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+import os
+from langchain_ollama import OllamaEmbeddings
+from langchain_chroma import Chroma
+from langchain.text_splitter import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter
+
+class VectorStore:
+    def __init__(self, persist_path: str = "vectorstore"):
+        self.persist_path = persist_path
+        os.makedirs(self.persist_path, exist_ok=True)
+        embeddings = OllamaEmbeddings(model="nomic-embed-text")
+        self.store = Chroma(persist_directory=self.persist_path, embedding_function=embeddings)
+
+    def add_documents(self, docs_dir: str):
+        texts = []
+        for root, _, files in os.walk(docs_dir):
+            for fname in files:
+                if fname.lower().endswith((".txt", ".md")):
+                    path = os.path.join(root, fname)
+                    with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                        content = f.read()
+                    texts.append(content)
+        splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(chunk_size=1000, chunk_overlap=200)
+        chunks = splitter.split_text("\n".join(texts))
+        self.store.add_texts(chunks)
+        self.store.persist()
+
+    def get_store(self):
+        return self.store