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+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from langchain.vectorstores import Chroma
+from langchain.embeddings.ollama import OllamaEmbeddings
+from langchain.document_loaders import TextLoader, MarkdownLoader
+from langchain.text_splitter import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter
+
+def create_vectorstore(persist_directory: str = "./chroma_db"):
+    embeddings = OllamaEmbeddings(model="nomic-embed-text")
+    return Chroma(embedding_function=embeddings, persist_directory=persist_directory)
+
+def load_documents(directory: str, vectorstore):
+    docs = []
+    for file in Path(directory).glob("**/*.*"):
+        if file.suffix.lower() not in {".txt", ".md"}:
+            continue
+        loader = TextLoader(str(file)) if file.suffix == ".txt" else MarkdownLoader(str(file))
+        docs.extend(loader.load())
+    splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(chunk_size=500, chunk_overlap=50)
+    texts = splitter.split_documents(docs)
+    vectorstore.add_documents(texts)
+    vectorstore.persist()