diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
changelogs/
+# Generated embeddings file
+embeddings.json
+
# dotenv files
.env
diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
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+# Vector Store Persistence Architecture
+
+## Workflow Overview
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ BUILD TIME │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ │
+│ 1. build.sh script runs │
+│ │ │
+│ ├─> Builds csla-embeddings-generator CLI tool │
+│ │ │
+│ ├─> Runs CLI tool: │
+│ │ ├─> Scans csla-examples/ directory │
+│ │ ├─> Connects to Azure OpenAI │
+│ │ ├─> Generates embeddings for each file │
+│ │ └─> Saves to embeddings.json │
+│ │ │
+│ └─> Builds Docker container: │
+│ ├─> Copies csla-examples/ → /csla-examples │
+│ ├─> Copies embeddings.json → /app/embeddings.json │
+│ └─> Copies application → /app │
+│ │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ RUNTIME (Container) │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ │
+│ 1. Server starts │
+│ │ │
+│ ├─> Initializes VectorStoreService │
+│ │ ├─> Requires Azure OpenAI credentials │
+│ │ └─> Used for user query embeddings │
+│ │ │
+│ └─> Loads embeddings: │
+│ │ │
+│ ├─> Checks for /app/embeddings.json │
+│ │ │
+│ ├─> If found: │
+│ │ ├─> Loads pre-generated embeddings (FAST!) │
+│ │ ├─> Populates in-memory vector store │
+│ │ └─> Ready in seconds │
+│ │ │
+│ └─> If not found: │
+│ ├─> Displays warning message │
+│ ├─> Semantic search disabled │
+│ └─> Keyword search still available │
+│ │
+│ 2. Server handles user requests │
+│ │ │
+│ └─> Search requests: │
+│ ├─> Uses pre-loaded file embeddings (if available) │
+│ ├─> Generates embedding for user query (Azure OpenAI) │
+│ └─> Returns semantic search results │
+│ │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+## Component Interaction
+
+```
+┌──────────────────────┐
+│ csla-embeddings- │
+│ generator │
+│ (CLI Tool) │
+└──────────┬───────────┘
+ │ generates
+ ↓
+ ┌──────────────┐
+ │ embeddings. │
+ │ json │
+ └──────┬───────┘
+ │ included in
+ ↓
+ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
+ │ Docker │────────→│ csla-mcp- │
+ │ Container │ contains │ server │
+ └──────────────┘ └────────┬────────┘
+ │ loads on startup
+ ↓
+ ┌─────────────────┐
+ │ VectorStore │
+ │ Service │
+ │ (in-memory) │
+ └────────┬────────┘
+ │ serves
+ ↓
+ ┌─────────────────┐
+ │ Search API │
+ │ Requests │
+ └─────────────────┘
+```
+
+## Data Flow
+
+### Build Time Data Flow
+```
+csla-examples/*.{cs,md}
+ │
+ │ (read)
+ ↓
+csla-embeddings-generator
+ │
+ │ (Azure OpenAI API)
+ ↓
+embeddings.json (5-20 MB)
+ │
+ │ (COPY in Dockerfile)
+ ↓
+Docker Container: /app/embeddings.json
+```
+
+### Runtime Data Flow
+```
+/app/embeddings.json
+ │
+ │ (LoadEmbeddingsFromJsonAsync)
+ ↓
+VectorStoreService._vectorStore
+ │ (in-memory Dictionary)
+ │
+ │ (semantic search)
+ ↓
+Search Results
+```
+
+## Key Design Decisions
+
+### 1. JSON Format Choice
+- **Decision**: Use JSON for embeddings storage
+- **Rationale**:
+ - Simple to implement
+ - Human-readable for debugging
+ - Built-in .NET serialization support
+ - No external database dependencies
+ - Sufficient for expected file count (<1000 files)
+
+### 2. Build-Time Generation
+- **Decision**: Generate embeddings during Docker build
+- **Rationale**:
+ - Separates concerns (build vs. runtime)
+ - Reduces runtime dependencies
+ - Faster container startup
+ - Embeddings immutable per build
+
+### 3. No Runtime Generation
+- **Decision**: Server does not generate embeddings for example files at runtime
+- **Rationale**:
+ - Separates concerns (build-time generation vs. runtime loading)
+ - Reduces runtime dependencies on Azure OpenAI for file indexing
+ - Faster startup guaranteed (no waiting for generation)
+ - Clear separation of build-time and runtime operations
+ - Azure OpenAI only needed at runtime for user queries
+
+### 4. In-Memory Storage
+- **Decision**: Continue using in-memory Dictionary
+- **Rationale**:
+ - Fast lookups (O(1))
+ - Simple implementation
+ - No serialization overhead during queries
+ - Matches existing architecture
+
+## File Formats
+
+### embeddings.json Structure
+```json
+[
+ {
+ "FileName": "relative/path/to/file.cs",
+ "Content": "full file content...",
+ "Embedding": [0.1, 0.2, ..., 0.n], // 1536 floats for text-embedding-3-small
+ "Version": 10 // or null for version-agnostic
+ }
+]
+```
+
+### File Size Estimates
+- Per file: ~50-200 KB (depending on content size)
+- Typical total: 5-20 MB for full example set
+- Embedding vector: ~6 KB (1536 floats × 4 bytes)
+
+## Performance Characteristics
+
+### Build Time
+- Embeddings generation: ~30-60 seconds (depends on file count)
+- Docker build: +2-5 seconds (copy embeddings.json)
+
+### Runtime (with embeddings.json)
+- Startup time: 2-5 seconds
+- Memory footprint: +5-20 MB
+- Search latency: Unchanged (still requires user query embedding)
+
+### Runtime (without embeddings.json)
+- Startup time: 2-5 seconds (same as with embeddings)
+- Semantic search: Disabled (keyword search still available)
+- Memory footprint: Minimal (no embeddings loaded)
+
+## Security Considerations
+
+### Build Time
+- Azure OpenAI credentials required
+- Credentials should be in CI/CD environment variables
+- embeddings.json contains no secrets (only vectors and content)
+
+### Runtime
+- Azure OpenAI credentials still required for user queries
+- embeddings.json is read-only
+- No external database credentials needed
+
+## Scalability
+
+### Current Implementation
+- Suitable for: 10-1000 files
+- Memory: ~5-20 MB
+- Load time: ~2-5 seconds
+
+### If Scale Increases
+Consider:
+- Compression (gzip embeddings.json)
+- Lazy loading (load embeddings on demand)
+- External vector database (Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.)
