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vectara-queries

This skill enables developers to build Vectara `/v2/query` API calls for single-corpus, multi-corpus, and GET searches with hybrid lexical-semantic search…

by VectaraOfficial publisherNot reviewed

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Agents
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode
License
No license stated
Pin
a0b1d2bpinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost
about 8,000 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars
0on vectara/agent-skills
Scripts
None found

What it does

“Build direct Vectara queries — single-corpus, multi-corpus, and GET search; hybrid (lexical+semantic) blending; metadata filters; rerankers (chain, knee, MMR, multilingual, UDF); context configuration; the optional `generation` block (presets, Velocity prompts, BYO LLM); citations. Use for retrieval embedded in existing apps, background RAG jobs, or for the matching `query_configuration` block inside an agent's `corpora_search` tool.”
The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill enables developers to build Vectara `/v2/query` API calls for single-corpus, multi-corpus, and GET searches with hybrid lexical-semantic search, metadata filtering, and optional generation. It covers retrieval configuration (context, reranking strategies), synthesis over results (presets, custom prompts, third-party LLM routing), and citations for direct query requests or agent tool configuration.

When to use it

  • Building direct API queries for retrieval tasks, RAG in existing apps, or background jobs
  • Configuring search and generation blocks in agent corpora_search tools
  • Tuning result quality with filters, hybrid search, rerankers, or custom prompts
  • Registering third-party LLMs (Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter) for generation

When not to

  • Building multi-turn conversational RAG with tool calls or workflow logic; use vectara-agents instead
  • Tasks that don't involve querying Vectara corpora

Install

No license stated: install from the publisher's repository, and ask the author before you reuse or share it.

These commands install from the publisher's repository and need no account.

skills CLI

npx skills add vectara/agent-skills --skill vectara-queries

Installs from the repository's default branch, which may have changed since the commit we checked.

GitHub CLI 2.90 or later

gh skill install vectara/agent-skills vectara-queries@a0b1d2b65a5912722493abf68243d62d5d409809

Installs the commit we checked (a0b1d2b).

Copy by hand

Download the folder at a0b1d2b and put it in .claude/skills/vectara-queries for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/vectara-queries for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

Skill folder on GitHub at a0b1d2b

Copy for your agent

A prompt for any coding agent. It installs this skill from GitHub at the pinned commit, copies the files as they are, and runs nothing unless you ask.

Prompt

Install the agent skill "vectara-queries" by Vectara.

Source, pinned to commit a0b1d2b65a5912722493abf68243d62d5d409809:
https://github.com/vectara/agent-skills/tree/a0b1d2b65a5912722493abf68243d62d5d409809/skills/queries

1. Download that folder at exactly this commit. Do not use the default branch.
2. Copy every file unchanged, keeping the folder structure, into .claude/skills/vectara-queries/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/vectara-queries/ for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. Create the folders if they do not exist.
3. Do not edit the files, and do not run any script in the folder unless I ask you to.
4. When you are done, list the files you copied and where you put them.

Its license is restricted or not stated. Show me the license terms from the repository before you copy anything.

Listing and checks: https://www.agentnative.dev/skills/vectara/vectara-queries

SKILL.md at the pin

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View SKILL.md on GitHub at a0b1d2b

Files

1 file, 33 KB in total. Each file has a sha256 in the pin's manifest; the first 12 characters are shown.

Skill folder on GitHub at a0b1d2b
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