eval/feedback/feedback.py)
- [trulens_eval/tests/unit/test_feedback.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/tests/unit/test_feedback.py)
- [trulens_eval/trulens_eval/feedback/v2/feedback.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/trulens_eval/feedback/v2/feedback.py)
- [trulens_eval/trulens_eval/schema/feedback.py](https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/trulens_eval/schema/feedback.py)

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In this case you will have to manually specify the retriever you want to evaluate feedback on as there are two. If I understand your code right, you should be able to do this with 
```python
from trulens_eval import Select
select_retriever_1 = Select.RecordCalls.first.steps__.context.first
select_retriever_2 = Select.RecordCalls.first.steps__.context.first.base_retriever
context_1 = select_retriever_1._get_relevant_documents.rets
context_2 = select_retriever_2._get_relevant_documents.rets
```
We currently don't have a good way to get both contexts at once. If you'd like to evaluate both retrievers, you will have to make 2 separate feedback functions with each evaluating one context retriever.

This langchain ensemble retriever example may help also: https://github.com/truera/trulens/blob/main/trulens_eval/examples/expositional/frameworks/langchain/langchain_ensemble_retriever.ipynb

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