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+
+> Discover all available pages from the documentation index: https://mastra.ai/llms.txt
+
+# Semantic recall
+
+Semantic recall is a built-in form of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for agent memory. When a user sends a message, Mastra searches earlier messages for ones with a similar meaning and adds the most relevant ones to the agent's context.
+
+Matching on meaning matters because people often remember the idea behind something, not the exact words they used. A user might ask "What did we decide about the refund?" after originally writing "Let's give them their money back." A keyword search misses that connection, but semantic recall finds it.
+
+Use semantic recall when your agent needs details from earlier in a long conversation, or from a user's other conversations, that are no longer in [recent message history](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/message-history).
+
+> **📹 Watch:** Watch [Mastra semantic recall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZtK8cK8xQ\&pp=ygUVbWFzdHJhIHdvcmtpbmcgbWVtb3J5) to see how agents retrieve relevant messages from past conversations.
+
+## How semantic recall works
+
+Semantic recall is RAG-based search that helps agents maintain context across longer interactions when messages are no longer within [recent message history](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/message-history).
+
+It uses vector embeddings of messages for similarity search and integrates with vector stores, plus has configurable context windows around retrieved messages.
+
+When it's enabled, new messages are used to query a vector DB for semantically similar messages.
+
+After getting a response from the LLM, all new messages (user, assistant, and tool calls/results) are inserted into the vector DB to be recalled in later interactions.
+
+## Quickstart
+
+Semantic recall is disabled by default. To enable it, set `semanticRecall: true` in `options` and provide a `vector` store and an `embedder`. A store that generates embeddings itself, such as MongoDB with Automated Embedding, works without one. See [Server-side embeddings](#server-side-embeddings).
+
+**LibSQL**:
+
+```typescript
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { LibSQLStore, LibSQLVector } from '@mastra/libsql'
+import { ModelRouterEmbeddingModel } from '@mastra/core/llm'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'support-agent',
+  name: 'SupportAgent',
+  instructions: 'You are a helpful support agent.',
+  model: 'openai/gpt-6.1-sol',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    storage: new LibSQLStore({
+      id: 'agent-storage',
+      url: 'file:./local.db',
+    }),
+    vector: new LibSQLVector({
+      id: 'agent-vector',
+      url: 'file:./local.db',
+    }),
+    embedder: new ModelRouterEmbeddingModel('openai/text-embedding-3-small'),
+    options: {
+      semanticRecall: true,
+    },
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+**MongoDB**:
+
+```typescript
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { MongoDBStore, MongoDBVector } from '@mastra/mongodb'
+import { ModelRouterEmbeddingModel } from '@mastra/core/llm'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'support-agent',
+  name: 'SupportAgent',
+  instructions: 'You are a helpful support agent.',
+  model: 'openai/gpt-6.1-sol',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    storage: new MongoDBStore({
+      id: 'agent-storage',
+      uri: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
+      dbName: process.env.MONGODB_DB_NAME,
+    }),
+    vector: new MongoDBVector({
+      id: 'agent-vector',
+      uri: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
+      dbName: process.env.MONGODB_DB_NAME,
+    }),
+    embedder: new ModelRouterEmbeddingModel('openai/text-embedding-3-small'),
+    options: {
+      semanticRecall: true,
+    },
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+## Using the `recall()` method
+
+While `listMessages` retrieves messages by thread ID with basic pagination, [`recall()`](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/recall) adds support for **semantic search**. When you need to find messages by meaning rather than recency, use `recall()` with a `vectorSearchString`:
+
+```typescript
+const memory = await agent.getMemory()
+
+// Basic recall - similar to listMessages
+const { messages } = await memory!.recall({
+  threadId: 'thread-123',
+  perPage: 50,
+})
+
+// Semantic recall - find messages by meaning
+const { messages: relevantMessages } = await memory!.recall({
+  threadId: 'thread-123',
+  vectorSearchString: 'What did we discuss about the project deadline?',
+  threadConfig: {
+    semanticRecall: true,
+  },
+})
+```
+
+## Storage configuration
+
+Semantic recall relies on a [storage and vector db](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/memory-class) to store messages and their embeddings.
