libSQL vector store

The libSQL storage implementation provides a SQLite-compatible vector search libSQL, a fork of SQLite with vector extensions, and Turso with vector extensions, offering a lightweight and efficient vector database solution. It's part of the @mastra/libsql package and offers efficient vector similarity search with metadata filtering.

Installation

npm

npm install @mastra/libsql@latest

pnpm

pnpm add @mastra/libsql@latest

Yarn

yarn add @mastra/libsql@latest

Bun

bun add @mastra/libsql@latest

Usage

import { LibSQLVector } from "@mastra/libsql";

// Create a new vector store instance
const store = new LibSQLVector({
  id: 'libsql-vector',
  url: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
  // Optional: for Turso cloud databases
  authToken: process.env.DATABASE_AUTH_TOKEN,
});

// Create an index
await store.createIndex({
  indexName: "myCollection",
  dimension: 1536,
});

// Add vectors with metadata
const vectors = [[0.1, 0.2, ...], [0.3, 0.4, ...]];
const metadata = [
  { text: "first document", category: "A" },
  { text: "second document", category: "B" }
];
await store.upsert({
  indexName: "myCollection",
  vectors,
  metadata,
});

// Query similar vectors
const queryVector = [0.1, 0.2, ...];
const results = await store.query({
  indexName: "myCollection",
  queryVector,
  topK: 10, // top K results
  filter: { category: "A" } // optional metadata filter
});

Constructor options

url:

string

libSQL database URL. Use ':memory:' for in-memory database, 'file:dbname.db' for local file, or a libSQL-compatible connection string like 'libsql://your-database.turso.io'.

authToken?:

string

Authentication token for Turso cloud databases

syncUrl?:

string

URL for database replication (Turso specific)

syncInterval?:

number

Interval in milliseconds for database sync (Turso specific)

Methods

createIndex()

Creates a new vector collection. The index name must start with a letter or underscore and can only contain letters, numbers, and underscore characters. The dimension must be a positive integer.

indexName:

string

Name of the index to create

dimension:

number

Vector dimension size (must match your embedding model)

metric?:

'cosine' | 'euclidean' | 'dotproduct'

= cosine

Distance metric for similarity search. Note: Currently only cosine similarity is supported by libSQL.

upsert()

Adds or updates vectors and their metadata in the index. Uses a transaction to ensure all vectors are inserted atomically - if any insert fails, the entire operation is rolled back.

indexName:

string

Name of the index to insert into

vectors:

number[][]

Array of embedding vectors

metadata?:

Record<string, any>[]

Metadata for each vector

ids?:

string[]

Optional vector IDs (auto-generated if not provided)

query()

Searches for similar vectors with optional metadata filtering.

indexName:

string

Name of the index to search in

queryVector:

number[]

Query vector to find similar vectors for

topK?:

number

= 10

Number of results to return

filter?:

Filter

Metadata filters

includeVector?:

boolean

= false

Whether to include vector data in results

minScore?:

number

= -1

Minimum similarity score threshold (cosine similarity ranges from -1 to 1)

describeIndex()

Gets information about an index.

indexName:

string

Name of the index to describe

Returns:

interface IndexStats {
  dimension: number
  count: number
  metric: 'cosine' | 'euclidean' | 'dotproduct'
}

deleteIndex()

Deletes an index and all its data.

indexName:

string

Name of the index to delete

listIndexes()

Lists all vector indexes in the database.

Returns: Promise<string[]>

truncateIndex()

Removes all vectors from an index while keeping the index structure.

indexName:

string

Name of the index to truncate

updateVector()

Update a single vector by ID or by metadata filter. Either id or filter must be provided, but not both.

indexName:

string

Name of the index containing the vector

id?:

string

ID of the vector entry to update (mutually exclusive with filter)

filter?:

Record<string, any>

Metadata filter to identify vector(s) to update (mutually exclusive with id)

update:

object

Update data containing vector and/or metadata

update.vector?:

number[]

New vector data to update

update.metadata?:

Record<string, any>

New metadata to update

deleteVector()

Deletes a specific vector entry from an index by its ID.

indexName:

string

Name of the index containing the vector

id:

string

ID of the vector entry to delete

deleteVectors()

Delete multiple vectors by IDs or by metadata filter. Either ids or filter must be provided, but not both.

indexName:

string

Name of the index containing the vectors to delete

ids?:

string[]

Array of vector IDs to delete (mutually exclusive with filter)

filter?:

Record<string, any>

Metadata filter to identify vectors to delete (mutually exclusive with ids)

Response types

Query results are returned in this format:

interface QueryResult {
  id: string
  score: number
  metadata: Record<string, any>
  vector?: number[] // Only included if includeVector is true
}

Error handling

The store throws specific errors for different failure cases:

try {
  await store.query({
    indexName: 'my-collection',
    queryVector: queryVector,
  })
} catch (error) {
  // Handle specific error cases
  if (error.message.includes('Invalid index name format')) {
    console.error(
      'Index name must start with a letter/underscore and contain only alphanumeric characters',
    )
  } else if (error.message.includes('Table not found')) {
    console.error('The specified index does not exist')
  } else {
    console.error('Vector store error:', error.message)
  }
}

Common error cases include:

• Invalid index name format
• Invalid vector dimensions
• Table/index not found
• Database connection issues
• Transaction failures during upsert

Usage example

Local embeddings with fastembed

Embeddings are numeric vectors used by memory's semanticRecall to retrieve related messages by meaning (not keywords). This setup uses @mastra/fastembed to generate vector embeddings.

Install fastembed to get started:

npm

npm install @mastra/fastembed@latest

pnpm

pnpm add @mastra/fastembed@latest

Yarn

yarn add @mastra/fastembed@latest

Bun

bun add @mastra/fastembed@latest

Add the following to your agent:

src/mastra/agents/example-libsql-agent.ts

import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
import { LibSQLStore, LibSQLVector } from '@mastra/libsql'
import { fastembed } from '@mastra/fastembed'

export const libsqlAgent = new Agent({
  id: 'libsql-agent',
  name: 'libSQL Agent',
  instructions:
    'You are an AI agent with the ability to automatically recall memories from previous interactions.',
  model: 'openai/gpt-5.6-sol',
  memory: new Memory({
    storage: new LibSQLStore({
      id: 'libsql-agent-storage',
      url: 'file:libsql-agent.db',
    }),
    vector: new LibSQLVector({
      id: 'libsql-agent-vector',
      url: 'file:libsql-agent.db',
    }),
    embedder: fastembed,
    options: {
      lastMessages: 10,
      semanticRecall: {
        topK: 3,
        messageRange: 2,
      },
      generateTitle: true, // Explicitly enable automatic title generation
    },
  }),
})

Related

• Metadata Filters