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The Vector Store feature page and its LogIndexer example were stale against the current SDK in four ways reported in genlayerlabs#437: 1. Wrong import path. Docs showed `from backend.node.genvm.std.vector_store import VectorStore` (an internal path, not a contract-facing API) and `import genlayermodelwrappers` — neither exists in the published SDK. Verified against genvm-executor's actual runners/genlayer-py-std/src-emb/genlayer_embeddings/__init__.py: VecDB, VecDBElement, the Distance classes, and SentenceTransformer are all exported from `genlayer_embeddings`, imported as `import genlayer_embeddings as gle`. 2. VecDBElement was completely undocumented. Added a reference table (.key, .id, .value [settable], .distance, .remove()) sourced directly from vecdb.py's docstrings/property definitions, not guessed. 3. No complete, runnable example existed anywhere reachable from the docs. Replaced both pages' example with the real, tested LogIndexer contract from genlayer-studio/examples/contracts/log_indexer.py — byte-for-byte identical (diffed to confirm), not a paraphrase. This also fixes the missing 4th VecDB type parameter (the Distance metric) that the old docs example omitted. 4. No guidance for debugging "Could not load contract schema". Traced this to frontend/src/components/Simulator/ ConstructorParameters.vue in genlayer-studio: it's a generic Vue Alert with no detail. The real Python traceback IS captured server-side (backend/node/base.py's get_contract_schema bundles stdout/stderr/genvm_log into the raised exception, logged at INFO level per _execution_finished's comment: GenVM failures are user contract errors, not infra errors). Documented `docker compose logs jsonrpc -f` as the way to see it, verified against that source. Also fixed: the old docs used @allow_storage / gl.Contract (the pre-v0.3 API). The verified LogIndexer example uses the current @gl.storage.allow / gl.contract.Contract style per genlayer/__init__.py's own "recommended import pattern" docstring. Scoped this fix to only the two Vector Store pages the issue is about — the rest of the docs site still uses the older style throughout, which is a separate, much larger doc-consistency issue beyond this one's scope. Verification (no local mdx dev server, so checked what's checkable standalone): - Extracted every Python code block from both files and ran compile(..., 'exec') on each — all syntax-valid. - Diffed the LogIndexer example against genlayer-studio/examples/contracts/log_indexer.py directly — identical. - Installed @mdx-js/mdx standalone (no other project deps needed) and ran the actual MDX compiler against both changed files — both compile cleanly, catching the JSX/Callout-component syntax that a plain markdown lint wouldn't.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR updates Vector Store documentation and examples for the v0.3.0 APIs. It adds explicit Euclidean distance, vector ID tracking, tombstone removal, stale-result filtering, updated log operations, and schema-load troubleshooting. ChangesVector Store documentation
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75-126: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winClarify that
similarityis a non-normalized heuristic.The example types
gle.EuclideanDistanceat line 108, but line 137 labelsstr(1 - result.distance)as"similarity". Euclidean distance is unbounded, so this can produce negative or uninterpretable values; rename the key or add wording that this is a rough heuristic, not a bounded cosine-style similarity score.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In `@pages/developers/intelligent-contracts/features/vector-storage.mdx` around lines 75 - 126, The LogIndexer.get_closest_vector example labels 1 - result.distance as “similarity” even though EuclideanDistance is unbounded. Rename the returned key to reflect distance or explicitly describe it as a rough, non-normalized heuristic rather than a bounded similarity score.
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In `@pages/developers/intelligent-contracts/features/vector-storage.mdx`:
- Around line 143-167: Clear the tombstone when re-adding an already indexed
log: in add_log and update_log, set removed_log_ids[key] to False immediately
before the early return in the existing-entry branch. Apply this identical
change in pages/developers/intelligent-contracts/features/vector-storage.mdx
lines 143-167 and
pages/developers/intelligent-contracts/examples/vector-store-log-indexer.mdx
lines 76-106.
- Line 17: Update the `knn()` description in the vector-storage documentation to
state that callers must select a distance metric, using `gle.EuclideanDistance`
as a common choice. Remove the claim that Euclidean distance is the default, and
retain the surrounding explanation of nearest-neighbor and semantic-search use
cases.
- Around line 127-141: Clarify the returned score from the vector-search
snippets as a rough inverse Euclidean-distance/rank score rather than a
normalized similarity. Update both
`pages/developers/intelligent-contracts/features/vector-storage.mdx` lines
127-141 and
`pages/developers/intelligent-contracts/examples/vector-store-log-indexer.mdx`
lines 60-74 consistently by renaming the `similarity` field or documenting that
`1 - result.distance` may be negative and decreases as distance grows.
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In `@pages/developers/intelligent-contracts/features/vector-storage.mdx`:
- Around line 75-126: The LogIndexer.get_closest_vector example labels 1 -
result.distance as “similarity” even though EuclideanDistance is unbounded.