+
+```ts
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { LibSQLStore, LibSQLVector } from '@mastra/libsql'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  memory: new Memory({
+    // this is the default storage db if omitted
+    storage: new LibSQLStore({
+      id: 'agent-storage',
+      url: 'file:./local.db',
+    }),
+    // this is the default vector db if omitted
+    vector: new LibSQLVector({
+      id: 'agent-vector',
+      url: 'file:./local.db',
+    }),
+    options: {
+      semanticRecall: true,
+    },
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+Each vector store page below includes installation instructions, configuration parameters, and usage examples:
+
+- [Astra](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/astra)
+- [Chroma](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/chroma)
+- [Cloudflare Vectorize](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/vectorize)
+- [Convex](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/convex)
+- [Couchbase](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/couchbase)
+- [DuckDB](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/duckdb)
+- [Elasticsearch](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/elasticsearch)
+- [LanceDB](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/lance)
+- [libSQL](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/libsql)
+- [MongoDB](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/mongodb)
+- [OpenSearch](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/opensearch)
+- [OracleDB](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/oracledb)
+- [Pinecone](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/pinecone)
+- [PostgreSQL](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/pg)
+- [Qdrant](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/qdrant)
+- [S3 Vectors](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/s3vectors)
+- [Turbopuffer](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/turbopuffer)
+- [Upstash](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/upstash)
+
+## Recall configuration
+
+The following options control semantic recall behavior:
+
+1. **topK**: The number of similar messages to retrieve
+2. **messageRange**: The surrounding messages to include with each match
+3. **scope**: Whether to search the current thread or all threads for a resource
+4. **filter**: Metadata criteria that restrict search results
+
+```typescript
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'agent',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    options: {
+      semanticRecall: {
+        topK: 3, // Retrieve 3 similar messages
+        messageRange: 2, // Include 2 messages before and after each match
+        scope: 'resource', // Search all threads for this resource
+        filter: { projectId: { $eq: 'project-a' } },
+      },
+    },
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+> **Note:** `scope: 'resource'` is supported by the LibSQL, OracleDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Upstash storage adapters.
+
+### Metadata filtering
+
+The `filter` option restricts semantic recall results to messages with matching thread metadata.
+
+```typescript
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'agent',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    options: {
+      semanticRecall: {
+        scope: 'resource',
+        filter: {
+          projectId: { $eq: 'project-a' },
+          category: { $in: ['work', 'personal'] },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+Filters match metadata stored on message embeddings when messages are saved. If thread metadata changes later, existing embeddings keep their previous metadata until those messages are saved or indexed again.
+
+Supported filter operators:
+
+- `$and`: Logical AND
+- `$eq`: Equal to
+- `$gt`: Greater than
+- `$gte`: Greater than or equal
+- `$in`: In array
+- `$lt`: Less than
+- `$lte`: Less than or equal
+- `$ne`: Not equal to
+- `$nin`: Not in array
+- `$or`: Logical OR
+
+The following example demonstrates metadata filters for common use cases:
+
+```typescript
+// Filter by project
+const options = {
+  semanticRecall: { filter: { projectId: { $eq: 'my-project' } } },
+}
+
+// Filter by multiple categories
+const options = {
+  semanticRecall: { filter: { category: { $in: ['work', 'research'] } } },
+}
+
+// Filter by project and priority
+const options = {
+  semanticRecall: {
+    filter: {
+      $and: [{ projectId: { $eq: 'project-a' } }, { priority: { $gte: 3 } }],
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+## Server-side embeddings
+
+Some vector stores generate the embeddings themselves. With one of those, semantic recall runs without an `embedder`: the database embeds each message on write and the search string on arrival. The embedding provider stays out of your application entirely.
