diff --git a/src/services/llm/base_ai_service.ts b/src/services/llm/base_ai_service.ts
index 080dd1fa5..3a02d0fc7 100644
--- a/src/services/llm/base_ai_service.ts
+++ b/src/services/llm/base_ai_service.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export abstract class BaseAIService implements AIService {
     abstract generateChatCompletion(messages: Message[], options?: ChatCompletionOptions): Promise<ChatResponse>;
 
     isAvailable(): boolean {
-        return options.getOption('aiEnabled') === 'true'; // Base check if AI is enabled globally
+        return options.getOptionBool('aiEnabled'); // Base check if AI is enabled globally
     }
 
     getName(): string {
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34d8c8754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+import options from "../../options.js";
+import log from "../../log.js";
+import sql from "../../sql.js";
+import dateUtils from "../../date_utils.js";
+import { randomString } from "../../utils.js";
+import type { EmbeddingProvider, EmbeddingConfig } from "./embeddings_interface.js";
+import { OpenAIEmbeddingProvider } from "./providers/openai.js";
+import { OllamaEmbeddingProvider } from "./providers/ollama.js";
+import { AnthropicEmbeddingProvider } from "./providers/anthropic.js";
+import { LocalEmbeddingProvider } from "./providers/local.js";
+
+const providers = new Map<string, EmbeddingProvider>();
+
+/**
+ * Register a new embedding provider
+ */
+export function registerEmbeddingProvider(provider: EmbeddingProvider) {
+    providers.set(provider.name, provider);
+    log.info(`Registered embedding provider: ${provider.name}`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get all registered embedding providers
+ */
+export function getEmbeddingProviders(): EmbeddingProvider[] {
+    return Array.from(providers.values());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get a specific embedding provider by name
+ */
+export function getEmbeddingProvider(name: string): EmbeddingProvider | undefined {
+    return providers.get(name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get all enabled embedding providers
+ */
+export async function getEnabledEmbeddingProviders(): Promise<EmbeddingProvider[]> {
+    if (!(await options.getOptionBool('aiEnabled'))) {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    // Get enabled providers from database
+    const enabledProviders = await sql.getRows(`
+        SELECT providerId, name, config
+        FROM embedding_providers
+        WHERE isEnabled = 1
+        ORDER BY priority DESC`
+    );
+
+    const result: EmbeddingProvider[] = [];
+
+    for (const row of enabledProviders) {
+        const rowData = row as any;
+        const provider = providers.get(rowData.name);
+
+        if (provider) {
+            result.push(provider);
+        } else {
+            // Use error instead of warn if warn is not available
+            log.error(`Enabled embedding provider ${rowData.name} not found in registered providers`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a new embedding provider configuration in the database
+ */
+export async function createEmbeddingProviderConfig(
+    name: string,
+    config: EmbeddingConfig,
+    isEnabled = false,
+    priority = 0
+): Promise<string> {
+    const providerId = randomString(16);
+    const now = dateUtils.localNowDateTime();
+    const utcNow = dateUtils.utcNowDateTime();
+
+    await sql.execute(`
+        INSERT INTO embedding_providers
+        (providerId, name, isEnabled, priority, config,
+         dateCreated, utcDateCreated, dateModified, utcDateModified)
+        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+        [providerId, name, isEnabled ? 1 : 0, priority, JSON.stringify(config),
+         now, utcNow, now, utcNow]
+    );
+
+    return providerId;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Update an existing embedding provider configuration
+ */
+export async function updateEmbeddingProviderConfig(
+    providerId: string,
+    isEnabled?: boolean,
+    priority?: number,
+    config?: EmbeddingConfig
+): Promise<boolean> {
+    const now = dateUtils.localNowDateTime();
+    const utcNow = dateUtils.utcNowDateTime();
+
+    // Get existing provider
+    const provider = await sql.getRow(
+        "SELECT * FROM embedding_providers WHERE providerId = ?",
+        [providerId]
+    );
+
+    if (!provider) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Build update query parts
+    const updates = [];
+    const params: any[] = [];
+
+    if (isEnabled !== undefined) {
+        updates.push("isEnabled = ?");
+        params.push(isEnabled ? 1 : 0);
+    }
+
+    if (priority !== undefined) {
+        updates.push("priority = ?");
+        params.push(priority);
+    }
+
+    if (config) {
+        updates.push("config = ?");