+- Pagination/chunking
+
+## Maintenance
+
+### When to Regenerate Embeddings
+- When code samples change
+- When CSLA version files are added/modified
+- When switching embedding models
+- As part of CI/CD pipeline
+
+### Monitoring
+- Check embeddings.json file size
+- Monitor server startup time
+- Track API costs (should decrease significantly)
+
+## Future Enhancements
+
+Potential improvements:
+1. **Incremental Updates**: Only regenerate changed files
+2. **Versioning**: Track embeddings format version
+3. **Compression**: Compress embeddings.json
+4. **Checksums**: Validate embeddings file integrity
+5. **Metadata**: Store generation timestamp, model version
+6. **Caching**: Add HTTP caching headers for embeddings
diff --git a/IMPLEMENTATION.md b/IMPLEMENTATION.md
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+# Vector Store Persistence Implementation
+
+## Overview
+
+This document describes the implementation of pre-generated vector embeddings for the CSLA MCP server, addressing issue #XX which requested storing vector results to avoid regenerating embeddings on every server startup.
+
+## Problem Statement
+
+Previously, the csla-mcp-server would:
+1. Start up
+2. Connect to Azure OpenAI
+3. Generate embeddings for all code samples in the csla-examples directory
+4. Store embeddings in memory
+
+This approach had several drawbacks:
+- Slow startup time (waiting for all embeddings to be generated)
+- High Azure OpenAI API costs (regenerating embeddings on every restart)
+- Unnecessary computation for unchanged files
+
+## Solution
+
+The solution implements a build-time embedding generation process:
+
+### 1. CLI Tool (csla-embeddings-generator)
+
+A new console application that:
+- Scans the csla-examples directory for .cs and .md files
+- Connects to Azure OpenAI to generate embeddings
+- Saves all embeddings to a JSON file (`embeddings.json`)
+- Can be run independently or as part of the build process
+
+**Location**: `csla-embeddings-generator/`
+
+**Key Classes**:
+- `Program.cs`: Entry point with command-line argument parsing
+- `EmbeddingsGenerator.cs`: Core logic for generating embeddings
+- `DocumentEmbedding.cs`: Data model for document embeddings
+
+### 2. Enhanced VectorStoreService
+
+The VectorStoreService now supports:
+- Loading embeddings from JSON file via `LoadEmbeddingsFromJsonAsync()`
+- Exporting embeddings to JSON file via `ExportEmbeddingsToJsonAsync()`
+- Maintains the same in-memory structure as before
+
+**Changes**: `csla-mcp-server/Services/VectorStoreService.cs`
+
+### 3. Updated Startup Logic
+
+The server now:
+1. Checks for `embeddings.json` in the application directory
+2. If found, loads pre-generated embeddings (fast startup)
+3. If not found, falls back to the original behavior (generate at runtime)
+4. Still requires Azure OpenAI credentials at runtime for user query embeddings
+
+**Changes**: `csla-mcp-server/Program.cs`
+
+### 4. Build Process Integration
+
+The `build.sh` script now:
+1. Builds the embeddings generator CLI tool
+2. Runs the CLI tool to generate `embeddings.json`
+3. Creates an empty JSON array if generation fails (allows Docker build to succeed)
+4. Builds the Docker container with embeddings included
+
+**Changes**: `build.sh`
+
+### 5. Docker Container
+
+The Dockerfile now:
+- Copies the `embeddings.json` file into the container at `/app/embeddings.json`
+- Server loads embeddings from this location on startup
+
+**Changes**: `csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile`
+
+## Benefits
+
+1. **Faster Startup**: Server starts immediately, loading pre-generated embeddings from disk
+2. **Reduced Costs**: Embeddings generated once during build, not on every server restart
+3. **Simpler Architecture**: Server only loads embeddings, doesn't generate them for example files
+4. **Build-time Validation**: Embedding generation happens during build, catching issues early
+
+## Usage
+
+### Building with Embeddings
+
+Use the provided build script:
+
+```bash
+./build.sh
+```
+
+This will generate embeddings and build the Docker container.
