Update docstrings for store classes (#2616)

docs/docs/cloud/deployment/semantic_search.md

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# How to add semantic search to your LangGraph deployment
+
+This guide explains how to add semantic search to your LangGraph deployment's cross-thread [store](../../concepts/persistence.md#memory-store), so that your agent can search for memories and other documents by semantic similarity.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- A LangGraph deployment (see [how to deploy](setup_pyproject.md))
+- API keys for your embedding provider (in this case, OpenAI)
+- `langchain >= 0.3.8` (if you specify using the string format below)
+
+## Steps
+
+1. Update your `langgraph.json` configuration file to include the store configuration:
+
+```json
+{
+    ...
+    "store": {
+        "index": {
+            "embed": "openai:text-embeddings-3-small",
+            "dims": 1536,
+            "fields": ["$"]
+        }
+    }
+}
+```
+
+This configuration:
+
+- Uses OpenAI's text-embeddings-3-small model for generating embeddings
+- Sets the embedding dimension to 1536 (matching the model's output)
+- Indexes all fields in your stored data (`["$"]` means index everything, or specify specific fields like `["text", "metadata.title"]`)
+
+2. To use the string embedding format above, make sure your dependencies include `langchain >= 0.3.8`:
+
+```toml
+# In pyproject.toml
+[project]
+dependencies = [
+    "langchain>=0.3.8"
+]
+```
+
+Or if using requirements.txt:
+
+```
+langchain>=0.3.8
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Once configured, you can use semantic search in your LangGraph nodes. The store requires a namespace tuple to organize memories:
+
+```python
+def search_memory(state: State, *, store: BaseStore):
+    # Search the store using semantic similarity
+    # The namespace tuple helps organize different types of memories
+    # e.g., ("user_facts", "preferences") or ("conversation", "summaries")
+    results = store.search(
+        namespace=("memory", "facts"),  # Organize memories by type
+        query="your search query",
+        k=3  # number of results to return
+    )
+    return results
+```
+
+## Custom Embeddings
+
+If you want to use custom embeddings, you can pass a path to a custom embedding function:
+
+```json
+{
+    ...
+    "store": {
+        "index": {
+            "embed": "path/to/embedding_function.py:embed",
+            "dims": 1536,
+            "fields": ["$"]
+        }
+    }
+}
+```
+
+The deployment will look for the function in the specified path. The function must be async and accept a list of strings:
+
+```python
+# path/to/embedding_function.py
+from openai import AsyncOpenAI
+
+client = AsyncOpenAI()
+
+async def aembed_texts(texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
+    """Custom embedding function that must:
+    1. Be async
+    2. Accept a list of strings
+    3. Return a list of float arrays (embeddings)
+    """
+    response = await client.embeddings.create(
+        model="text-embedding-3-small",
+        input=texts
+    )
+    return [e.embedding for e in response.data]
+```
+
+## Querying via the API
+
+You can also query the store using the LangGraph SDK. Since the SDK uses async operations:
+
+```python
+from langgraph_sdk import get_client
+
+async def search_store():
+    client = get_client()
+    results = await client.store.search(
+        namespace=("memory", "facts"),
+        query="your search query",
+        limit=3  # number of results to return
+    )
+    return results
+
+# Use in an async context
+results = await search_store()
+```

docs/docs/concepts/memory.md

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ trim_messages(
 
 ## Long-term memory
 
-Long-term memory in LangGraph allows systems to retain information across different conversations or sessions. Unlike short-term memory, which is thread-scoped, long-term memory is saved within custom "namespaces."
+Long-term memory in LangGraph allows systems to retain information across different conversations or sessions. Unlike short-term memory, which is **thread-scoped**, long-term memory is saved within custom "namespaces."
 
 ### Storing memories
 
@@ -180,16 +180,34 @@ LangGraph stores long-term memories as JSON documents in a [store](persistence.m
 ```python
 from langgraph.store.memory import InMemoryStore
 
+
+def embed(texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
+    # Replace with an actual embedding function or LangChain embeddings object
+    return [[1.0, 2.0] * len(texts)]
+
+
 # InMemoryStore saves data to an in-memory dictionary. Use a DB-backed store in production use.
-store = InMemoryStore()
+store = InMemoryStore(index={"embed": embed, "dims": 2})
 user_id = "my-user"
 application_context = "chitchat"
 namespace = (user_id, application_context)
-store.put(namespace, "a-memory", {"rules": ["User likes short, direct language", "User only speaks English & python"], "my-key": "my-value"})
+store.put(
+    namespace,
+    "a-memory",
+    {
+        "rules": [
+            "User likes short, direct language",
+            "User only speaks English & python",
+        ],
+        "my-key": "my-value",
+    },
+)
 # get the "memory" by ID
 item = store.get(namespace, "a-memory")
-# list "memories" within this namespace, filtering on content equivalence
-items = store.search(namespace, filter={"my-key": "my-value"})
+# search for "memories" within this namespace, filtering on content equivalence, sorted by vector similarity
+items = store.search(
+    namespace, filter={"my-key": "my-value"}, query="language preferences"
+)
 ```
 
