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GraphRAG

A RAG approach that builds a knowledge graph from text, summarizes communities, and uses those structures during a query instead of vector search alone.

Source content checked . English translation published 2026-10-27.

In business automation

GraphRAG builds a knowledge graph from raw text, extracts entities and relationships, groups communities, creates summaries and uses those structures during queries.

Examples

These examples illustrate a possible workflow. Adapt the connections and rules to your own systems.

Document repository

A query can use community summaries and connected entities instead of relying only on similar text fragments.

Relevant tools

LlamaIndex
Compare the GraphRAG approach with the knowledge retrieval tools in the stack before choosing an implementation.

What to check

  • Index construction can cost more than basic RAG, and entity extraction depends on the model and instructions.

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