diff --git a/evaluations/src/args.rs b/evaluations/src/args.rs
index 8bf6fea..2e385ff 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/args.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/args.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub struct RetrievalSettings {
     #[arg(long)]
     pub max_chunks_per_entity: Option<usize>,
 
-    /// Enable the FastEmbed reranking stage
+    /// Enable the `FastEmbed` reranking stage
     #[arg(long = "rerank", action = clap::ArgAction::SetTrue, default_value_t = false)]
     pub rerank: bool,
 
@@ -171,23 +171,23 @@ pub struct IngestConfig {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Args)]
 pub struct DatabaseArgs {
-    /// SurrealDB server endpoint
+    /// `SurrealDB` server endpoint
     #[arg(long, default_value = "ws://127.0.0.1:8000", env = "EVAL_DB_ENDPOINT")]
     pub db_endpoint: String,
 
-    /// SurrealDB root username
+    /// `SurrealDB` root username
     #[arg(long, default_value = "root_user", env = "EVAL_DB_USERNAME")]
     pub db_username: String,
 
-    /// SurrealDB root password
+    /// `SurrealDB` root password
     #[arg(long, default_value = "root_password", env = "EVAL_DB_PASSWORD")]
     pub db_password: String,
 
-    /// Override the namespace used on the SurrealDB server
+    /// Override the namespace used on the `SurrealDB` server
     #[arg(long, env = "EVAL_DB_NAMESPACE")]
     pub db_namespace: Option<String>,
 
-    /// Override the database used on the SurrealDB server
+    /// Override the database used on the `SurrealDB` server
     #[arg(long, env = "EVAL_DB_DATABASE")]
     pub db_database: Option<String>,
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[arg(long, default_value_t = EmbeddingBackend::FastEmbed)]
     pub embedding_backend: EmbeddingBackend,
 
-    /// FastEmbed model code
+    /// `FastEmbed` model code
     #[arg(long)]
     pub embedding_model: Option<String>,
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[arg(long)]
     pub slice: Option<String>,
 
-    /// Ignore cached corpus state and rebuild the slice's SurrealDB corpus
+    /// Ignore cached corpus state and rebuild the slice's `SurrealDB` corpus
     #[arg(long)]
     pub reseed_slice: bool,
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[arg(long)]
     pub inspect_manifest: Option<PathBuf>,
 
-    /// Override the SurrealDB system settings query model
+    /// Override the `SurrealDB` system settings query model
     #[arg(long)]
     pub query_model: Option<String>,
 
diff --git a/evaluations/src/corpus/orchestrator.rs b/evaluations/src/corpus/orchestrator.rs
index 38a9e44..9a56b19 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/corpus/orchestrator.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/corpus/orchestrator.rs
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ pub fn build_ingestion_fingerprint(
     checksum: &str,
     ingestion_config: &IngestionConfig,
 ) -> String {
-    let config_repr = format!("{:?}", ingestion_config);
+    let config_repr = format!("{ingestion_config:?}");
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
     hasher.update(config_repr.as_bytes());
     let config_hash = format!("{:x}", hasher.finalize());
diff --git a/evaluations/src/corpus/store.rs b/evaluations/src/corpus/store.rs
index d2d841b..c415472 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/corpus/store.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/corpus/store.rs
@@ -576,13 +576,13 @@ fn validate_answers(
         }
     }
 
-    if !found_any {
+    if found_any {
+        Ok(matches.into_iter().collect())
+    } else {
         Err(anyhow!(
             "expected answer for question '{}' was not found in ingested content",
             question.id
         ))
-    } else {
-        Ok(matches.into_iter().collect())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/evaluations/src/datasets/beir.rs b/evaluations/src/datasets/beir.rs
index d150b65..49c1714 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/datasets/beir.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/datasets/beir.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn convert_beir(raw_dir: &Path, dataset: DatasetKind) -> Result<Vec<Converte
     let mut paragraphs = Vec::with_capacity(corpus.len());
     let mut paragraph_index = HashMap::new();
 
