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1 | 1 | # How We Approached Building a Custom Steam Games Retriever with Superlinked and LlamaIndex |
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3 | | -The goal was simple: take Superlinked's core strengths in handling complex, multi-modal retrieval scenarios and package them in a way that developers can easily adopt and extend in their own RAG systems. |
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5 | 3 | ## Why Superlinked + LlamaIndex? |
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| 5 | +The goal was simple: take Superlinked's core strengths in handling complex, multi-modal retrieval scenarios and package them in a way that developers can easily adopt and extend in their own RAG systems. |
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7 | 7 | Superlinked excels at creating sophisticated vector spaces through its mixture of encoders approach, allowing you to combine multiple embedding models, apply custom weighting schemes, and handle complex multi-modal data with ease. LlamaIndex, on the other hand, provides the robust infrastructure for RAG applications, from document processing and node management to query engines and response synthesis. |
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8 | 9 | As retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems continue to evolve, the need for **custom, domain-specific retrievers** is becoming more and more obvious. Sure, traditional vector databases are great for basic similarity search but the moment you throw in more complex, context-heavy queries, they start to fall short. Especially when you're working with real-world data that needs richer filtering or semantic understanding. |
9 | | -In this guide, we'll show you our approach for building a custom LlamaIndex retriever that leverages Superlinked's mixture of encoders architecture. We've refined this approach through numerous production deployments, and now we're making it available for the broader developer community. |
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11 | | -You can follow allong this guide in colab: |
| 11 | +You can follow allong this guide in a colab notebook: |
12 | 12 | - [Google Colab of this guide](https://colab.research.google.com/github/superlinked/VectorHub/blob/main/docs/assets/use_cases/custom_retriever_with_llamaindex/superlinked_custom_retriever_with_llamaindex.ipynb) |
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14 | 14 | If you prefer to start using Superlinked's retriever right away you can have a look at the full implementation with Llamaindex: |
15 | 15 | - [Link to full offical integration on Llamahub](https://links.superlinked.com/llama_hub_in_article) |
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| 17 | +In this guide, we'll show you our approach for building a custom LlamaIndex retriever that leverages Superlinked's mixture of encoders architecture. We've refined this approach through numerous production deployments, and now we're making it available for the broader developer community. |
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17 | 19 | ## Why Custom Retrievers Matter |
18 | 20 | 1. **Tuned for Your Domain** – Generic retrievers are fine for general use, but they tend to miss the subtle stuff. Think about jargon, shorthand, or domain-specific phrasing—those don’t usually get picked up unless your retriever knows what to look for. That’s where custom ones shine: you can hardwire in that context. |
19 | 21 | 2. **Works Beyond Just Text** – Most real-world data isn’t just plain text. You’ll often have metadata and tags too. For example, in a game recommendation system, we don’t just care about the game description—we also want to factor in genres, tags, user ratings, and more. Think about this logic: someone searching for a “strategy co-op game with sci-fi elements” won’t get far with text-only matching. |
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