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> ⚠️ **Early Development** — API may change. Not recommended for production yet.
> ⚠️ **Early Development** — API may change.

## What is Vectorless?

**Vectorless** is a Rust library for querying structured documents using natural language — without vector databases or embedding models.
**Vectorless** is a Rust library for querying structured documents using natural language — without vector databases or embedding models.

Instead of chunking documents into vectors, Vectorless preserves the document's tree structure and uses an LLM to navigate it — like how a human reads a table of contents.
Instead of chunking documents into vectors, Vectorless preserves the document's tree structure and uses a **hybrid algorithm + LLM approach** to navigate it — like how a human reads a table of contents:

- **Algorithm** handles "how to walk" — BM25 scoring, tree traversal (fast, deterministic)
- **Pilot (LLM)** handles "where to go" — semantic understanding, ambiguity resolution

**Analogy:** Traditional RAG is like searching every word in a book. Vectorless is like reading the table of contents, then going to the right chapter.

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| **Feedback Learning** | Improves from user feedback over time |
| **Multi-turn Queries** | Handles complex questions with decomposition |

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## Architecture

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