Dev.to
7/16/2026

The original title is "RAG in Laravel: Embeddings and pgvector for a Knowledge-Base Bot"
Original: RAG in Laravel: Embeddings and pgvector for a Knowledge-Base Bot
Short summary
A practical tutorial for implementing RAG in Laravel 11 using PostgreSQL's pgvector extension and OpenAI embeddings, without needing a vector-database SaaS. Covers document chunking, embedding storage with HNSW indexing, and the full retrieval pipeline with code examples. Includes a useful heuristic: corpora under ~20k tokens can go in a cached system prompt, while larger or frequently updated corpora warrant full RAG.
- •Full RAG pipeline in Laravel 11 with PostgreSQL pgvector — no vector-database SaaS needed
- •Covers chunking strategy, HNSW indexing, batch embedding, and retrieval with code examples
- •Practical rule: under ~20k tokens use cached system prompt; beyond that, build RAG
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
Is this a good recommendation for you?