+        params.push(JSON.stringify(config));
+    }
+
+    if (updates.length === 0) {
+        return true; // Nothing to update
+    }
+
+    updates.push("dateModified = ?");
+    updates.push("utcDateModified = ?");
+    params.push(now, utcNow);
+
+    params.push(providerId);
+
+    // Execute update
+    await sql.execute(
+        `UPDATE embedding_providers SET ${updates.join(", ")} WHERE providerId = ?`,
+        params
+    );
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Delete an embedding provider configuration
+ */
+export async function deleteEmbeddingProviderConfig(providerId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    const result = await sql.execute(
+        "DELETE FROM embedding_providers WHERE providerId = ?",
+        [providerId]
+    );
+
+    return result.changes > 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get all embedding provider configurations from the database
+ */
+export async function getEmbeddingProviderConfigs() {
+    return await sql.getRows("SELECT * FROM embedding_providers ORDER BY priority DESC");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initialize the default embedding providers
+ */
+export async function initializeDefaultProviders() {
+    // Register built-in providers
+    try {
+        // Register OpenAI provider if API key is configured
+        const openaiApiKey = await options.getOption('openaiApiKey');
+        if (openaiApiKey) {
+            const openaiModel = await options.getOption('openaiDefaultModel') || 'text-embedding-3-small';
+            const openaiBaseUrl = await options.getOption('openaiBaseUrl') || 'https://api.openai.com/v1';
+
+            registerEmbeddingProvider(new OpenAIEmbeddingProvider({
+                model: openaiModel,
+                dimension: 1536, // OpenAI's typical dimension
+                type: 'float32',
+                apiKey: openaiApiKey,
+                baseUrl: openaiBaseUrl
+            }));
+
+            // Create OpenAI provider config if it doesn't exist
+            const existingOpenAI = await sql.getRow(
+                "SELECT * FROM embedding_providers WHERE name = ?",
+                ['openai']
+            );
+
+            if (!existingOpenAI) {
+                await createEmbeddingProviderConfig('openai', {
+                    model: openaiModel,
+                    dimension: 1536,
+                    type: 'float32'
+                }, true, 100);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Register Anthropic provider if API key is configured
+        const anthropicApiKey = await options.getOption('anthropicApiKey');
+        if (anthropicApiKey) {
+            const anthropicModel = await options.getOption('anthropicDefaultModel') || 'claude-3-haiku-20240307';
+            const anthropicBaseUrl = await options.getOption('anthropicBaseUrl') || 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1';
+
+            registerEmbeddingProvider(new AnthropicEmbeddingProvider({
+                model: anthropicModel,
+                dimension: 1024, // Anthropic's embedding dimension
+                type: 'float32',
+                apiKey: anthropicApiKey,
+                baseUrl: anthropicBaseUrl
+            }));
+
+            // Create Anthropic provider config if it doesn't exist
+            const existingAnthropic = await sql.getRow(
+                "SELECT * FROM embedding_providers WHERE name = ?",
+                ['anthropic']
+            );
+
+            if (!existingAnthropic) {
+                await createEmbeddingProviderConfig('anthropic', {
+                    model: anthropicModel,
+                    dimension: 1024,
+                    type: 'float32'
+                }, true, 75);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Register Ollama provider if enabled
+        if (await options.getOptionBool('ollamaEnabled')) {
+            const ollamaModel = await options.getOption('ollamaDefaultModel') || 'llama3';
+            const ollamaBaseUrl = await options.getOption('ollamaBaseUrl') || 'http://localhost:11434';
+
+            registerEmbeddingProvider(new OllamaEmbeddingProvider({
+                model: ollamaModel,
+                dimension: 4096, // Typical for Ollama models
+                type: 'float32',
+                baseUrl: ollamaBaseUrl
+            }));
+
+            // Create Ollama provider config if it doesn't exist
+            const existingOllama = await sql.getRow(
+                "SELECT * FROM embedding_providers WHERE name = ?",
+                ['ollama']
+            );
+
+            if (!existingOllama) {
+                await createEmbeddingProviderConfig('ollama', {
+                    model: ollamaModel,
+                    dimension: 4096,
+                    type: 'float32'