+
+MongoDB does this through [Automated Embedding](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/mongodb): name a Voyage AI model on the vector store and leave the `embedder` out.
+
+```typescript
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { MongoDBStore, MongoDBVector } from '@mastra/mongodb'
+
+const memory = new Memory({
+  storage: new MongoDBStore({
+    id: 'agent-storage',
+    uri: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
+    dbName: process.env.MONGODB_DB_NAME,
+  }),
+  vector: new MongoDBVector({
+    id: 'agent-vector',
+    uri: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
+    dbName: process.env.MONGODB_DB_NAME,
+    autoEmbed: { model: 'voyage-4' },
+  }),
+  options: {
+    semanticRecall: { topK: 3, messageRange: 2 },
+  },
+})
+```
+
+Messages are stored as text and MongoDB embeds them, so the model choice and the vector size belong to the index rather than to your application. Recall works the same way through an agent and through [`recall()`](#using-the-recall-method).
+
+MongoDB embeds newly written messages in the background. A message saved moments ago may not be recallable immediately.
+
+Every other store expects your application to supply the vectors, and keeps requiring an `embedder`. Enabling semantic recall with neither an `embedder` nor a store that embeds server-side raises an error naming both options.
+
+## Embedder configuration
+
+Semantic recall relies on an [embedding model](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/memory-class) to convert messages into embeddings. Mastra supports embedding models through the model router using `provider/model` strings, or you can use any [embedding model](https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs/ai-sdk-core/embeddings) compatible with the AI SDK.
+
+### Using the Model Router (Recommended)
+
+The simplest way is to use a `provider/model` string with autocomplete support:
+
+```ts
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { ModelRouterEmbeddingModel } from '@mastra/core/llm'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'agent',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    embedder: new ModelRouterEmbeddingModel('openai/text-embedding-3-small'),
+    options: {
+      semanticRecall: true,
+    },
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+Supported embedding models:
+
+- **OpenAI**: `text-embedding-3-small`, `text-embedding-3-large`, `text-embedding-ada-002`
+- **Google**: `gemini-embedding-001`
+- **OpenRouter**: Access embedding models from multiple providers
+
+```ts
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { ModelRouterEmbeddingModel } from '@mastra/core/llm'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'agent',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    embedder: new ModelRouterEmbeddingModel({
+      providerId: 'openrouter',
+      modelId: 'openai/text-embedding-3-small',
+    }),
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+The model router automatically handles API key detection from environment variables (`OPENAI_API_KEY`, `GOOGLE_API_KEY`, `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`). Google models also fall back to `GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY`.
+
+### Using AI SDK Packages
+
+You can also use AI SDK embedding models directly:
+
+```ts
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { ModelRouterEmbeddingModel } from '@mastra/core/llm'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'agent',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    embedder: new ModelRouterEmbeddingModel('openai/text-embedding-3-small'),
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+### Using FastEmbed (local)
+
+To use FastEmbed (a local embedding model), install `@mastra/fastembed`:
+
+**npm**:
+
+```bash
+npm install @mastra/fastembed@latest
+```
+
+**pnpm**:
+
+```bash
+pnpm add @mastra/fastembed@latest
+```
+
+**Yarn**:
+
+```bash
+yarn add @mastra/fastembed@latest
+```
+
+**Bun**:
+
+```bash
+bun add @mastra/fastembed@latest
+```
+
+Then configure it in your memory:
+
+```ts
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { fastembed } from '@mastra/fastembed'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'agent',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    embedder: fastembed,
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+FastEmbed also exposes the multilingual E5 model for non-English content. E5 is asymmetric, so it's exposed as two models: `multilingualE5LargePassage` for text you index and `multilingualE5LargeQuery` for search text.
