diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/base_embeddings.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/base_embeddings.ts
index 86cd56618..be2b1a2a9 100644
--- a/src/services/llm/embeddings/base_embeddings.ts
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/base_embeddings.ts
@@ -18,45 +18,89 @@ export abstract class BaseEmbeddingProvider implements EmbeddingProvider {
     abstract generateEmbeddings(text: string): Promise<Float32Array>;
     abstract generateBatchEmbeddings(texts: string[]): Promise<Float32Array[]>;
 
+    /**
+     * Cleans and normalizes text for embeddings by removing excessive whitespace
+     */
+    private cleanText(text: string): string {
+        return text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generates a rich text representation of a note's context for embedding
      */
     protected generateNoteContextText(context: NoteEmbeddingContext): string {
-        const parts = [
-            `Title: ${context.title}`,
-            `Type: ${context.type}`,
-            `MIME: ${context.mime}`,
-            `Created: ${context.dateCreated}`,
-            `Modified: ${context.dateModified}`
-        ];
+        // Start with core note information
+        let result =
+            `Title: ${this.cleanText(context.title)}\n` +
+            `Type: ${context.type}\n` +
+            `MIME: ${context.mime}\n` +
+            `Created: ${context.dateCreated}\n` +
+            `Modified: ${context.dateModified}\n`;
 
+        // Add attributes in a concise format
         if (context.attributes.length > 0) {
-            parts.push('Attributes:');
-            for (const attr of context.attributes) {
-                parts.push(`  ${attr.type} - ${attr.name}: ${attr.value}`);
-            }
+            result += 'Attributes: ';
+            const attributeTexts = context.attributes.map(attr =>
+                `${attr.type}:${attr.name}=${this.cleanText(attr.value)}`
+            );
+            result += attributeTexts.join('; ') + '\n';
         }
 
+        // Add important label values concisely
+        if (context.labelValues && Object.keys(context.labelValues).length > 0) {
+            result += 'Labels: ';
+            const labelTexts = Object.entries(context.labelValues).map(([name, value]) =>
+                `${name}=${this.cleanText(value)}`
+            );
+            result += labelTexts.join('; ') + '\n';
+        }
+
+        // Add parents concisely
         if (context.parentTitles.length > 0) {
-            parts.push('Parent Notes:');
-            parts.push(...context.parentTitles.map(t => `  ${t}`));
+            result += `Parents: ${context.parentTitles.map(t => this.cleanText(t)).join('; ')}\n`;
         }
 
+        // Add children concisely
         if (context.childTitles.length > 0) {
-            parts.push('Child Notes:');
-            parts.push(...context.childTitles.map(t => `  ${t}`));
+            result += `Children: ${context.childTitles.map(t => this.cleanText(t)).join('; ')}\n`;
         }
 
+        // Add template/inheritance relationships concisely
+        if (context.templateTitles && context.templateTitles.length > 0) {
+            result += `Templates: ${context.templateTitles.map(t => this.cleanText(t)).join('; ')}\n`;
+        }
+
+        // Add related notes concisely
+        if (context.relatedNotes && context.relatedNotes.length > 0) {
+            result += 'Related: ';
+            const relatedTexts = context.relatedNotes.map(rel =>
+                `${rel.relationName}→${this.cleanText(rel.targetTitle)}`
+            );
+            result += relatedTexts.join('; ') + '\n';
+        }
+
+        // Add backlinks concisely
+        if (context.backlinks && context.backlinks.length > 0) {
+            result += 'Referenced By: ';
+            const backlinkTexts = context.backlinks.map(link =>
+                `${this.cleanText(link.sourceTitle)}→${link.relationName}`
+            );
+            result += backlinkTexts.join('; ') + '\n';
+        }
+
+        // Add attachments concisely
         if (context.attachments.length > 0) {
-            parts.push('Attachments:');
-            for (const att of context.attachments) {
-                parts.push(`  ${att.title} (${att.mime})`);
-            }
+            result += 'Attachments: ';
+            const attachmentTexts = context.attachments.map(att =>
+                `${this.cleanText(att.title)}(${att.mime})`
+            );
+            result += attachmentTexts.join('; ') + '\n';
         }
 
-        parts.push('Content:', context.content);
+        // Add content (already cleaned in getNoteEmbeddingContext)
+        result += `Content: ${context.content}`;
 