+                }, true, 50);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Always register local provider as fallback
+        registerEmbeddingProvider(new LocalEmbeddingProvider({
+            model: 'local',
+            dimension: 384,
+            type: 'float32'
+        }));
+
+        // Create local provider config if it doesn't exist
+        const existingLocal = await sql.getRow(
+            "SELECT * FROM embedding_providers WHERE name = ?",
+            ['local']
+        );
+
+        if (!existingLocal) {
+            await createEmbeddingProviderConfig('local', {
+                model: 'local',
+                dimension: 384,
+                type: 'float32'
+            }, true, 10);
+        }
+    } catch (error: any) {
+        log.error(`Error initializing default embedding providers: ${error.message || 'Unknown error'}`);
+    }
+}
+
+export default {
+    registerEmbeddingProvider,
+    getEmbeddingProviders,
+    getEmbeddingProvider,
+    getEnabledEmbeddingProviders,
+    createEmbeddingProviderConfig,
+    updateEmbeddingProviderConfig,
+    deleteEmbeddingProviderConfig,
+    getEmbeddingProviderConfigs,
+    initializeDefaultProviders
+};
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/anthropic.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/anthropic.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c5156f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/anthropic.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { BaseEmbeddingProvider } from "../base_embeddings.js";
+import type { EmbeddingConfig } from "../embeddings_interface.js";
+import axios from "axios";
+import log from "../../../log.js";
+
+interface AnthropicEmbeddingConfig extends EmbeddingConfig {
+    apiKey: string;
+    baseUrl: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Anthropic (Claude) embedding provider implementation
+ */
+export class AnthropicEmbeddingProvider extends BaseEmbeddingProvider {
+    name = "anthropic";
+    private apiKey: string;
+    private baseUrl: string;
+
+    constructor(config: AnthropicEmbeddingConfig) {
+        super(config);
+        this.apiKey = config.apiKey;
+        this.baseUrl = config.baseUrl;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings for a single text
+     */
+    async generateEmbeddings(text: string): Promise<Float32Array> {
+        try {
+            const response = await axios.post(
+                `${this.baseUrl}/embeddings`,
+                {
+                    model: this.config.model || "claude-3-haiku-20240307",
+                    input: text,
+                    encoding_format: "float"
+                },
+                {
+                    headers: {
+                        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                        "x-api-key": this.apiKey,
+                        "anthropic-version": "2023-06-01"
+                    }
+                }
+            );
+
+            if (response.data && response.data.embedding) {
+                const embedding = response.data.embedding;
+                return new Float32Array(embedding);
+            } else {
+                throw new Error("Unexpected response structure from Anthropic API");
+            }
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            const errorMessage = error.response?.data?.error?.message || error.message || "Unknown error";
+            log.error(`Anthropic embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+            throw new Error(`Anthropic embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings for multiple texts in a single batch
+     *
+     * Note: Anthropic doesn't currently support batch embedding, so we process each text individually
+     */
+    async generateBatchEmbeddings(texts: string[]): Promise<Float32Array[]> {
+        if (texts.length === 0) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        const results: Float32Array[] = [];
+
+        for (const text of texts) {
+            const embedding = await this.generateEmbeddings(text);
+            results.push(embedding);
+        }
+
+        return results;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/local.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/local.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1477af40e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/local.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { BaseEmbeddingProvider } from "../base_embeddings.js";
+import type { EmbeddingConfig } from "../embeddings_interface.js";
+import crypto from "crypto";
+
+/**
+ * Local embedding provider implementation
+ *
+ * This is a fallback provider that generates simple deterministic embeddings
+ * using cryptographic hashing. These are not semantic vectors but can be used
+ * for exact matches when no other providers are available.