+
+### Manual Embedding Generation
+
+Generate embeddings independently:
+
+```bash
+dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator -- --examples-path ./csla-examples --output ./embeddings.json
+```
+
+### Running the Server
+
+The server automatically loads embeddings if available:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm -p 8080:80 \
+ -e AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://your-resource.openai.azure.com/" \
+ -e AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key" \
+ csla-mcp-server:latest
+```
+
+## File Structure
+
+```
+csla-mcp/
+├── csla-embeddings-generator/ # New CLI tool
+│ ├── Program.cs
+│ ├── EmbeddingsGenerator.cs
+│ ├── DocumentEmbedding.cs
+│ ├── csla-embeddings-generator.csproj
+│ └── README.md
+├── csla-mcp-server/
+│ ├── Services/
+│ │ └── VectorStoreService.cs # Enhanced with JSON I/O
+│ ├── Program.cs # Updated startup logic
+│ └── Dockerfile # Updated to copy embeddings.json
+├── build.sh # Updated build script
+├── embeddings.json # Generated file (gitignored)
+└── readme.md # Updated documentation
+
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Environment Variables (Build Time)
+
+Required for embedding generation:
+- `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT`: Azure OpenAI service endpoint
+- `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY`: Azure OpenAI API key
+- `AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL`: Embedding model name (default: text-embedding-3-small)
+
+### Environment Variables (Runtime)
+
+Still required for user query embeddings:
+- `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT`: Azure OpenAI service endpoint
+- `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY`: Azure OpenAI API key
+
+## Testing
+
+Since this environment doesn't have .NET 10.0 SDK or Azure OpenAI credentials, full testing requires:
+
+1. **Build Environment**: .NET 10.0 SDK
+2. **Azure Credentials**: Valid Azure OpenAI endpoint and API key
+3. **Code Samples**: The csla-examples directory with sample files
+
+### Manual Testing Steps
+
+1. Set Azure OpenAI environment variables
+2. Run `./build.sh` to generate embeddings and build container
+3. Verify `embeddings.json` is created and contains embeddings
+4. Run the Docker container
+5. Check startup logs for "Loaded X pre-generated embeddings"
+6. Test search functionality to ensure semantic search works
+
+## Backward Compatibility
+
+The implementation maintains API compatibility:
+- If `embeddings.json` is missing, server will start but semantic search will be disabled
+- Keyword search continues to work without embeddings
+- Users are notified to generate embeddings using the CLI tool
+- No breaking changes to the API or user experience
+
+## Future Enhancements
+
+Potential improvements:
+1. Incremental updates: Only regenerate embeddings for changed files
+2. Compression: Compress embeddings.json to reduce size
+3. Versioning: Track embeddings file version for compatibility
+4. Caching: Add timestamps to detect stale embeddings
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
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+# Testing Guide for Vector Store Persistence
+
+## Overview
+
+This guide explains how to test the new vector store persistence feature that was implemented to address the issue of storing vector results in a database.
+
+## Prerequisites for Testing
+
+1. **.NET 10.0 SDK** - The solution targets .NET 10.0
+2. **Azure OpenAI Account** with:
+ - Valid endpoint URL
+ - API key
+ - Deployed embedding model (e.g., `text-embedding-3-small`)
+3. **Docker** (for container testing)
+
+## Setting Up Environment Variables
+
+Before testing, set the required environment variables:
+
+### PowerShell (Windows)
+```powershell
+$env:AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT = "https://your-resource.openai.azure.com/"
+$env:AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY = "your-api-key-here"
+$env:AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL = "text-embedding-3-small"
+```
+
+### Bash (Linux/macOS)
+```bash
+export AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://your-resource.openai.azure.com/"
+export AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
+export AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL="text-embedding-3-small"
+```
+
+## Test 1: CLI Tool - Generate Embeddings
+
+### Run the embeddings generator
+```bash
+cd /path/to/csla-mcp
+dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator -- --examples-path ./csla-examples --output ./embeddings.json
+```
+
+### Expected Output
+```
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Starting CSLA Embeddings Generator
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Examples path: ./csla-examples
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Output path: ./embeddings.json
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Using Azure OpenAI endpoint: https://...
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Using embedding model: text-embedding-3-small
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Found XX files to process
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Processing: DataPortalOperationCreate.md (common)
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Processed 5/XX files...
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Successfully processed XX files
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Generated XX embeddings
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Embeddings saved to ./embeddings.json
+```
+
+### Verification
+1. Check that `embeddings.json` was created
+2. Verify file size (should be several MB for typical example set)
+3. Open file and verify JSON structure:
+```json
+[
+ {
+ "FileName": "DataPortalOperationCreate.md",
+ "Content": "...",
+ "Embedding": [0.123, 0.456, ...],
+ "Version": null
+ },
+ ...