-    for (doc_id, entry) in corpus.iter() {
+    for (doc_id, entry) in &corpus {
         let paragraph_id = format!("{}-{doc_id}", dataset.source_prefix());
         let paragraph = ConvertedParagraph {
             id: paragraph_id.clone(),
@@ -76,13 +76,10 @@ pub fn convert_beir(raw_dir: &Path, dataset: DatasetKind) -> Result<Vec<Converte
     let mut skipped_answers = 0usize;
 
     for (query_id, entries) in qrels {
-        let query = match queries.get(&query_id) {
-            Some(query) => query,
-            None => {
-                missing_queries += 1;
-                warn!(query_id = %query_id, "Skipping qrels entry for missing query");
-                continue;
-            }
+        let query = if let Some(query) = queries.get(&query_id) { query } else {
+            missing_queries += 1;
+            warn!(query_id = %query_id, "Skipping qrels entry for missing query");
+            continue;
         };
 
         let best = match select_best_doc(&entries) {
@@ -90,31 +87,25 @@ pub fn convert_beir(raw_dir: &Path, dataset: DatasetKind) -> Result<Vec<Converte
             None => continue,
         };
 
-        let paragraph_slot = match paragraph_index.get(&best.doc_id) {
-            Some(slot) => *slot,
-            None => {
-                missing_docs += 1;
-                warn!(
-                    query_id = %query_id,
-                    doc_id = %best.doc_id,
-                    "Skipping qrels entry referencing missing corpus document"
-                );
-                continue;
-            }
+        let paragraph_slot = if let Some(slot) = paragraph_index.get(&best.doc_id) { *slot } else {
+            missing_docs += 1;
+            warn!(
+                query_id = %query_id,
+                doc_id = %best.doc_id,
+                "Skipping qrels entry referencing missing corpus document"
+            );
+            continue;
         };
 
         let answer = answer_snippet(&paragraphs[paragraph_slot].context);
-        let answers = match answer {
-            Some(snippet) => vec![snippet],
-            None => {
-                skipped_answers += 1;
-                warn!(
-                    query_id = %query_id,
-                    doc_id = %best.doc_id,
-                    "Skipping query because no non-empty answer snippet could be derived"
-                );
-                continue;
-            }
+        let answers = if let Some(snippet) = answer { vec![snippet] } else {
+            skipped_answers += 1;
+            warn!(
+                query_id = %query_id,
+                doc_id = %best.doc_id,
+                "Skipping query because no non-empty answer snippet could be derived"
+            );
+            continue;
         };
 
         let question_id = format!("{}-{query_id}", dataset.source_prefix());
diff --git a/evaluations/src/datasets/mod.rs b/evaluations/src/datasets/mod.rs
index 353b567..62f8b72 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/datasets/mod.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/datasets/mod.rs
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ struct ManifestSlice {
 impl DatasetCatalog {
     pub fn load() -> Result<Self> {
         let manifest_raw = fs::read_to_string(MANIFEST_PATH)
-            .with_context(|| format!("reading dataset manifest at {}", MANIFEST_PATH))?;
+            .with_context(|| format!("reading dataset manifest at {MANIFEST_PATH}"))?;
         let manifest: ManifestFile = serde_yaml::from_str(&manifest_raw)
-            .with_context(|| format!("parsing dataset manifest at {}", MANIFEST_PATH))?;
+            .with_context(|| format!("parsing dataset manifest at {MANIFEST_PATH}"))?;
 
         let root = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
         let mut datasets = BTreeMap::new();
@@ -351,15 +351,11 @@ impl DatasetKind {
     }
 
     pub fn default_raw_path(self) -> PathBuf {
-        dataset_entry_for_kind(self)
-            .map(|entry| entry.raw_path.clone())
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("dataset manifest missing entry for {:?}: {err}", self))
+        dataset_entry_for_kind(self).map_or_else(|err| panic!("dataset manifest missing entry for {self:?}: {err}"), |entry| entry.raw_path.clone())
     }
 
     pub fn default_converted_path(self) -> PathBuf {
-        dataset_entry_for_kind(self)
-            .map(|entry| entry.converted_path.clone())
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("dataset manifest missing entry for {:?}: {err}", self))
+        dataset_entry_for_kind(self).map_or_else(|err| panic!("dataset manifest missing entry for {self:?}: {err}"), |entry| entry.converted_path.clone())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/evaluations/src/db_helpers.rs b/evaluations/src/db_helpers.rs
index 47a426e..02e7bc7 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/db_helpers.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/db_helpers.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ pub async fn recreate_indexes(db: &SurrealDbClient, dimension: usize) -> Result<
 
