Examples

Real, runnable Kayak examples. Use this page when you want to inspect working code and measured outputs instead of reading conceptual pages first.

Executed Notebooks

Example	Best for
real-usage-with-mojo.ipynb	full local SDK walkthrough from text encoding to exact search, plans, and batch search
batch-search-on-one-loaded-lancedb-slice.ipynb	repeated-query workflows on one loaded exact slice
lancedb-to-kayak-reranking.ipynb	LanceDB persistence with Kayak reranking and exact search
pgvector-to-kayak-exact-search.ipynb	Postgres plus pgvector as durable storage with exact slice materialization
qdrant-to-kayak-reranking.ipynb	Qdrant candidate retrieval with Kayak exact reranking
weaviate-to-kayak-reranking.ipynb	Weaviate storage with Kayak exact search handoff
chromadb-to-kayak-reranking.ipynb	Chroma compatibility path with exact Kayak reranking

Task	File
ColBERT from Hugging Face	`python/examples/colbert_hf_encoder.py`
Bring your own model wrapper	`python/examples/byo_model_encoder.py`
High-level retriever workflow	`python/examples/text_retriever_workflow.py`
Encoder plus store workflow	`python/examples/encoder_store_workflow.py`
Raw query batch API	`python/examples/query_batch.py`
LanceDB store adapter	`python/examples/lancedb_store.py`
PgVector store adapter	`python/examples/pgvector_store.py`
Qdrant store adapter	`python/examples/qdrant_store.py`
Weaviate store adapter	`python/examples/weaviate_store.py`
Chroma store adapter	`python/examples/chromadb_store.py`

If you want to...	Open...
get the shortest Mojo-first script	Quickstart
choose between retrievers, loaded slices, and plans	Usage Patterns
understand the database handoff model	Storage + Search
inspect adapter-specific storage facts	Vector Databases