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patrickjs/chatgpt-retrieval-plugin

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2023-03-23

Audience · developerComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

TLDR

A self-hosted plugin that gives ChatGPT access to your own documents, letting it search and answer questions using a personal knowledge base.

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Upload documents
      Search by meaning
      Answer with your data
    Tech stack
      Vector database
      Embeddings
      API endpoints
      Self-hosted server
    Use cases
      Ask ChatGPT about internal docs
      Give ChatGPT memory
      Enterprise knowledge base
    Audience
      Developers
      Enterprises
    Deployment
      Fly.io or Heroku
      Pinecone Weaviate Qdrant
      Auth tokens for access

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Let employees ask ChatGPT questions about internal policies or research documents.

USE CASE 2

Give ChatGPT a 'memory' by saving important snippets from conversations for later retrieval.

USE CASE 3

Build a self-hosted knowledge base ChatGPT can search through embeddings, not just keywords.

USE CASE 4

Filter retrieved document results by source, creation date, or author when answering questions.

What is it built with?

PythonVector databasePineconeWeaviateQdrant

How does it compare?

patrickjs/chatgpt-retrieval-plugin0verflowme/alarm-clock0verflowme/seclists
Language—CSS—
Last pushed2023-03-232022-10-032020-05-03
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyhardeasyeasy
Complexity4/52/51/5
Audiencedevelopervibe coderops devops

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1h+

Requires choosing and configuring a vector database backend plus a hosting platform and auth tokens.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to deploy this ChatGPT retrieval plugin on Fly.io with a Pinecone vector database backend.
Prompt 2
Explain how documents get chunked and converted into embeddings for search in this plugin.
Prompt 3
Help me set up authentication tokens so only certain users can query my document database.
Prompt 4
Walk me through uploading a batch of internal documents through this plugin's API.
Prompt 5
Compare Pinecone, Weaviate, and Qdrant as backend choices for this plugin.

Frequently asked questions

What is chatgpt-retrieval-plugin?

A self-hosted plugin that gives ChatGPT access to your own documents, letting it search and answer questions using a personal knowledge base.

Is chatgpt-retrieval-plugin actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2023-03-23).

How hard is chatgpt-retrieval-plugin to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is chatgpt-retrieval-plugin for?

Mainly developer.

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