+]
+```
+
+## Test 2: Server - Load Pre-generated Embeddings
+
+### Copy embeddings to server directory
+```bash
+cp embeddings.json csla-mcp-server/bin/Debug/net10.0/
+```
+
+### Run the server
+```bash
+cd csla-mcp-server
+dotnet run
+```
+
+### Expected Output
+Look for these key log messages:
+```
+[Startup] Using Azure OpenAI endpoint: https://...
+[Startup] Using embedding model deployment: text-embedding-3-small
+[Startup] Vector store initialized successfully - semantic search enabled.
+[Startup] Loaded XX pre-generated embeddings from /path/to/embeddings.json
+```
+
+### Verification
+- Server should start quickly (within seconds)
+- No embedding generation messages for individual files
+- Search functionality should work normally
+
+## Test 3: Server - Missing Embeddings
+
+### Remove embeddings.json
+```bash
+rm csla-mcp-server/bin/Debug/net10.0/embeddings.json
+```
+
+### Run the server again
+```bash
+cd csla-mcp-server
+dotnet run
+```
+
+### Expected Output
+```
+[Startup] Using Azure OpenAI endpoint: https://...
+[Startup] Using embedding model deployment: text-embedding-3-small
+[Startup] Vector store initialized successfully - semantic search enabled.
+[Startup] Warning: No pre-generated embeddings found. Semantic search will not be available.
+[Startup] To enable semantic search, generate embeddings using: dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator
+```
+
+### Verification
+- Server starts quickly
+- Warning message indicates semantic search is not available
+- Keyword search continues to work
+- Server does NOT attempt to generate embeddings at runtime
+
+## Test 4: Build Script
+
+### Run the full build script
+```bash
+./build.sh
+```
+
+### Expected Output
+```
+Building embeddings generator...
+Build succeeded.
+Generating embeddings...
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Starting CSLA Embeddings Generator
+...
+[EmbeddingsGenerator] Embeddings saved to ./embeddings.json
+Building Docker container...
+[+] Building XX.Xs (XX/XX finished)
+...
+```
+
+### Verification
+1. `embeddings.json` created in repository root
+2. Docker image built successfully: `docker images | grep csla-mcp-server`
+3. Image includes embeddings file
+
+## Test 5: Docker Container
+
+### Run the container
+```bash
+docker run --rm -p 8080:80 \
+ -e AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://your-resource.openai.azure.com/" \
+ -e AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key" \
+ csla-mcp-server:latest
+```
+
+### Expected Output (in container logs)
+```
+[Startup] Vector store initialized successfully - semantic search enabled.
+[Startup] Loaded XX pre-generated embeddings from /app/embeddings.json
+[Startup] Skipping embedding generation - using pre-generated embeddings
+```
+
+### Verification
+- Container starts quickly
+- Pre-generated embeddings are used
+- Search API responds correctly
+
+## Test 6: Semantic Search Functionality
+
+### Test the search functionality
+Once the server is running, test the search endpoint to ensure semantic search works with pre-generated embeddings.
+
+The search should return relevant results based on semantic similarity.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Issue: CLI tool fails with "AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT not set"
+**Solution**: Ensure environment variables are set in the current shell session
+
+### Issue: Docker build fails with "embeddings.json not found"
+**Solution**: Run `build.sh` which generates embeddings before building Docker image
+
+### Issue: Server loads 0 embeddings
+**Solution**:
+- Check that embeddings.json exists in the application directory
+- Verify JSON file is valid and not empty
+- Check file permissions
+
+### Issue: Embeddings file is too large
+**Solution**: This is expected - embeddings contain float arrays with 1536+ dimensions per file
+
+## Performance Comparison
+
+### Before (Runtime Generation)
+- Startup time: ~30-60 seconds for typical example set
+- Azure OpenAI API calls: One per file on every startup
+
+### After (Pre-generated Embeddings)
+- Startup time: ~2-5 seconds
+- Azure OpenAI API calls: Zero for file embeddings (only for user queries)
+
+## Success Criteria
+
+The implementation is successful if:
+1. ✅ CLI tool generates valid embeddings.json
+2. ✅ Server loads pre-generated embeddings on startup
+3. ✅ Server startup is significantly faster with pre-generated embeddings
+4. ✅ Server provides clear warnings if embeddings.json is missing
+5. ✅ Semantic search functionality works correctly with pre-generated embeddings
+6. ✅ Docker container includes and uses pre-generated embeddings
+7. ✅ Build script generates embeddings before building container
+
+## Notes
+
+- The embeddings.json file is gitignored as it's a build artifact
+- File size will vary based on number of examples (typically 5-20 MB)
+- Each embedding is a float array (1536 dimensions for text-embedding-3-small)
+- Pre-generated embeddings are immutable - regenerate when examples change
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 296f2ec..75b5be5 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build the embeddings generator CLI tool
+echo "Building embeddings generator..."
+dotnet build csla-embeddings-generator/csla-embeddings-generator.csproj -c Release
+
+# Run the embeddings generator to create embeddings.json
+echo "Generating embeddings..."
+dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator/csla-embeddings-generator.csproj --configuration Release -- --examples-path ./csla-examples --output ./embeddings.json
+
+# If embeddings.json doesn't exist (e.g., missing Azure credentials), create an empty array JSON file
+# This allows the Docker build to succeed, but semantic search will be disabled at runtime
+if [ ! -f ./embeddings.json ]; then
+ echo "Warning: embeddings.json not created, creating empty file for Docker build"
+ echo "[]" > ./embeddings.json
+fi
+
+# Build the Docker container with the embeddings.json file
+echo "Building Docker container..."
docker build -t csla-mcp-server:latest -f csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile .
diff --git a/csla-embeddings-generator/DocumentEmbedding.cs b/csla-embeddings-generator/DocumentEmbedding.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1654cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csla-embeddings-generator/DocumentEmbedding.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace CslaEmbeddingsGenerator;
+
+///
+/// Represents a document with its embedding vector
+///
+public class DocumentEmbedding
+{
+ public string FileName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+ public string Content { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+ public float[] Embedding { get; set; } = Array.Empty();
+ public int? Version { get; set; } = null;
+}
diff --git a/csla-embeddings-generator/EmbeddingsGenerator.cs b/csla-embeddings-generator/EmbeddingsGenerator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d421dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csla-embeddings-generator/EmbeddingsGenerator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
+using Azure;
+using OpenAI.Embeddings;
+
+namespace CslaEmbeddingsGenerator;
+
+///
+/// Generates vector embeddings for CSLA code samples
+///
+public class EmbeddingsGenerator
+{
+ private readonly AzureOpenAIClient _openAIClient;
+ private readonly string _embeddingModelName;
+
+ public EmbeddingsGenerator(string azureOpenAIEndpoint, string azureOpenAIApiKey, string embeddingModelName = "text-embedding-3-small")
+ {
+ var clientOptions = new AzureOpenAIClientOptions();
+ _openAIClient = new AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(azureOpenAIEndpoint), new AzureKeyCredential(azureOpenAIApiKey), clientOptions);
+ _embeddingModelName = embeddingModelName;
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Generates embeddings for all files in the examples directory
+ ///
+ public async Task> GenerateEmbeddingsAsync(string examplesPath)
+ {
+ var embeddings = new List();
+
+ // Find all .cs and .md files
+ var csFiles = Directory.GetFiles(examplesPath, "*.cs", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
+ var mdFiles = Directory.GetFiles(examplesPath, "*.md", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
+ var allFiles = csFiles.Concat(mdFiles).ToArray();
+
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Found {allFiles.Length} files to process");
+
+ int processedCount = 0;
+ foreach (var file in allFiles)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ var content = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(file);
+
+ // Get relative path from examples directory
+ var relativePath = Path.GetRelativePath(examplesPath, file);
+
+ // Detect version from path
+ int? version = null;
+ var pathParts = relativePath.Split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+ if (pathParts.Length > 1 && pathParts[0].StartsWith("v") && int.TryParse(pathParts[0].Substring(1), out var versionNumber))
+ {
+ version = versionNumber;
+ }
+
+ // Normalize path separators to forward slash for consistency
+ var normalizedPath = relativePath.Replace("\\", "/");
+
+ var versionInfo = version.HasValue ? $" (v{version})" : " (common)";
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Processing: {normalizedPath}{versionInfo}");
+
+ var embedding = await GenerateEmbeddingAsync(content);
+
+ if (embedding != null && embedding.Length > 0)
+ {
+ embeddings.Add(new DocumentEmbedding
+ {
+ FileName = normalizedPath,
+ Content = content,
+ Embedding = embedding,
+ Version = version
+ });
+
+ processedCount++;
+ if (processedCount % 5 == 0)
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Processed {processedCount}/{allFiles.Length} files...");
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Warning: Failed to generate embedding for {normalizedPath}");
+ }
+ }
+ catch (Exception ex)
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Error processing file {file}: {ex.Message}");
+ }
+ }
+
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Successfully processed {processedCount} files");
+ return embeddings;
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Generates an embedding vector for the given text
+ ///
+ private async Task GenerateEmbeddingAsync(string text)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ var embeddingClient = _openAIClient.GetEmbeddingClient(_embeddingModelName);
+ var response = await embeddingClient.GenerateEmbeddingAsync(text);
+
+ if (response?.Value != null)
+ {
+ var embedding = response.Value.ToFloats().ToArray();
+ return embedding;
+ }
+
+ return null;
+ }
+ catch (Exception ex)
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Error generating embedding: {ex.Message}");
+ throw;
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/csla-embeddings-generator/Program.cs b/csla-embeddings-generator/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4f03a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csla-embeddings-generator/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
+using Azure;
+using OpenAI.Embeddings;
+
