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+"""Vector store implementation using Qdrant.
+
+This module provides functions to create a Qdrant vector store backed by Ollama embeddings
+and to load documents from a directory into the store. The store is persisted in a local
+directory and can be reused across runs.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List
+
+from langchain_qdrant import Qdrant
+from langchain_ollama import OllamaEmbeddings
+from langchain_text_splitters import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter
+from langchain.docstore.document import Document
+
+__all__ = ["create_vectorstore", "load_documents"]
+
+def create_vectorstore(persist_directory: str = "./qdrant_db") -> Qdrant:
+    """Create or load a Qdrant vector store.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    persist_directory: str
+        Path to the directory where Qdrant will store its data. The directory
+        will be created if it does not exist.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Qdrant
+        A Qdrant vector store instance.
+    """
+    # Ensure the directory exists
+    Path(persist_directory).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Use Ollama embeddings (nomic-embed-text) for semantic similarity
+    embeddings = OllamaEmbeddings(model="nomic-embed-text")
+
+    # Qdrant can run in local mode when ``location`` is provided.
+    # The ``url`` is set to the default local address.
+    return Qdrant(
+        collection_name="documents",
+        embedding=embeddings,
+        url="http://localhost:6333",  # Qdrant server address
+        location=persist_directory,
+    )
+
+def _load_text_files(directory: str) -> List[str]:
+    """Recursively read all .txt and .md files from *directory*.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    directory: str
+        Root directory to search for documents.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    List[str]
+        List of file contents.
+    """
+    texts: List[str] = []
+    for path in Path(directory).rglob("*"):
+        if path.suffix.lower() in {".txt", ".md"}:
+            try:
+                with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    texts.append(f.read())
+            except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover - defensive
+                print(f"Could not read {path}: {exc}")
+    return texts
+
+def load_documents(directory: str, vectorstore: Qdrant) -> None:
+    """Load documents from *directory* into the provided *vectorstore*.
+
+    The function performs chunking via :class:`RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter`
+    before adding the chunks to the vector store.
+    """
+    raw_texts = _load_text_files(directory)
+    if not raw_texts:
+        print(f"No .txt or .md files found in {directory}")
+        return
+
+    # Chunk each document into manageable pieces
+    splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(chunk_size=1000, chunk_overlap=200)
+    chunks: List[str] = []
+    for text in raw_texts:
+        chunks.extend(splitter.split_text(text))
+
+    # Convert to LangChain Document objects
+    documents = [Document(page_content=chunk) for chunk in chunks]
+
+    # Add documents to Qdrant. The underlying Qdrant client will handle
+    # persistence automatically.
+    vectorstore.add_documents(documents)
+    print(f"Loaded {len(documents)} chunks into Qdrant.")
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