astrocyte-pgvector 0.3.9

PostgreSQL pgvector VectorStore adapter for Astrocyte

astrocyte-pgvector

PostgreSQL + pgvector implementation of the Astrocyte VectorStore SPI (provider-spi.md).

Install

From the monorepo (with astrocyte available):

cd astrocyte-services-py/astrocyte-pgvector
uv sync
# or: pip install -e ../../astrocyte-py && pip install -e .

Entry point name: pgvector (group astrocyte.vector_stores).

PostgreSQL with Docker

Use the combined Compose stack in ../docker-compose.yml (directory astrocyte-services-py/) to run Postgres (pgvector) + the reference REST service together:

cd astrocyte-services-py
docker compose up -d

For Postgres only (no HTTP), start only postgres:

cd astrocyte-services-py
docker compose up -d postgres

Default DSN from your host (port 5433 maps to Postgres in the compose file):

postgresql://astrocyte:astrocyte@127.0.0.1:5433/astrocyte

Schema migrations (production)

DDL is shipped as plain SQL under migrations/ and applied with psql via scripts/migrate.sh (no Python migration framework).

export DATABASE_URL='postgresql://astrocyte:astrocyte@127.0.0.1:5433/astrocyte'
cd astrocyte-services-py/astrocyte-pgvector
./scripts/migrate.sh

Requirements: PostgreSQL 15+ (for CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS), psql on PATH.

After migrations are applied, set bootstrap_schema: false in vector_store_config so the app does not run CREATE TABLE / indexes at runtime (see configuration table below). For a single command that starts Postgres, runs migrations, then starts the stack with runbook config, use scripts/runbook-up.sh (see Runbook).

Embedding width: migrations/002_astrocyte_vectors.sql defines vector(128). That must match embedding_dimensions in config. For another width, add a new migration (or edit before first deploy) and keep the Python config aligned.

Custom table_name: The shipped SQL targets astrocyte_vectors. If you use another table name, copy and adjust the migration files accordingly.

Configuration

Constructor / YAML vector_store_config	Meaning
dsn	PostgreSQL connection URI (or set DATABASE_URL / ASTROCYTES_PG_DSN)
table_name	Table name (default astrocyte_vectors; alphanumeric + underscore only)
embedding_dimensions	Fixed vector(N) width; must match your embedding model and the vector(N) in SQL migrations (default 128)
bootstrap_schema	If true (default), create extension / table / btree index on first use (dev-friendly; no HNSW). If false, assume migrate.sh already applied migrations/ (production).

How this fits astrocyte_rest

1. astrocyte-py defines the VectorStore protocol and discovers adapters by entry point (astrocyte.vector_stores).
2. astrocyte-pgvector registers pgvector → PgVectorStore. Installing this package makes the name pgvector available to resolve_provider().
3. astrocyte_rest/wiring.py calls resolve_vector_store(config), which loads the class from the entry point and passes vector_store_config from YAML (or env-only defaults).
4. astrocyte_rest/brain.py builds Astrocyte + PipelineOrchestrator with that store and your chosen llm_provider (still mock unless you configure a real LLM).

Example ASTROCYTES_CONFIG_PATH snippet:

provider_tier: storage
vector_store: pgvector
llm_provider: mock
vector_store_config:
  dsn: postgresql://astrocyte:astrocyte@127.0.0.1:5433/astrocyte
  embedding_dimensions: 128
  bootstrap_schema: false

Then run the REST service (from repo layout):

export ASTROCYTES_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/that.yaml
cd astrocyte-services-py/astrocyte-rest && uv run astrocyte-rest

Or set only env (no YAML file):

export ASTROCYTES_VECTOR_STORE=pgvector
export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://astrocyte:astrocyte@127.0.0.1:5433/astrocyte
# embedding_dimensions default 128 — override via YAML if you add a file
cd astrocyte-services-py/astrocyte-rest && uv sync --extra pgvector

Note: vector_store_config for dimensions is only merged from YAML today; for env-only mode, add a small YAML or extend brain.py to pass ASTROCYTES_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS (future improvement).

Production notes

• HNSW parameters (m, ef_construction) live in migrations/003_indexes.sql; tune with DBA guidance as load grows.
• Embedding dimension must match the LLMProvider.embed() output used by the pipeline.
• Use secrets for dsn, not committed YAML.