+ */
+export class LocalEmbeddingProvider extends BaseEmbeddingProvider {
+    name = "local";
+
+    constructor(config: EmbeddingConfig) {
+        super(config);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a simple embedding by hashing the text
+     */
+    async generateEmbeddings(text: string): Promise<Float32Array> {
+        const dimension = this.config.dimension || 384;
+        const result = new Float32Array(dimension);
+
+        // Generate a hash of the input text
+        const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(text).digest();
+
+        // Use the hash to seed a deterministic PRNG
+        let seed = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < hash.length; i += 4) {
+            seed = (seed * 65536 + hash.readUInt32LE(i % (hash.length - 3))) >>> 0;
+        }
+
+        // Generate pseudo-random but deterministic values for the embedding
+        for (let i = 0; i < dimension; i++) {
+            // Generate next pseudo-random number
+            seed = (seed * 1664525 + 1013904223) >>> 0;
+
+            // Convert to a float between -1 and 1
+            result[i] = (seed / 2147483648) - 1;
+        }
+
+        // Normalize the vector
+        let magnitude = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < dimension; i++) {
+            magnitude += result[i] * result[i];
+        }
+
+        magnitude = Math.sqrt(magnitude);
+        if (magnitude > 0) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < dimension; i++) {
+                result[i] /= magnitude;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings for multiple texts
+     */
+    async generateBatchEmbeddings(texts: string[]): Promise<Float32Array[]> {
+        const results: Float32Array[] = [];
+
+        for (const text of texts) {
+            const embedding = await this.generateEmbeddings(text);
+            results.push(embedding);
+        }
+
+        return results;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/ollama.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/ollama.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41a583a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/ollama.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { BaseEmbeddingProvider } from "../base_embeddings.js";
+import type { EmbeddingConfig } from "../embeddings_interface.js";
+import axios from "axios";
+import log from "../../../log.js";
+
+interface OllamaEmbeddingConfig extends EmbeddingConfig {
+    baseUrl: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ollama embedding provider implementation
+ */
+export class OllamaEmbeddingProvider extends BaseEmbeddingProvider {
+    name = "ollama";
+    private baseUrl: string;
+
+    constructor(config: OllamaEmbeddingConfig) {
+        super(config);
+        this.baseUrl = config.baseUrl;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings for a single text
+     */
+    async generateEmbeddings(text: string): Promise<Float32Array> {
+        try {
+            const response = await axios.post(
+                `${this.baseUrl}/api/embeddings`,
+                {
+                    model: this.config.model || "llama3",
+                    prompt: text
+                },
+                {
+                    headers: {
+                        "Content-Type": "application/json"
+                    }
+                }
+            );
+
+            if (response.data && Array.isArray(response.data.embedding)) {
+                return new Float32Array(response.data.embedding);
+            } else {
+                throw new Error("Unexpected response structure from Ollama API");
+            }
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            const errorMessage = error.response?.data?.error?.message || error.message || "Unknown error";
+            log.error(`Ollama embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+            throw new Error(`Ollama embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings for multiple texts
+     *
+     * Note: Ollama API doesn't support batch embedding, so we process them sequentially
+     */
+    async generateBatchEmbeddings(texts: string[]): Promise<Float32Array[]> {
+        if (texts.length === 0) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        const results: Float32Array[] = [];
+
+        for (const text of texts) {
+            try {
+                const embedding = await this.generateEmbeddings(text);
+                results.push(embedding);
+            } catch (error: any) {
+                const errorMessage = error.response?.data?.error?.message || error.message || "Unknown error";
+                log.error(`Ollama batch embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+                throw new Error(`Ollama batch embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return results;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/openai.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/openai.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ad8ca51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/providers/openai.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { BaseEmbeddingProvider } from "../base_embeddings.js";
+import type { EmbeddingConfig } from "../embeddings_interface.js";
+import axios from "axios";
+import log from "../../../log.js";
+
+interface OpenAIEmbeddingConfig extends EmbeddingConfig {
+    apiKey: string;
+    baseUrl: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * OpenAI embedding provider implementation
+ */
