diff --git a/test/query_agent/test_query_model.py b/test/query_agent/test_query_model.py
index 3bb0c76..02eb7bc 100644
--- a/test/query_agent/test_query_model.py
+++ b/test/query_agent/test_query_model.py
@@ -797,6 +797,54 @@ def fake_post_with_capture(url, headers=None, json=None, timeout=None):
     assert captured["json"]["diversity_weight"] is None
 
 
+def test_search_only_mode_with_filtering(monkeypatch):
+    captured = {}
+
+    def fake_post_with_capture(url, headers=None, json=None, timeout=None):
+        captured["json"] = json
+        return fake_post_search_only_success()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "post", fake_post_with_capture)
+    dummy_client = DummyClient()
+    agent = QueryAgent(
+        dummy_client, ["test_collection"], agents_host="http://dummy-agent"
+    )
+    agent._connection = dummy_client
+    agent._headers = dummy_client.additional_headers
+
+    # Test with filtering set
+    results = agent.search("test query", limit=2, filtering="recall")
+    assert isinstance(results, SearchModeResponse)
+    assert captured["json"]["filtering"] == "recall"
+
+    # Reset captured json, then paginate — filtering should persist
+    captured = {}
+    results_2 = results.next(limit=2, offset=1)
+    assert isinstance(results_2, SearchModeResponse)
+    assert captured["json"]["filtering"] == "recall"
+
+
+def test_search_only_mode_default_filtering(monkeypatch):
+    captured = {}
+
+    def fake_post_with_capture(url, headers=None, json=None, timeout=None):
+        captured["json"] = json
+        return fake_post_search_only_success()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "post", fake_post_with_capture)
+    dummy_client = DummyClient()
+    agent = QueryAgent(
+        dummy_client, ["test_collection"], agents_host="http://dummy-agent"
+    )
+    agent._connection = dummy_client
+    agent._headers = dummy_client.additional_headers
+
+    # Test without filtering — should default to None
+    results = agent.search("test query", limit=2)
+    assert isinstance(results, SearchModeResponse)
+    assert captured["json"]["filtering"] is None
+
+
 def test_search_only_mode_failure(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "post", fake_post_failure)
     dummy_client = DummyClient()
@@ -893,6 +941,33 @@ async def fake_post_with_capture(self, url, headers=None, json=None, timeout=Non
     assert captured["json"]["diversity_weight"] == 0.7
 
 
+async def test_async_search_only_mode_with_filtering(monkeypatch):
+    captured = {}
+
+    async def fake_post_with_capture(self, url, headers=None, json=None, timeout=None):
+        captured["json"] = json
+        return await fake_async_post_search_only_success()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx.AsyncClient, "post", fake_post_with_capture)
+    dummy_client = DummyClient()
+    agent = AsyncQueryAgent(
+        dummy_client, ["test_collection"], agents_host="http://dummy-agent"
+    )
+    agent._connection = dummy_client
+    agent._headers = dummy_client.additional_headers
+
+    # Test with filtering set
+    results = await agent.search("test query", limit=2, filtering="precision")
+    assert isinstance(results, AsyncSearchModeResponse)
+    assert captured["json"]["filtering"] == "precision"
+
+    # Reset captured json, then paginate — filtering should persist
+    captured = {}
+    results_2 = await results.next(limit=2, offset=1)
+    assert isinstance(results_2, AsyncSearchModeResponse)
+    assert captured["json"]["filtering"] == "precision"
+
+
 async def test_async_search_only_mode_failure(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(httpx.AsyncClient, "post", fake_async_post_failure)
     dummy_client = DummyClient()
diff --git a/weaviate_agents/query/classes/request.py b/weaviate_agents/query/classes/request.py
index aee9ee7..1247aa7 100644
--- a/weaviate_agents/query/classes/request.py
+++ b/weaviate_agents/query/classes/request.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class SearchModeRequestBase(BaseModel):
     collections: list[Union[str, QueryAgentCollectionConfig]]
     limit: int
     offset: int
+    filtering: Optional[Literal["recall", "precision"]] = None
     diversity_weight: Optional[float] = None
 