 ### Framework for thinking about long-term memory
@@ -232,7 +250,7 @@ Alternatively, memories can be a collection of documents that are continuously u
 
 However, this shifts some complexity memory updating. The model must now _delete_ or _update_ existing items in the list, which can be tricky. In addition, some models may default to over-inserting and others may default to over-updating. See the [Trustcall](https://github.com/hinthornw/trustcall) package for one way to manage this and consider evaluation (e.g., with a tool like [LangSmith](https://docs.smith.langchain.com/tutorials/Developers/evaluation)) to help you tune the behavior.
 
-Working with document collections also shifts complexity to memory **search** over the list. The `Store` currently supports [filtering by metadata](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/store/#storage) and will soon add [semantic search shortly](https://python.langchain.com/docs/concepts/vectorstores/), but selecting the most relevant documents can be tricky as the list grows.
+Working with document collections also shifts complexity to memory **search** over the list. The `Store` currently supports both [semantic search](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/store/#langgraph.store.base.SearchOp.query) and [filtering by content](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/store/#langgraph.store.base.SearchOp.filter).
 
 Finally, using a collection of memories can make it challenging to provide comprehensive context to the model. While individual memories may follow a specific schema, this structure might not capture the full context or relationships between memories. As a result, when using these memories to generate responses, the model may lack important contextual information that would be more readily available in a unified profile approach.
 

docs/docs/how-tos/cross-thread-persistence.ipynb

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
     "    <p>\n",
     "    Support for the <code><a href=\"https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/store/#langgraph.store.base.BaseStore\">Store</a></code> API that is used in this guide was added in LangGraph <code>v0.2.32</code>.\n",
     "    </p>\n",
+    "    <p>\n",
+    "    Support for <b>index</b> and <b>query</b> arguments of the <code><a href=\"https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/store/#langgraph.store.base.BaseStore\">Store</a></code> API that is used in this guide was added in LangGraph <code>v0.2.54</code>.\n",
+    "    </p>\n",
     "</div>\n",
     "\n",
     "## Setup\n",
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@
     "\n",
     "Importantly, to determine the user, we will be passing `user_id` via the config keyword argument of the node function.\n",
     "\n",
-    "Let's first define an `InMemoryStore` which is already populated with some memories about the users."
+    "Let's first define an `InMemoryStore` already populated with some memories about the users."
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -125,8 +128,14 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "from langgraph.store.memory import InMemoryStore\n",
+    "from langchain_openai import OpenAIEmbeddings\n",
     "\n",
-    "in_memory_store = InMemoryStore()"
+    "in_memory_store = InMemoryStore(\n",
+    "    index={\n",
+    "        \"embed\": OpenAIEmbeddings(model=\"text-embedding-3-small\"),\n",
+    "        \"dims\": 1536,\n",
+    "    }\n",
+    ")"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -163,7 +172,7 @@
     "def call_model(state: MessagesState, config: RunnableConfig, *, store: BaseStore):\n",
     "    user_id = config[\"configurable\"][\"user_id\"]\n",
     "    namespace = (\"memories\", user_id)\n",
-    "    memories = store.search(namespace)\n",
+    "    memories = store.search(namespace, query=str(state[\"messages\"][-1].content))\n",
     "    info = \"\\n\".join([d.value[\"data\"] for d in memories])\n",
     "    system_msg = f\"You are a helpful assistant talking to the user. User info: {info}\"\n",
     "\n",

docs/docs/how-tos/index.md

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ LangGraph makes it easy to manage conversation [memory](../concepts/memory.md) i
 - [How to manage conversation history](memory/manage-conversation-history.ipynb)
 - [How to delete messages](memory/delete-messages.ipynb)
 - [How to add summary conversation memory](memory/add-summary-conversation-history.ipynb)
+- [Add long-term memory (cross-thread)](cross-thread-persistence.ipynb)
 
 ### Human-in-the-loop
 
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ Learn how to set up your app for deployment to LangGraph Platform:
 - [How to set up app for deployment (requirements.txt)](../cloud/deployment/setup.md)
 - [How to set up app for deployment (pyproject.toml)](../cloud/deployment/setup_pyproject.md)
 - [How to set up app for deployment (JavaScript)](../cloud/deployment/setup_javascript.md)
+- [How to add semantic search](../cloud/deployment/semantic_search.md)
 - [How to customize Dockerfile](../cloud/deployment/custom_docker.md)
 - [How to test locally](../cloud/deployment/test_locally.md)
 - [How to rebuild graph at runtime](../cloud/deployment/graph_rebuild.md)