[parent] Semantic Search Frontend - Launch

[rachlllg]

This is a parent issue for tasks related to the launch of Semantic Search on the frontend.

Launch date: May 4, 2026 🚀

Launch Day Checklist:

• Frontend toggle + backend support (Make semantic search work on the front end by using a question mark #4345 ) - Rachel
• Add tooltip and announcement banner (Add tooltip and announcement banner for semantic search launch #7251) - Rachel
• Show semantic search relevant chunks in frontend results (Show semantic search relevant chunks in frontend results #7290) - Rachel
• Make semantic search toggle, tooltip, and banner visible to all users (waffle) - Rachel
• Complete semantic search model card (Complete semantic search model card #7261) - Rachel
• Make blog post live (Write blog post for semantic search frontend launch free.law#453) - Rachel
• Update Librarians Guide (Update Librarians Guide with semantic search free.law#457) - Rachel
• Post to social media (Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Reddit) (Write social media post for semantic search launch free.law#454) - Jenifer
• e-blast (E-blast for semantic search frontend launch free.law#455) - Jenifer
• Media/journalist outreach (freelawproject/internal#964) - Mike - [Removed and to be combined with other features]
• Post announcement on #flp-general-chat in Slack
• Review and update Product Overview doc if needed
• Review and update FLP Wikipedia page if needed - [Added a small sentence under the bullet point for CourtListener.com]
• Post-launch: create separate issue and reminder to remove tooltip, banner, and waffle flags (Remove semantic search tooltip, banner, and waffle flags after launch #7259) - Rachel

[mlissner]

I just did a quick review of everything here. We're ready to ship once it merges and a few of us have tested it live.

Thanks Rachel!