 pub async fn reset_namespace(db: &SurrealDbClient, namespace: &str, database: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let query = format!(
-        "REMOVE NAMESPACE {ns};
-         DEFINE NAMESPACE {ns};
-         DEFINE DATABASE {db};",
-        ns = namespace,
-        db = database
+        "REMOVE NAMESPACE {namespace};
+         DEFINE NAMESPACE {namespace};
+         DEFINE DATABASE {database};"
     );
     db.client
         .query(query)
diff --git a/evaluations/src/inspection.rs b/evaluations/src/inspection.rs
index 6e5d086..ba71f0b 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/inspection.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/inspection.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub async fn inspect_question(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
                 chunk_id, entry.paragraph_title, entry.snippet
             );
         } else {
-            println!("  - {} (missing from manifest)", chunk_id);
+            println!("  - {chunk_id} (missing from manifest)");
             missing_in_manifest.push(chunk_id.clone());
         }
     }
@@ -74,18 +74,15 @@ pub async fn inspect_question(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
             match connect_eval_db(config, ns, db_name).await {
                 Ok(db) => match verify_chunks_in_db(&db, &question.matching_chunk_ids).await? {
                     MissingChunks::None => println!(
-                        "All matching_chunk_ids exist in namespace '{}', database '{}'",
-                        ns, db_name
+                        "All matching_chunk_ids exist in namespace '{ns}', database '{db_name}'"
                     ),
                     MissingChunks::Missing(list) => println!(
-                        "Missing chunks in namespace '{}', database '{}': {:?}",
-                        ns, db_name, list
+                        "Missing chunks in namespace '{ns}', database '{db_name}': {list:?}"
                     ),
                 },
                 Err(err) => {
                     println!(
-                        "Failed to connect to SurrealDB namespace '{}' / database '{}': {err}",
-                        ns, db_name
+                        "Failed to connect to SurrealDB namespace '{ns}' / database '{db_name}': {err}"
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ async fn verify_chunks_in_db(db: &SurrealDbClient, chunk_ids: &[String]) -> Resu
         let exists = db
             .get_item::<TextChunk>(chunk_id)
             .await
-            .with_context(|| format!("fetching text_chunk {}", chunk_id))?
+            .with_context(|| format!("fetching text_chunk {chunk_id}"))?
             .is_some();
         if !exists {
             missing.push(chunk_id.clone());
diff --git a/evaluations/src/main.rs b/evaluations/src/main.rs
index c490a79..eb6a1d8 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/main.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/main.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use tokio::runtime::Builder;
 use tracing::info;
 use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, EnvFilter};
 
-/// Configure SurrealDB environment variables for optimal performance
+/// Configure `SurrealDB` environment variables for optimal performance
 fn configure_surrealdb_performance(cpu_count: usize) {
     // Set environment variables only if they're not already set
     let indexing_batch_size = std::env::var("SURREAL_INDEXING_BATCH_SIZE")
diff --git a/evaluations/src/namespace.rs b/evaluations/src/namespace.rs
index cf0c208..a696a24 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/namespace.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/namespace.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn namespace_has_corpus(db: &SurrealDbClient) -> Result<bool> {
         .await
         .context("checking namespace corpus state")?;
     let rows: Vec<CountRow> = response.take(0).unwrap_or_default();
-    Ok(rows.first().map(|row| row.count).unwrap_or(0) > 0)
+    Ok(rows.first().map_or(0, |row| row.count) > 0)
 }
 
