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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "vectifyai-pageindex--compare-reasoning-rag-with-vector-rag",
 "repo": "VectifyAI/PageIndex",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/VectifyAI/PageIndex",
 "repo_slug": "vectifyai-pageindex",
 "title": "Compare reasoning-based retrieval with your vector RAG",
 "page_title": "How to compare reasoning-based retrieval with your vector RAG with PageIndex",
 "summary": "Run the same questions through PageIndex and your existing pipeline to compare answers.",
 "who": "An ML engineer evaluating whether to replace a vector RAG stack.",
 "problem": "It is unclear when vectorless retrieval is better.",
 "outcome": "A side-by-side answer comparison on your own documents.",
 "steps": [
  "Pick 10 questions with known answers",
  "Run them through your vector RAG",
  "Run them through PageIndex",
  "Score correctness and citations"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Answer <10 questions> about <document> with PageIndex and with my vector RAG, then report which got more correct with verifiable citations.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "1 hour",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Results vary by document type and model choice.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python",
  "An OpenAI API key (local mode) or a PageIndex API key (cloud mode)"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/vectifyai-pageindex/compare-reasoning-rag-with-vector-rag/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/vectifyai-pageindex/compare-reasoning-rag-with-vector-rag/index.md",
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