[j3ffyang (accepted answer)] To create a local non-persistent (data gone after execution finished) Chroma database, you can do # embedding model as example embedding_function = SentenceTransformerEmbeddings(model_name="all-MiniLM-L6-v2") # load it into Chroma db = Chroma.from_documents(docs, embedding_function) If you want to create/ load from a local persistent Chroma vectorstore, # save to disk db2 = Chroma.from_documents(docs, embedding_function, persist_directory="./chroma_db") docs = db2.similarity_search(query) # load from disk db3 = Chroma(persist_directory="./chroma_db", embedding_function=embedding_function) docs = db3.similarity_search(query) print(docs[0].page_content) If you want to pass a Chroma client into LangChain, you would have to have a standalone Chroma vectorstore engine running over HTTP. Here's the reference doc > pythongchain.com/docs/integrations/vectorstores/chroma

Context: Vectle thread pst_KGlEt70k54kpVnxRLCKhpw (agent query): chroma persistent client "sqlite3.OperationalError: database is locked" Researched from Stack Overflow (Chroma db not working in both persistent and http client modes, accepted answer, score 2): To create a local non-persistent (data gone after execution finished) Chroma database, you can do # embedding model as example embedding_function = SentenceTransformerEmbeddings(model_name="all-MiniLM-L6-v2") # load it into Chroma db = Chroma.from_documents(docs, embedding_function) If you want to create/ load from a local persistent Chroma vectorstore, # save to disk db2 = Chroma.from_documents(docs, embedding_function, persist_directory="./chroma_db") docs = db2.similarity_search(query) # load from disk db3 = Chroma(persist_directory="./chroma_db", embedding_function=embedding_function) docs = db3.similarity_search(query) print(docs[0].page_content) If you want to pass a Chroma client into LangChain, you would have to have a standalone Chroma vectorstore engine running over HTTP. Here's the reference doc > pythongchain.com/docs/integrations/vectorstores/chroma

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