+namespace CslaEmbeddingsGenerator;
+
+class Program
+{
+ static async Task Main(string[] args)
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine("[EmbeddingsGenerator] Starting CSLA Embeddings Generator");
+
+ // Parse command line arguments
+ string? examplesPath = null;
+ string? outputPath = null;
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
+ {
+ if (args[i] == "--examples-path" && i + 1 < args.Length)
+ {
+ examplesPath = args[i + 1];
+ i++;
+ }
+ else if (args[i] == "--output" && i + 1 < args.Length)
+ {
+ outputPath = args[i + 1];
+ i++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Default values
+ examplesPath ??= Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "csla-examples");
+ outputPath ??= Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "embeddings.json");
+
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Examples path: {examplesPath}");
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Output path: {outputPath}");
+
+ // Validate examples path
+ if (!Directory.Exists(examplesPath))
+ {
+ Console.Error.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Error: Examples directory not found at {examplesPath}");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ // Get Azure OpenAI configuration
+ var azureOpenAIEndpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT");
+ var azureOpenAIApiKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY");
+ var embeddingModel = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL") ?? "text-embedding-3-small";
+
+ if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(azureOpenAIEndpoint))
+ {
+ Console.Error.WriteLine("[EmbeddingsGenerator] Error: AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT environment variable is not set");
+ return 2;
+ }
+
+ if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(azureOpenAIApiKey))
+ {
+ Console.Error.WriteLine("[EmbeddingsGenerator] Error: AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable is not set");
+ return 3;
+ }
+
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Using Azure OpenAI endpoint: {azureOpenAIEndpoint}");
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Using embedding model: {embeddingModel}");
+
+ try
+ {
+ var generator = new EmbeddingsGenerator(azureOpenAIEndpoint, azureOpenAIApiKey, embeddingModel);
+ var embeddings = await generator.GenerateEmbeddingsAsync(examplesPath);
+
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Generated {embeddings.Count} embeddings");
+
+ // Save to JSON file
+ var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(embeddings, new JsonSerializerOptions
+ {
+ WriteIndented = true
+ });
+
+ await File.WriteAllTextAsync(outputPath, json);
+ Console.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Embeddings saved to {outputPath}");
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+ catch (Exception ex)
+ {
+ Console.Error.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Error: {ex.Message}");
+ if (ex.InnerException != null)
+ {
+ Console.Error.WriteLine($"[EmbeddingsGenerator] Inner exception: {ex.InnerException.Message}");
+ }
+ return 4;
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/csla-embeddings-generator/README.md b/csla-embeddings-generator/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b50c1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csla-embeddings-generator/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# CSLA Embeddings Generator
+
+A command-line tool that generates vector embeddings for CSLA .NET code samples using Azure OpenAI.
+
+## Purpose
+
+This tool pre-generates vector embeddings for all code samples in the `csla-examples` directory and saves them to a JSON file. This eliminates the need to regenerate embeddings every time the MCP server starts, significantly reducing startup time and Azure OpenAI API costs.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- .NET 10.0 SDK
+- Azure OpenAI service with a deployed embedding model (e.g., `text-embedding-3-small`)
+- Required environment variables:
+ - `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT`: Your Azure OpenAI service endpoint
+ - `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY`: Your Azure OpenAI API key
+ - `AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL` (optional): The embedding model deployment name (default: `text-embedding-3-small`)
+
+## Usage
+
+### Basic Usage
+
+```bash
+dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator
+```
+
+This will:
+- Look for the `csla-examples` directory in the current working directory
+- Generate embeddings for all `.cs` and `.md` files
+- Save the results to `embeddings.json` in the current directory
+
+### Custom Paths
+
+You can specify custom paths for the examples directory and output file:
+
+```bash
+dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator -- --examples-path /path/to/examples --output /path/to/embeddings.json
+```
+
+### Command-Line Options
+
+- `--examples-path `: Path to the directory containing code samples (default: `./csla-examples`)
+- `--output `: Path where the embeddings JSON file will be saved (default: `./embeddings.json`)
+
+## Build Process Integration
+
+This tool is integrated into the Docker build process via the `build.sh` script:
+
+1. The tool is built and run to generate `embeddings.json`
+2. The `embeddings.json` file is copied into the Docker container during build
+3. The MCP server loads the pre-generated embeddings on startup instead of regenerating them
+
+## Output Format
+
+The tool generates a JSON file containing an array of document embeddings:
+
+```json
+[
+ {
+ "FileName": "DataPortalOperationCreate.md",
+ "Content": "...",
+ "Embedding": [0.123, 0.456, ...],
+ "Version": null
+ },
+ ...