Rename the returned key to reflect distance or explicitly describe it as a
rough, non-normalized heuristic rather than a bounded similarity score.
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Three findings from CodeRabbit's review: 1. "Euclidean by default" contradicted the type-param table right above it, which correctly documents Distance as a required (not defaulted) VecDB type parameter. Reworded. 2. `"similarity": str(1 - result.distance)` isn't a normalized [0,1] score for EuclideanDistance (unbounded distance -> can go negative). Added a caveat callout in both pages instead of changing the actual code, since it's real behavior in the verified source, not a docs error. 3. Real functional bug in the LogIndexer reference contract itself (duplicated in both docs pages): add_log/update_log's "already indexed" branch never cleared removed_log_ids, so a removed-then- re-added log_id stayed permanently hidden from get_closest_vector. Filed and fixed at the source: genlayer-studio#1755. Synced that fix into both docs pages (still byte-for-byte identical to the now-fixed source - verified via diff) and added a note explaining the discrepancy from the original example, linking the source PR. Verification: all Python code blocks re-checked with compile(), diffed byte-for-byte against the fixed genlayer-studio source (both match), and both files re-verified against the real @mdx-js/mdx compiler (both still compile clean with the new Callout blocks).
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- Line 89: Update the existing-log-ID handling around self.removed_log_ids so
clearing a tombstone also recomputes and replaces the stored embedding in
VecDBElement.key, not only VecDBElement.value. Ensure changed logs are ranked by
the current vector, either by updating the key directly or removing and
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CodeRabbit's review found a deeper issue than the tombstone bug already fixed in this PR: add_log/update_log's "already indexed" branch only updated VecDBElement.value, never re-embedding — .key (the stored vector knn() ranks by) is read-only. Root-caused and fixed at source: genlayer-studio#1755 (updated). Synced the fix into both docs pages: remove+reinsert instead of an in-place .value update, folding the tombstone clear into the same unconditional tail. Reworded the "Duplicate protection" bullet in the example page to describe remove+reinsert instead of the old in-place update. Verified: all Python code blocks re-checked with compile(), diffed byte-for-byte against the newly-fixed genlayer-studio source (both match), both files re-verified against the real @mdx-js/mdx compiler.
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Summary
Fixes #437 — the Vector Store / embeddings docs were stale against the current SDK in all four ways reported.
What was wrong, and how I verified the fix
1. Wrong import path. Docs showed
from backend.node.genvm.std.vector_store import VectorStore(an internal path) andimport genlayermodelwrappers— neither exists. Verified againstgenvm-executor's actualrunners/genlayer-py-std/src-emb/genlayer_embeddings/__init__.py:VecDB,VecDBElement, theDistanceclasses, andSentenceTransformerare all exported fromgenlayer_embeddings, imported asimport genlayer_embeddings as gle.2.
VecDBElementwas completely undocumented. Added a reference table (.key,.id,.value[settable],.distance,.remove()) sourced directly fromvecdb.py's docstrings/property definitions — not guessed.3. No complete, runnable example existed anywhere reachable from the docs. Replaced both pages' example with the real, tested
LogIndexercontract fromgenlayer-studio/examples/contracts/log_indexer.py— byte-for-byte identical (diffed to confirm, not a paraphrase). This also fixes the missing 4thVecDBtype parameter (theDistancemetric) that the old docs example omitted entirely.4. No guidance for debugging "Could not load contract schema". Traced this to
frontend/src/components/Simulator/ConstructorParameters.vueingenlayer-studio: it's a generic VueAlertwith no detail. The real Python traceback IS captured server-side —backend/node/base.py'sget_contract_schemabundlesstdout/stderr/genvm_loginto the raised exception, logged at INFO level (per_execution_finished's own comment: GenVM failures are user contract errors, not infra errors). Documenteddocker compose logs jsonrpc -fas the way to see it.Also fixed: the old docs used
@allow_storage/gl.Contract(pre-v0.3 API). The verifiedLogIndexerexample uses@gl.storage.allow/gl.contract.Contract, matchinggenlayer/__init__.py's own "recommended import pattern" docstring. I scoped this fix to only the two Vector Store pages the issue is about — the rest of the docs site still uses the older style throughout, which is a separate, much larger doc-consistency issue beyond this one's scope. Happy to open that as a follow-up issue if useful.Verification
No local
next dev/mdx server in my environment (the fullnpm run buildpipeline needs several pre-build scripts), so I verified what's checkable standalone instead of skipping verification:compile(..., 'exec')on each — all syntax-valid.LogIndexerexample againstgenlayer-studio/examples/contracts/log_indexer.pydirectly — identical.@mdx-js/mdxstandalone (no other project deps needed) and ran the actual MDX compiler against both changed files — both compile cleanly, which catches JSX/Callout-component syntax errors a plain markdown lint wouldn't.Summary by CodeRabbit