Per docs/research/langchain-pgvector-vs-litellm-pgvector.md (issue #25): the vendored litellm-pgvector connector (793 lines, Prisma migrations, a fragile git-context build) is replaced by a ~90-line FastAPI service (services/memory-retrieval/) wrapping langchain_postgres.PGVector directly against pgvector-db. Same gateway boundary — it still calls litellm for embeddings, nothing talks to Postgres or the model directly except this service. - New services/memory-retrieval/ (main.py, Dockerfile, requirements.txt): POST /ingest, POST /query, GET /health. - docker-compose.yml: litellm-pgvector service replaced by memory-retrieval; pgvector-db and embedding-server untouched. - litellm-config.yaml: vector_store_registry block removed (no langchain_postgres provider exists to register against; callers query memory-retrieval directly instead of an in-band file_search tool call — that mechanism was never confirmed working per issue #24 anyway). - scripts/ingest-memory.sh rewritten for the new /ingest endpoint (same per-line chunking, no dedup). - .env vars renamed: LITELLM_PGVECTOR_API_KEY/LITELLM_PGVECTOR_EMBEDDING_KEY -> MEMORY_RETRIEVAL_API_KEY/MEMORY_RETRIEVAL_EMBEDDING_KEY. - vendor/litellm-pgvector/ removed entirely. - docs/memory-knowledgebase.md updated for the new setup/query flow. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
LLM-Server
Local AI inference stack: llama.cpp (ROCm) serving Qwen3.8-27B on an AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, fronted by Open WebUI (RAG + Memory via Qdrant), with Lazytainer auto-suspending the inference container when idle.
See the wayfinder map (issue #1) for the full architecture rationale and open questions.
Quickstart
cp .env.example .env
# set LITELLM_MASTER_KEY / LITELLM_SALT_KEY (openssl rand -hex 32), see .env.example
./scripts/download-model.sh
docker compose up -d litellm litellm-db llama-server qdrant # bring the proxy up first
Log into LiteLLM's Admin UI (http://<this-machine>:4000/ui), create an openwebui virtual key (see docs/proxy-key-onboarding.md), set OPENWEBUI_LITELLM_KEY in .env to it, then:
docker compose up -d
- Open WebUI:
http://<this-machine>:3000locally, orai.home/ai.haylan.chonce routed through Nginx Proxy Manager — seedocs/network-access.md. First signup becomes the admin account (WEBUI_AUTHis on). - llama.cpp's own API is internal-only now — everything routes through the AI proxy below.
Pointing Claude Code CLI, Kimi CLI, or OpenCode CLI at the local endpoint: see docs/coding-cli-setup.md.
Applying updates: after pulling changes (or editing docker-compose.yml/litellm-config.yaml/.env yourself), run ./scripts/update.sh — pulls, validates the compose config, rebuilds/re-pulls images, and recreates whatever changed. Safe to run any time.
Known risk: Qwen3.8-27B's tool-calling reliability against llama.cpp's Anthropic shim is not yet verified (open upstream parser bugs against its model lineage) — see docs/research/qwen3.8-27b-tool-calling.md.
AI proxy (LiteLLM)
An AI gateway/proxy fronts llama.cpp: per-workload virtual keys, usage tracking, and a shadow cost estimate ("what this would have cost on Claude Sonnet 5"). Before docker compose up -d, set LITELLM_MASTER_KEY and LITELLM_SALT_KEY in .env (see .env.example).
- Proxy API:
http://<this-machine>:4000/v1locally, orproxy.ai.home/proxy.ai.haylan.chonce routed through NPM — seedocs/network-access.md. - Admin UI (
/ui, key/budget management): LAN-only — seedocs/network-access.md. - Issuing a key for a new workload:
docs/proxy-key-onboarding.md. - Request priority across workloads:
docs/proxy-request-priority.md.
Open WebUI and the coding CLIs (see docs/coding-cli-setup.md) route through the proxy now — llama-server has no published host port anymore. Not yet verified: none of this has been smoke-tested on real hardware (LiteLLM's priority scheduler in particular is beta — see docs/proxy-request-priority.md) — see issue #17.
Web search, knowledgebase, and memory
The gateway also fronts SearXNG-backed web search and a pgvector-backed knowledgebase (loaded with data/memory.md / data/claude-legacy-memory.md), wired at the LiteLLM layer so every client gets them, not just Open WebUI — see docs/memory-knowledgebase.md. Not yet verified on real hardware — see issue #24.