# Using DevonThink's semantic search for RAG

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-devonthinks-semantic-search-for-rag/79745>\
**Category:** Automation\
**Created:** [May 26, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-devonthinks-semantic-search-for-rag/79745 "2024-05-26T08:04:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![mklingspor](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mklingspor](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mklingspor)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-devonthinks-semantic-search-for-rag/79745/1 "2024-05-26T08:04:18Z")

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I would be very interested in using the DevonThink semantic search via its API to get reference to augment calls to LLMs e.g. by using it as a source in llamaindex.  
Has anyone tried something like this yet.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-devonthinks-semantic-search-for-rag/79745/2 "2024-05-27T05:36:05Z")

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> [@mklingspor](#):
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> the DevonThink semantic search

I’m not sure what exactly you’re referring to but DEVONthink doesn’t have a semantic search so far.

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**Author:** ![mklingspor](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mklingspor](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mklingspor)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-devonthinks-semantic-search-for-rag/79745/3 "2024-05-28T14:30:22Z")

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My bad. I may have mistaken the DT similarity algorithm for something it isn’t.