 /// Determine if we can reuse an existing namespace based on cached state.
@@ -101,12 +101,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn can_reuse_namespace(
     ingestion_fingerprint: &str,
     slice_case_count: usize,
 ) -> Result<bool> {
-    let state = match descriptor.load_db_state().await? {
-        Some(state) => state,
-        None => {
-            info!("No namespace state recorded; reseeding corpus from cached shards");
-            return Ok(false);
-        }
+    let state = if let Some(state) = descriptor.load_db_state().await? { state } else {
+        info!("No namespace state recorded; reseeding corpus from cached shards");
+        return Ok(false);
     };
 
     if state.slice_case_count != slice_case_count {
@@ -192,10 +189,10 @@ fn sanitize_identifier(input: &str) -> String {
 pub(crate) fn default_namespace(dataset_id: &str, limit: Option<usize>) -> String {
     let dataset_component = sanitize_identifier(dataset_id);
     let limit_component = match limit {
-        Some(value) if value > 0 => format!("limit{}", value),
+        Some(value) if value > 0 => format!("limit{value}"),
         _ => "all".to_string(),
     };
-    format!("eval_{}_{}", dataset_component, limit_component)
+    format!("eval_{dataset_component}_{limit_component}")
 }
 
 /// Generate the default database name for evaluations.
diff --git a/evaluations/src/perf.rs b/evaluations/src/perf.rs
index c5e4573..21bd66c 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/perf.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/perf.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn mirror_perf_outputs(
             .and_then(|os| os.to_str())
             .unwrap_or("dataset");
         let timestamp = summary.generated_at.format("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S").to_string();
-        let filename = format!("perf-{}-{}.json", dataset_slug, timestamp);
+        let filename = format!("perf-{dataset_slug}-{timestamp}.json");
         let path = dir.join(filename);
         let blob = serde_json::to_vec_pretty(record).context("serialising perf log JSON")?;
         fs::write(&path, blob)
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ pub fn print_console_summary(record: &EvaluationReport) {
 }
 
 fn format_duration(value: Option<u128>) -> String {
-    value
-        .map(|ms| format!("{ms}ms"))
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| "-".to_string())
+    value.map_or_else(|| "-".to_string(), |ms| format!("{ms}ms"))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/finalize.rs b/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/finalize.rs
index 17e7d40..e706346 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/finalize.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/finalize.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn finalize(
     }
 
     info!(
-        total_cases = ctx.summary.as_ref().map(|s| s.total_cases).unwrap_or(0),
-        correct = ctx.summary.as_ref().map(|s| s.correct).unwrap_or(0),
-        precision = ctx.summary.as_ref().map(|s| s.precision).unwrap_or(0.0),
+        total_cases = ctx.summary.as_ref().map_or(0, |s| s.total_cases),
+        correct = ctx.summary.as_ref().map_or(0, |s| s.correct),
+        precision = ctx.summary.as_ref().map_or(0.0, |s| s.precision),
         dataset = ctx.dataset().metadata.id.as_str(),
         "Evaluation complete"
     );
diff --git a/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/prepare_corpus.rs b/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/prepare_corpus.rs
index 2e6e369..fdf7f5e 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/prepare_corpus.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/prepare_corpus.rs
@@ -82,12 +82,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn prepare_corpus(
                 return machine
                     .prepare_corpus()
                     .map_err(|(_, guard)| map_guard_error("prepare_corpus", guard));
-            } else {
-                info!(
-                    cache = %base_dir.display(),
-                    "Namespace reusable but cached manifest missing; regenerating corpus"
-                );
             }
+            info!(
+                cache = %base_dir.display(),
+                "Namespace reusable but cached manifest missing; regenerating corpus"
+            );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/run_queries.rs b/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/run_queries.rs
index 04d5d88..b3e5887 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/run_queries.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/pipeline/stages/run_queries.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_queries(
                 debug!(question_id = %question_id, "Evaluating query");
                 let query_embedding =
                     embedding_provider.embed(&question).await.with_context(|| {
-                        format!("generating embedding for question {}", question_id)
+                        format!("generating embedding for question {question_id}")
                     })?;
                 let reranker = match rerank_pool.as_ref() {
                     Some(pool) => pool.checkout().await,
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_queries(
                         query_embedding,
                     )
                     .await
-                    .with_context(|| format!("running pipeline for question {}", question_id))?;
+                    .with_context(|| format!("running pipeline for question {question_id}"))?;
                     (outcome.results, outcome.diagnostics, outcome.stage_timings)
                 } else {
                     let outcome = pipeline::run_pipeline_with_embedding_with_metrics(
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_queries(
                         query_embedding,
                     )
                     .await
-                    .with_context(|| format!("running pipeline for question {}", question_id))?;
+                    .with_context(|| format!("running pipeline for question {question_id}"))?;
                     (outcome.results, None, outcome.stage_timings)
                 };
                 let query_latency = query_start.elapsed().as_millis();
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_queries(
                 let answers_lower: Vec<String> =
                     answers.iter().map(|ans| ans.to_ascii_lowercase()).collect();
                 let expected_chunk_ids_set: HashSet<&str> =
-                    expected_chunk_ids.iter().map(|id| id.as_str()).collect();
+                    expected_chunk_ids.iter().map(std::string::String::as_str).collect();
                 let chunk_id_required = has_verified_chunks;
                 let mut entity_hit = false;
                 let mut chunk_text_hit = false;
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ fn calculate_ndcg(retrieved: &[RetrievedSummary], k: usize) -> f64 {
     let mut idcg = 0.0;
     for i in 0..relevant_count {
         let rel = 1.0;
-        idcg += rel / (i as f64 + 2.0).log2();
+        idcg += rel / (f64::from(i) + 2.0).log2();
     }
 