 
diff --git a/weaviate_agents/query/query_agent.py b/weaviate_agents/query/query_agent.py
index d3e9a64..7f0756c 100644
--- a/weaviate_agents/query/query_agent.py
+++ b/weaviate_agents/query/query_agent.py
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ def search(
         query: Union[str, list[ChatMessage]],
         limit: int = 20,
         collections: Union[list[Union[str, QueryAgentCollectionConfig]], None] = None,
+        filtering: Optional[Literal["recall", "precision"]] = None,
         diversity_weight: Optional[float] = None,
     ) -> Union[SearchModeResponse, Coroutine[Any, Any, AsyncSearchModeResponse]]:
         pass
@@ -1013,6 +1014,7 @@ def search(
         query: Union[str, list[ChatMessage]],
         limit: int = 20,
         collections: Union[list[Union[str, QueryAgentCollectionConfig]], None] = None,
+        filtering: Optional[Literal["recall", "precision"]] = None,
         diversity_weight: Optional[float] = None,
     ) -> SearchModeResponse:
         """Run the Query Agent search-only mode.
@@ -1027,6 +1029,10 @@ def search(
             limit: The maximum number of results to return for the first page.
             collections: The collections to query. Either a list of strings, or a list of :class:`~weaviate_agents.query.classes.QueryAgentCollectionConfig` objects.
                 Overrides any collections provided in the constructor when set.
+            filtering: The filtering strategy to use for this search.
+                Use "recall" to optimize for finding all relevant results,
+                or "precision" to optimize for the accuracy of returned results.
+                Defaults to "recall".
             diversity_weight: Optional float between 0.0 and 1.0 to diversify
                 results with MMR reranking.
                 Higher values push for more topical variety at the cost of relevance.
@@ -1065,6 +1071,7 @@ def search(
             query=query,
             collections=collections,
             system_prompt=self._system_prompt,
+            filtering=filtering,
             diversity_weight=diversity_weight,
         )
         return searcher.run(limit=limit)
@@ -1652,6 +1659,7 @@ async def search(
         query: Union[str, list[ChatMessage]],
         limit: int = 20,
         collections: Union[list[Union[str, QueryAgentCollectionConfig]], None] = None,
+        filtering: Optional[Literal["recall", "precision"]] = None,
         diversity_weight: Optional[float] = None,
     ) -> AsyncSearchModeResponse:
         """Run the Query Agent search-only mode.
@@ -1667,6 +1675,10 @@ async def search(
             limit: The maximum number of results to return for the first page.
             collections: The collections to query. Overrides any collections
                 provided in the constructor when set.
+            filtering: The filtering strategy to use for this search.
+                Use "recall" to optimize for finding all relevant results,
+                or "precision" to optimize for the accuracy of returned results.
+                Defaults to "recall".
             diversity_weight: Optional float between 0.0 and 1.0 to diversify
                 results with MMR reranking.
                 Higher values push for more topical variety at the cost of relevance.
@@ -1705,6 +1717,7 @@ async def search(
             query=query,
             collections=collections,
             system_prompt=self._system_prompt,
+            filtering=filtering,
             diversity_weight=diversity_weight,
         )
         return await searcher.run(limit=limit)
diff --git a/weaviate_agents/query/search.py b/weaviate_agents/query/search.py
index 77c2365..6a2feb4 100644
--- a/weaviate_agents/query/search.py
+++ b/weaviate_agents/query/search.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Any, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Literal, Optional, Union
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def __init__(
         query: Union[str, list[ChatMessage]],
         collections: list[Union[str, QueryAgentCollectionConfig]],
         system_prompt: Optional[str],
+        filtering: Optional[Literal["recall", "precision"]] = None,
         diversity_weight: Optional[float] = None,
     ):
         self.headers = headers
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.query = query
         self.collections = collections
         self.system_prompt = system_prompt
+        self.filtering = filtering
         self.diversity_weight = diversity_weight
         self._cached_searches: Optional[list[QueryResultWithCollectionNormalized]] = (
             None
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ def _get_request_body(self, limit: int, offset: int) -> dict[str, Any]:
                 limit=limit,
                 offset=offset,
                 system_prompt=self.system_prompt,
+                filtering=self.filtering,
                 diversity_weight=self.diversity_weight,
             ).model_dump(mode="json")
         else:
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ def _get_request_body(self, limit: int, offset: int) -> dict[str, Any]:
                 limit=limit,
                 offset=offset,
                 searches=self._cached_searches,
+                filtering=self.filtering,
                 diversity_weight=self.diversity_weight,
             ).model_dump(mode="json")
 
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ def _handle_response(self, response: httpx.Response) -> SearchModeResponse:
             raise Exception(response.text)
 
         parsed_response = SearchModeResponse(**response.json())
-        if parsed_response.searches:
+        if parsed_response.searches is not None:
             self._cached_searches = parsed_response.searches
         parsed_response._searcher = self
         return parsed_response
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ def _handle_response(self, response: httpx.Response) -> AsyncSearchModeResponse:
             raise Exception(response.text)
 
         parsed_response = AsyncSearchModeResponse(**response.json())
-        if parsed_response.searches:
+        if parsed_response.searches is not None:
             self._cached_searches = parsed_response.searches
         parsed_response._searcher = self
         return parsed_response