+]
+```
+
+Each embedding includes:
+- `FileName`: Relative path to the file from the examples directory
+- `Content`: Full text content of the file
+- `Embedding`: Array of floating-point numbers representing the embedding vector
+- `Version`: CSLA version number (extracted from path) or null for common files
+
+## Error Handling
+
+The tool will exit with specific error codes:
+- `0`: Success
+- `1`: Examples directory not found
+- `2`: `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT` environment variable not set
+- `3`: `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY` environment variable not set
+- `4`: Error during embedding generation or file writing
diff --git a/csla-embeddings-generator/csla-embeddings-generator.csproj b/csla-embeddings-generator/csla-embeddings-generator.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa5976b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csla-embeddings-generator/csla-embeddings-generator.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+
+
+ Exe
+ net10.0
+ CslaEmbeddingsGenerator
+ enable
+ enable
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile b/csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile
index 511a3b4..f2a7b0f 100644
--- a/csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ WORKDIR /
COPY --from=build /src/csla-examples /csla-examples
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
+# Copy pre-generated embeddings (created by build.sh script)
+COPY embeddings.json ./embeddings.json
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "csla-mcp-server.dll"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/csla-mcp-server/Program.cs b/csla-mcp-server/Program.cs
index 3804e30..0b90316 100644
--- a/csla-mcp-server/Program.cs
+++ b/csla-mcp-server/Program.cs
@@ -142,83 +142,48 @@ public override int Execute([NotNull] CommandContext context, [NotNull] AppSetti
CslaCodeTool.VectorStore = vectorStore;
- // Index all files asynchronously
+ // Load pre-generated embeddings asynchronously
var indexingTask = Task.Run(async () =>
{
try
{
- if (Directory.Exists(CslaCodeTool.CodeSamplesPath))
+ if (vectorStore != null)
{
- // Test connectivity first if vector store is available
- bool canIndex = vectorStore == null || await vectorStore.TestConnectivityAsync();
+ // Load pre-generated embeddings from JSON file
+ var embeddingsPath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "embeddings.json");
+ var loadedCount = await vectorStore.LoadEmbeddingsFromJsonAsync(embeddingsPath);
- if (!canIndex)
+ if (loadedCount > 0)
{
- Console.WriteLine("[Startup] Skipping vector indexing due to Azure OpenAI connectivity issues.");
- Console.WriteLine("[Startup] Server will run with keyword search only.");
- return;
+ Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Loaded {loadedCount} pre-generated embeddings from {embeddingsPath}");
}
-
- var csFiles = Directory.GetFiles(CslaCodeTool.CodeSamplesPath, "*.cs", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
- var mdFiles = Directory.GetFiles(CslaCodeTool.CodeSamplesPath, "*.md", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
- var allFiles = csFiles.Concat(mdFiles).ToArray();
-
- if (vectorStore != null)
+ else
{
- Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Starting to index {allFiles.Length} files for semantic search...");
-
- var indexedCount = 0;
- foreach (var file in allFiles)
- {
- try
- {
- var content = File.ReadAllText(file);
-
- // Get relative path from CodeSamplesPath
- var relativePath = Path.GetRelativePath(CslaCodeTool.CodeSamplesPath, file);
-
- // Detect version from path
- int? version = null;
- var pathParts = relativePath.Split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
- if (pathParts.Length > 1 && pathParts[0].StartsWith("v") && int.TryParse(pathParts[0].Substring(1), out var versionNumber))
- {
- version = versionNumber;
- }
-
- // Normalize path separators to forward slash for consistency
- var normalizedPath = relativePath.Replace("\\", "/");
-
- await vectorStore.IndexDocumentAsync(normalizedPath, content, version);
- indexedCount++;
-
- if (indexedCount % 5 == 0)
- {
- Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Indexed {indexedCount}/{allFiles.Length} files...");
- }
- }
- catch (Exception ex)
- {
- Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Failed to index file {file}: {ex.Message}");
- }
- }
-
- Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Completed indexing {indexedCount} files");
+ Console.WriteLine("[Startup] Warning: No pre-generated embeddings found. Semantic search will not be available.");
+ Console.WriteLine("[Startup] To enable semantic search, generate embeddings using: dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator");
}
- else
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine("[Startup] Vector store not initialized - semantic search disabled.");
+
+ if (Directory.Exists(CslaCodeTool.CodeSamplesPath))
{
- Console.WriteLine("[Startup] Vector store not available - skipping semantic indexing.");
+ var csFiles = Directory.GetFiles(CslaCodeTool.CodeSamplesPath, "*.cs", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
+ var mdFiles = Directory.GetFiles(CslaCodeTool.CodeSamplesPath, "*.md", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
+ var allFiles = csFiles.Concat(mdFiles).ToArray();
Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Found {allFiles.Length} files available for keyword search.");
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
- Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Error during file indexing: {ex.Message}");
+ Console.WriteLine($"[Startup] Error loading embeddings: {ex.Message}");
}
});
- // Don't wait for indexing to complete before starting the server
- // The server will start immediately and semantic search will become available as indexing progresses
+ // Don't wait for loading embeddings to complete before starting the server
+ // The server will start immediately and semantic search will become available once embeddings are loaded
var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder();
builder.Services.AddMcpServer()
diff --git a/csla-mcp-server/Services/VectorStoreService.cs b/csla-mcp-server/Services/VectorStoreService.cs
index 1be1d16..65a66ce 100644
--- a/csla-mcp-server/Services/VectorStoreService.cs
+++ b/csla-mcp-server/Services/VectorStoreService.cs
