Building a RAG Chatbot with Python, LangChain, and pgvector โ€” WalkSelf

Building a RAG Chatbot with Python, LangChain, and pgvector

Learn to create intelligent, context-aware AI assistants that answer questions using your custom knowledge base through practical coding exercises.

โฑ 1h 50m ๐Ÿ“š 5 lessons ๐ŸŽง Audio version

About this course

Want to build AI applications that actually understand your specific data? Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is the modern standard for creating chatbots that go beyond generic training data to deliver accurate, context-aware responses. This course teaches you how to design and implement a practical RAG pipeline using Python, LangChain, and pgvector. You will learn how to prepare text documents, generate semantic embeddings, store them in a vector database, and connect a Large Language Model (LLM) to retrieve highly relevant, domain-specific answers. What you will learn: โ€ข Understand the fundamental architecture and terminology of Retrieval-Augmented Generation. โ€ข Process and chunk custom text data for optimal embedding generation and retrieval. โ€ข Configure pgvector to store and search vector representations efficiently. โ€ข Build modular, scalable AI workflows using the LangChain framework. โ€ข Apply modern prompt engineering basics to reduce hallucinations and improve accuracy. โ€ข Implement retrieval patterns that connect your knowledge base directly to an LLM. The course begins with foundational concepts of vector search and embeddings before guiding you through practical, text-based coding exercises. Step-by-step, you will read through explanations and write code to construct a complete RAG system from initial data ingestion to the final conversational pipeline. Designed for backend developers, data enthusiasts, and Python programmers who are beginners to AI engineering and want to master custom chatbots without prior machine learning experience. Start building intelligent, data-driven AI assistants today.

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  • ๐Ÿ“œ Certificate of completion
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  • โšก Short & focused
    1h 50m of practical content

Reviews (3)

Emebet Tsegaye ET Verified learner
โ˜… 5 ยท 2026-01-20T17:52:20+00:00

Wiring up pgvector and LangChain finally clicked for me here; my chatbot now answers from my own docs instead of making things up.

Ricardo Moreno CO Verified learner
โ˜… 4 ยท 2025-08-21T15:40:40+00:00

Conseguรญ montar un asistente que responde desde mi propia base de conocimiento, aunque la parte de pgvector se me hizo un pelรญn rรกpida.

James Reyes PH Verified learner
โ˜… 4 ยท 2025-05-04T12:20:19+00:00

Matagal akong nahihirapan intindihin kung paano kumonekta ang LangChain sa isang vector database, pero nilinaw nito lahat. Sunod-sunod ang mga coding exercise kaya nagawa kong gumawa ng chatbot na sumasagot base sa sarili kong knowledge base. Ang ganda ng pagkakaliwanag sa pgvector at kung paano ito mag-store ng embeddings para sa retrieval. Napagana ko rin ang context-aware na sagot na hindi nag-iimbento ng kasagutan. Sana lang medyo mas pinalalim pa ang bahagi tungkol sa pag-tune ng performance, pero overall sulit na sulit.

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