> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.phidata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# PgVector Agent Knowledge

## Setup

```shell theme={null}
docker run -d \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=ai \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=ai \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=ai \
  -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata \
  -v pgvolume:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
  -p 5532:5432 \
  --name pgvector \
  phidata/pgvector:16
```

## Example

```python agent_with_knowledge.py theme={null}
from phi.agent import Agent
from phi.model.openai import OpenAIChat
from phi.knowledge.pdf import PDFUrlKnowledgeBase
from phi.vectordb.pgvector import PgVector, SearchType

db_url = "postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai"
knowledge_base = PDFUrlKnowledgeBase(
    urls=["https://phi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/recipes/ThaiRecipes.pdf"],
    vector_db=PgVector(table_name="recipes", db_url=db_url, search_type=SearchType.hybrid),
)
# Load the knowledge base: Comment out after first run
knowledge_base.load(recreate=True, upsert=True)

agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    knowledge=knowledge_base,
    # Add a tool to read chat history.
    read_chat_history=True,
    show_tool_calls=True,
    markdown=True,
    # debug_mode=True,
)
agent.print_response("How do I make chicken and galangal in coconut milk soup", stream=True)
agent.print_response("What was my last question?", stream=True)

```

## PgVector Params

<Snippet file="vectordb_pgvector_params.mdx" />