@@ -280,5 +280,71 @@ public bool IsHealthy()
{
return _isHealthy;
}
+
+ ///
+ /// Loads embeddings from a JSON file into the vector store
+ ///
+ public async Task LoadEmbeddingsFromJsonAsync(string jsonFilePath)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[VectorStore] Loading embeddings from {jsonFilePath}");
+
+ if (!File.Exists(jsonFilePath))
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[VectorStore] Embeddings file not found at {jsonFilePath}");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ var json = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(jsonFilePath);
+ var embeddings = JsonSerializer.Deserialize>(json);
+
+ if (embeddings == null || embeddings.Count == 0)
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine("[VectorStore] No embeddings found in JSON file");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ foreach (var embedding in embeddings)
+ {
+ _vectorStore[embedding.FileName] = embedding;
+ }
+
+ Console.WriteLine($"[VectorStore] Successfully loaded {embeddings.Count} embeddings from JSON");
+ return embeddings.Count;
+ }
+ catch (Exception ex)
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[VectorStore] Error loading embeddings from JSON: {ex.Message}");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Exports all embeddings to a JSON file
+ ///
+ public async Task ExportEmbeddingsToJsonAsync(string jsonFilePath)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[VectorStore] Exporting embeddings to {jsonFilePath}");
+
+ var embeddings = _vectorStore.Values.ToList();
+ var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(embeddings, new JsonSerializerOptions
+ {
+ WriteIndented = true
+ });
+
+ await File.WriteAllTextAsync(jsonFilePath, json);
+ Console.WriteLine($"[VectorStore] Successfully exported {embeddings.Count} embeddings to JSON");
+
+ return true;
+ }
+ catch (Exception ex)
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($"[VectorStore] Error exporting embeddings to JSON: {ex.Message}");
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
}
}
diff --git a/csla-mcp.sln b/csla-mcp.sln
index a5abfcf..9a26fde 100644
--- a/csla-mcp.sln
+++ b/csla-mcp.sln
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
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+VisualStudioVersion = 18.0.11012.119
MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
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EndProject
@@ -9,16 +10,42 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
readme.md = readme.md
EndProjectSection
EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "csla-embeddings-generator", "csla-embeddings-generator\csla-embeddings-generator.csproj", "{136CA094-1043-4AC2-A552-DDBC2EC1C1B7}"
+EndProject
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Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+ Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
+ Debug|x86 = Debug|x86
Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+ Release|x64 = Release|x64
+ Release|x86 = Release|x86
EndGlobalSection
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HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 3be7d3a..88a2fe7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -60,6 +60,37 @@ export AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION="2024-02-01" # Optional, API version
For more detailed configuration information, see [azure-openai-config.md](azure-openai-config.md).
+## Vector Embeddings
+
+The server uses pre-generated vector embeddings for semantic search functionality. This significantly reduces startup time and Azure OpenAI API costs.
+
+### How It Works
+
+1. **Build Time**: When building the Docker container, the `build.sh` script runs the `csla-embeddings-generator` CLI tool to generate embeddings for all code samples
+2. **Container Build**: The generated `embeddings.json` file is copied into the Docker container
+3. **Runtime**: When the server starts, it loads the pre-generated embeddings from `embeddings.json` instead of regenerating them
+4. **User Queries**: The server still needs Azure OpenAI credentials at runtime to generate embeddings for user search queries
+
+### Generating Embeddings Manually
+
+You can manually generate embeddings using the CLI tool:
+
+```bash
+# Generate embeddings for the default csla-examples directory
+dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator
+
+# Or specify custom paths
+dotnet run --project csla-embeddings-generator -- --examples-path ./csla-examples --output ./embeddings.json
+```
+
+See [csla-embeddings-generator/README.md](csla-embeddings-generator/README.md) for more details.
+
+### Benefits
+
+- **Faster Startup**: Server starts immediately without waiting for embedding generation
+- **Reduced Costs**: Embeddings are only generated once during build time, not on every server restart
+- **Offline Development**: Container includes pre-generated embeddings, reducing dependency on Azure OpenAI during startup
+
## MCP Tools
The server currently exposes two MCP tools implemented in `CslaMcpServer.Tools.CslaCodeTool`:
@@ -188,11 +219,24 @@ For questions about CSLA .NET, visit:
This project includes a multi-stage `Dockerfile` for the `csla-mcp-server` located at `csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile` that builds and publishes the app, then produces a small runtime image.
-Below are PowerShell-friendly (Windows) commands to build and run the container locally. Run these from the repository root (`s:\src\rdl\csla-mcp`) or adjust paths if running from elsewhere.
+**Note**: Use the `build.sh` script to build the Docker image, as it first generates the vector embeddings and then builds the container with the embeddings included.
-1) Build the Docker image (tags the image as `csla-mcp-server:latest`):
+Below are commands to build and run the container locally. Run these from the repository root or adjust paths if running from elsewhere.
-```powershell
+1) Build the Docker image using the build script (recommended):
+
+```bash
+./build.sh
+```
+
+This script will:
+- Build the embeddings generator CLI tool
+- Generate embeddings for all code samples
+- Build the Docker image with embeddings included
+
+Alternatively, you can build manually (but this requires embeddings.json to exist):
+
+```bash
docker build -f csla-mcp-server/Dockerfile -t csla-mcp-server:latest .
```