     if idcg == 0.0 {
diff --git a/evaluations/src/report.rs b/evaluations/src/report.rs
index abc7c55..ef637f1 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/report.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/report.rs
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ fn render_markdown(report: &EvaluationReport) -> String {
     } else {
         report.dataset.embedding_backend.clone()
     };
-    md.push_str(&format!("| Embedding | {} |\\n", embedding_label));
+    md.push_str(&format!("| Embedding | {embedding_label} |\\n"));
     md.push_str(&format!(
         "| Embedding Dim | {} |\\n",
         report.dataset.embedding_dimension
@@ -520,9 +520,7 @@ fn render_markdown(report: &EvaluationReport) -> String {
     if report.retrieval.rerank_enabled {
         let pool = report
             .retrieval
-            .rerank_pool_size
-            .map(|size| size.to_string())
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| "?".into());
+            .rerank_pool_size.map_or_else(|| "?".into(), |size| size.to_string());
         md.push_str(&format!(
             "| Rerank | enabled (pool {pool}, keep top {}) |\\n",
             report.retrieval.rerank_keep_top
@@ -550,7 +548,7 @@ fn render_markdown(report: &EvaluationReport) -> String {
         report.performance.ingestion_ms
     ));
     if let Some(seed) = report.performance.namespace_seed_ms {
-        md.push_str(&format!("| Namespace Seed | {} ms |\\n", seed));
+        md.push_str(&format!("| Namespace Seed | {seed} ms |\\n"));
     }
     md.push_str(&format!(
         "| Namespace State | {} |\\n",
@@ -672,9 +670,7 @@ fn render_markdown(report: &EvaluationReport) -> String {
             for case in &report.llm_cases {
                 let retrieved = render_retrieved(&case.retrieved);
                 let rank = case
-                    .match_rank
-                    .map(|rank| rank.to_string())
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "-".into());
+                    .match_rank.map_or_else(|| "-".into(), |rank| rank.to_string());
                 md.push_str(&format!(
                     "| `{}` | {} | {} | {} |\\n",
                     case.question_id,
diff --git a/evaluations/src/slice.rs b/evaluations/src/slice.rs
index 270e7f1..db8bee5 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/slice.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/slice.rs
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ pub struct SliceWindow<'a> {
     positive_paragraph_ids: Vec<String>,
 }
 
-impl<'a> SliceWindow<'a> {
+impl SliceWindow<'_> {
     pub fn positive_ids(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &str> {
-        self.positive_paragraph_ids.iter().map(|id| id.as_str())
+        self.positive_paragraph_ids.iter().map(std::string::String::as_str)
     }
 }
 
@@ -312,15 +312,13 @@ pub fn resolve_slice<'a>(
 
     if manifest
         .as_ref()
-        .map(|manifest| manifest.version != SLICE_VERSION)
-        .unwrap_or(false)
+        .is_some_and(|manifest| manifest.version != SLICE_VERSION)
     {
         warn!(
             slice = manifest
                 .as_ref()
-                .map(|m| m.slice_id.as_str())
-                .unwrap_or("unknown"),
-            found = manifest.as_ref().map(|m| m.version).unwrap_or(0),
+                .map_or("unknown", |m| m.slice_id.as_str()),
+            found = manifest.as_ref().map_or(0, |m| m.version),
             expected = SLICE_VERSION,
             "Slice manifest version mismatch; regenerating"
         );
@@ -387,7 +385,7 @@ pub fn resolve_slice<'a>(
         );
     }
 