+
+```ts
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
+import { fastembed } from '@mastra/fastembed'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  id: 'agent',
+  memory: new Memory({
+    embedder: fastembed.multilingualE5LargePassage,
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+Memory uses a single embedder for both storing and recalling messages, so pick one of the two models and use it consistently. Use the paired `multilingualE5LargeQuery` model only where you control both sides of the pipeline, such as a RAG workflow that indexes with the passage model and searches with the query model.
+
+Multilingual E5 produces 1024-dimensional vectors. Your vector index must be created with matching dimensions, and E5 vectors can't be mixed with vectors from another embedder in the same index.
+
+FastEmbed models embed at most 512 tokens per input (roughly 2,000 to 2,500 characters of English text). Longer inputs are truncated, so text past the limit doesn't affect the embedding and can't be found by semantic recall. The AI SDK v3 FastEmbed models return a warning when this happens. The legacy v1 and v2 models don't. If you embed long documents with FastEmbed, chunk them to fit the window, for example with `maxSize: 1500` in `MDocument.chunk()`.
+
+### Setting the embedding dimension
+
+To name the vector index, Memory needs the embedder's output dimension. By default it finds the dimension by embedding a short probe string the first time semantic recall is set up, once per `Memory` instance. If you already know the dimension, set `embeddingDimension`. Memory then skips the probe, so startup makes no embedding call and doesn't depend on the embedding provider being reachable:
+
+```ts
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+
+const memory = new Memory({
+  embedder: 'openai/text-embedding-3-small',
+  embeddingDimension: 1536,
+  options: {
+    semanticRecall: true,
+  },
+})
+```
+
+The index name is the same whether the dimension is configured or probed, so existing indexes keep working.
+
+The value must match the vectors the embedder returns. Memory compares it with the first real embedding, and on a mismatch it throws a `MASTRA_MEMORY_EMBEDDING_DIMENSION_MISMATCH` error naming both values before creating or querying any index. Update `embeddingDimension` whenever you change the embedding model or its output dimension.
+
+## PostgreSQL index optimization
+
+When using PostgreSQL as your vector store, you can optimize semantic recall performance by configuring the vector index. This is particularly important for large-scale deployments with thousands of messages.
+
+PostgreSQL supports both IVFFlat and HNSW indexes. By default, Mastra creates an IVFFlat index, but HNSW indexes typically provide better performance, especially with OpenAI embeddings which use inner product distance.
+
+Semantic recall always filters by thread or resource. PgVector uses the vector index for these searches only with HNSW on pgvector 0.8.0 or newer. With IVFFlat, each search compares the query against every message in the thread or resource.
+
+```typescript
+import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
+import { PostgresStore, PgVector } from '@mastra/pg'
+
+const agent = new Agent({
+  memory: new Memory({
+    storage: new PostgresStore({
+      id: 'agent-storage',
+      connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+    }),
+    vector: new PgVector({
+      id: 'agent-vector',
+      connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+    }),
+    options: {
+      semanticRecall: {
+        topK: 5,
+        messageRange: 2,
+        indexConfig: {
+          type: 'hnsw', // Use HNSW for better performance
+          metric: 'dotproduct', // Best for OpenAI embeddings
+          hnsw: {
+            m: 16, // Number of bi-directional links (default: 16)
+            efConstruction: 64, // Size of candidate list during construction (default: 64)
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }),
+})
+```
+
+For detailed information about index configuration options and performance tuning, see the [PgVector configuration guide](https://mastra.ai/integrations/vectors/pg).
+
+## Disable semantic recall
+
+Semantic recall is disabled by default (`semanticRecall: false`). Each call adds latency because new messages are converted into embeddings and used to query a vector database before the LLM receives them.
+
+Keep semantic recall disabled when:
+
+- Message history provides sufficient context for the current conversation.
+- You're building performance-sensitive applications, like realtime two-way audio, where embedding and vector query latency is noticeable.
+
+## Viewing recalled messages
+
+When tracing is enabled, any messages retrieved via semantic recall will appear in the agent's trace output, alongside recent message history (if configured).