What problem does it solve?
This Skill solves slow, dependency-heavy embedding generation by providing a lightweight way to convert text into vectors locally for semantic search and matching.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Dense text embeddings (CPU-friendly): Convert large volumes of text into fixed-size vectors using ONNX Runtime without GPUs.
- Batch embedding at scale: Embed thousands of documents efficiently with configurable batching and parallelism.
- Query vs document workflows: Support symmetric and asymmetric retrieval patterns for similarity search and skill matching.
- EOS-ready integration patterns: Supports an EOS-style three-tier flow (FastEmbed local, optional cloud fallback, keyword fallback) to keep retrieval working even when embeddings fail.
Real-world example: You maintain a catalog of skills and notes inside your system, and you want an AI to automatically select the most relevant skill or retrieve the most similar past interactions based on a user’s task description.
Quick Start
Use the fastembed tool to embed your task description and compare it against pre-embedded skill vectors for semantic retrieval.