-    let resolved = manifest_to_resolved(dataset, &index, manifest.clone(), path.clone())?;
+    let resolved = manifest_to_resolved(dataset, &index, manifest.clone(), path)?;
 
     Ok(resolved)
 }
@@ -674,7 +672,7 @@ fn ordered_question_refs_beir(
         }
     }
 
-    if grouped.values().all(|entries| entries.is_empty()) {
+    if grouped.values().all(std::vec::Vec::is_empty) {
         return Err(anyhow!(
             "no eligible BEIR questions found; cannot build slice"
         ));
@@ -710,7 +708,7 @@ fn ordered_question_refs_beir(
     let mut shortfall = 0usize;
 
     for prefix in &prefixes {
-        let available = grouped.get(prefix).map(|v| v.len()).unwrap_or(0);
+        let available = grouped.get(prefix).map_or(0, std::vec::Vec::len);
         let quota = *quotas.get(prefix).unwrap_or(&0);
         let take = quota.min(available);
         let missing = quota.saturating_sub(take);
@@ -766,7 +764,7 @@ fn ordered_question_refs_beir(
     let mut output = Vec::with_capacity(total_selected);
     loop {
         let mut progressed = false;
-        for queue in queues.iter_mut() {
+        for queue in &mut queues {
             if let Some(item) = queue.pop_front() {
                 output.push(item);
                 progressed = true;
@@ -1045,10 +1043,10 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a Config> for SliceConfig<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn slice_config_with_limit<'a>(
-    config: &'a Config,
+pub fn slice_config_with_limit(
+    config: &Config,
     limit_override: Option<usize>,
-) -> SliceConfig<'a> {
+) -> SliceConfig<'_> {
     SliceConfig {
         cache_dir: config.cache_dir.as_path(),
         force_convert: config.force_convert,
diff --git a/evaluations/src/types.rs b/evaluations/src/types.rs
index b01e169..51fe19f 100644
--- a/evaluations/src/types.rs
+++ b/evaluations/src/types.rs
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ fn normalize_for_match(input: &str) -> String {
     // to reduce false negatives from formatting or punctuation differences.
     let mut out = String::with_capacity(input.len());
     let mut last_space = false;
-    for ch in input.nfkc().flat_map(|c| c.to_lowercase()) {
+    for ch in input.nfkc().flat_map(char::to_lowercase) {
         let is_space = ch.is_whitespace();
         let is_punct = ch.is_ascii_punctuation()
             || matches!(
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ pub fn build_stage_latency_breakdown(samples: &[PipelineStageTimings]) -> StageL
     }
 
     StageLatencyBreakdown {
-        embed: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, |entry| entry.embed_ms())),
+        embed: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, retrieval_pipeline::StageTimings::embed_ms)),
         collect_candidates: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, |entry| {
             entry.collect_candidates_ms()
         })),
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ pub fn build_stage_latency_breakdown(samples: &[PipelineStageTimings]) -> StageL
         chunk_attach: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, |entry| {
             entry.chunk_attach_ms()
         })),
-        rerank: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, |entry| entry.rerank_ms())),
-        assemble: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, |entry| entry.assemble_ms())),
+        rerank: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, retrieval_pipeline::StageTimings::rerank_ms)),
+        assemble: compute_latency_stats(&collect_stage(samples, retrieval_pipeline::StageTimings::assemble_ms)),
     }
 }
 
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ pub fn build_case_diagnostics(
     candidates: &[EvaluationCandidate],
     pipeline_stats: Option<PipelineDiagnostics>,
 ) -> CaseDiagnostics {
-    let expected_set: HashSet<&str> = expected_chunk_ids.iter().map(|id| id.as_str()).collect();
+    let expected_set: HashSet<&str> = expected_chunk_ids.iter().map(std::string::String::as_str).collect();
     let mut seen_chunks: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
     let mut attached_chunk_ids = Vec::new();
     let mut entity_diagnostics = Vec::new();