-        return parts.join('\n');
+        return result;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/embeddings_interface.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/embeddings_interface.ts
index 8f320e066..7a6b11bfb 100644
--- a/src/services/llm/embeddings/embeddings_interface.ts
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/embeddings_interface.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ export interface NoteEmbeddingContext {
         title: string;
         mime: string;
     }[];
+    backlinks?: {
+        sourceNoteId: string;
+        sourceTitle: string;
+        relationName: string;
+    }[];
+    relatedNotes?: {
+        targetNoteId: string;
+        targetTitle: string;
+        relationName: string;
+    }[];
+    labelValues?: Record<string, string>;
+    templateTitles?: string[];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/vector_store.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/vector_store.ts
index 3f17c0227..3c767bb83 100644
--- a/src/services/llm/embeddings/vector_store.ts
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/vector_store.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import becca from "../../../becca/becca.js";
 import type { NoteEmbeddingContext } from "./embeddings_interface.js";
 import { getEmbeddingProviders, getEnabledEmbeddingProviders } from "./providers.js";
 import eventService from "../../events.js";
+import type BNote from "../../../becca/entities/bnote.js";
 
 // Type definition for embedding result
 interface EmbeddingResult {
@@ -178,6 +179,31 @@ export async function findSimilarNotes(
         .slice(0, limit);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Clean note content by removing HTML tags and normalizing whitespace
+ */
+function cleanNoteContent(content: string, type: string, mime: string): string {
+    // If it's HTML content, remove HTML tags
+    if ((type === 'text' && mime === 'text/html') || content.includes('<div>') || content.includes('<p>')) {
+        // Simple tag removal - for more complex HTML parsing, consider using a proper HTML parser
+        content = content.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' '); // Replace tags with a space
+    }
+
+    // Normalize whitespace (replace multiple spaces/newlines with single space)
+    content = content.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+
+    // Trim the content
+    content = content.trim();
+
+    // Truncate if extremely long (optional, adjust limit as needed)
+    const MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 10000;
+    if (content.length > MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH) {
+        content = content.substring(0, MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH) + ' [content truncated]';
+    }
+
+    return content;
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets context for a note to be embedded
  */
@@ -196,13 +222,58 @@ export async function getNoteEmbeddingContext(noteId: string): Promise<NoteEmbed
     const childNotes = note.getChildNotes();
     const childTitles = childNotes.map(note => note.title);
 
-    // Get attributes
-    const attributes = note.getOwnedAttributes().map(attr => ({
+    // Get all attributes (not just owned ones)
+    const attributes = note.getAttributes().map(attr => ({
         type: attr.type,
         name: attr.name,
         value: attr.value
     }));
 
+    // Get backlinks (notes that reference this note through relations)
+    const targetRelations = note.getTargetRelations();
+    const backlinks = targetRelations
+        .map(relation => {
+            const sourceNote = relation.getNote();
+            if (sourceNote && sourceNote.type !== 'search') { // Filter out search notes
+                return {
+                    sourceNoteId: sourceNote.noteId,
+                    sourceTitle: sourceNote.title,
+                    relationName: relation.name
+                };
+            }
+            return null;
+        })
+        .filter((item): item is { sourceNoteId: string; sourceTitle: string; relationName: string } => item !== null);
+
+    // Get related notes through relations
+    const relations = note.getRelations();
+    const relatedNotes = relations
+        .map(relation => {
+            const targetNote = relation.targetNote;
+            if (targetNote) {
+                return {
+                    targetNoteId: targetNote.noteId,
+                    targetTitle: targetNote.title,
+                    relationName: relation.name
+                };
+            }
+            return null;
+        })
+        .filter((item): item is { targetNoteId: string; targetTitle: string; relationName: string } => item !== null);
+
+    // Extract important labels that might affect semantics
+    const labelValues: Record<string, string> = {};
+    const labels = note.getLabels();
+    for (const label of labels) {
+        // Skip CSS and UI-related labels that don't affect semantics
+        if (!label.name.startsWith('css') &&
+            !label.name.startsWith('workspace') &&
+            !label.name.startsWith('hide') &&
+            !label.name.startsWith('collapsed')) {
+            labelValues[label.name] = label.value;
+        }
+    }
+
     // Get attachments
     const attachments = note.getAttachments().map(att => ({
         title: att.title,
@@ -219,6 +290,17 @@ export async function getNoteEmbeddingContext(noteId: string): Promise<NoteEmbed
         content = `[${note.type} attachment: ${note.mime}]`;
     }
 
+    // Clean the content to remove HTML tags and normalize whitespace
+    content = cleanNoteContent(content, note.type, note.mime);
+
+    // Get template/inheritance relationships
+    // This is from FNote.getNotesToInheritAttributesFrom - recreating similar logic for BNote
+    const templateRelations = note.getRelations('template').concat(note.getRelations('inherit'));
+    const templateTitles = templateRelations
+        .map(rel => rel.targetNote)
+        .filter((note): note is BNote => note !== undefined)
+        .map(templateNote => templateNote.title);
+
     return {
         noteId: note.noteId,
         title: note.title,
@@ -230,7 +312,11 @@ export async function getNoteEmbeddingContext(noteId: string): Promise<NoteEmbed
         attributes,
         parentTitles,
         childTitles,
-        attachments
+        attachments,
+        backlinks,
+        relatedNotes,
+        labelValues,
+        templateTitles
     };
 }