+export class OpenAIEmbeddingProvider extends BaseEmbeddingProvider {
+    name = "openai";
+    private apiKey: string;
+    private baseUrl: string;
+
+    constructor(config: OpenAIEmbeddingConfig) {
+        super(config);
+        this.apiKey = config.apiKey;
+        this.baseUrl = config.baseUrl;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings for a single text
+     */
+    async generateEmbeddings(text: string): Promise<Float32Array> {
+        try {
+            const response = await axios.post(
+                `${this.baseUrl}/embeddings`,
+                {
+                    input: text,
+                    model: this.config.model || "text-embedding-3-small",
+                    encoding_format: "float"
+                },
+                {
+                    headers: {
+                        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                        "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`
+                    }
+                }
+            );
+
+            if (response.data && response.data.data && response.data.data[0] && response.data.data[0].embedding) {
+                const embedding = response.data.data[0].embedding;
+                return new Float32Array(embedding);
+            } else {
+                throw new Error("Unexpected response structure from OpenAI API");
+            }
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            const errorMessage = error.response?.data?.error?.message || error.message || "Unknown error";
+            log.error(`OpenAI embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+            throw new Error(`OpenAI embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings for multiple texts in a single batch
+     */
+    async generateBatchEmbeddings(texts: string[]): Promise<Float32Array[]> {
+        if (texts.length === 0) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        const batchSize = this.config.batchSize || 10;
+        const results: Float32Array[] = [];
+
+        // Process in batches to avoid API limits
+        for (let i = 0; i < texts.length; i += batchSize) {
+            const batch = texts.slice(i, i + batchSize);
+            try {
+                const response = await axios.post(
+                    `${this.baseUrl}/embeddings`,
+                    {
+                        input: batch,
+                        model: this.config.model || "text-embedding-3-small",
+                        encoding_format: "float"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        headers: {
+                            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                            "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`
+                        }
+                    }
+                );
+
+                if (response.data && response.data.data) {
+                    // Sort the embeddings by index to ensure they match the input order
+                    const sortedEmbeddings = response.data.data
+                        .sort((a: any, b: any) => a.index - b.index)
+                        .map((item: any) => new Float32Array(item.embedding));
+
+                    results.push(...sortedEmbeddings);
+                } else {
+                    throw new Error("Unexpected response structure from OpenAI API");
+                }
+            } catch (error: any) {
+                const errorMessage = error.response?.data?.error?.message || error.message || "Unknown error";
+                log.error(`OpenAI batch embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+                throw new Error(`OpenAI batch embedding error: ${errorMessage}`);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return results;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/llm/embeddings/vector_store.ts b/src/services/llm/embeddings/vector_store.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..067ff13f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/llm/embeddings/vector_store.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,483 @@
+import sql from "../../sql.js";
+import { randomString } from "../../utils.js";
+import options from "../../options.js";
+import dateUtils from "../../date_utils.js";
+import log from "../../log.js";
+import becca from "../../../becca/becca.js";
+import type { NoteEmbeddingContext } from "./embeddings_interface.js";
+import { getEmbeddingProviders, getEnabledEmbeddingProviders } from "./providers.js";
+
+// Type definition for embedding result
+interface EmbeddingResult {
+    embedId: string;
+    noteId: string;
+    providerId: string;
+    modelId: string;
+    dimension: number;
+    embedding: Float32Array;
+    version: number;
+    dateCreated: string;
+    utcDateCreated: string;
+    dateModified: string;
+    utcDateModified: string;
+}
+
+// Type for queue item
+interface QueueItem {
+    noteId: string;
+    operation: string;
+    attempts: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Computes the cosine similarity between two vectors
+ */
+export function cosineSimilarity(a: Float32Array, b: Float32Array): number {
+    if (a.length !== b.length) {
+        throw new Error(`Vector dimensions don't match: ${a.length} vs ${b.length}`);
+    }
+
+    let dotProduct = 0;
+    let aMagnitude = 0;
+    let bMagnitude = 0;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
+        dotProduct += a[i] * b[i];
+        aMagnitude += a[i] * a[i];
+        bMagnitude += b[i] * b[i];
+    }
+
+    aMagnitude = Math.sqrt(aMagnitude);
+    bMagnitude = Math.sqrt(bMagnitude);
+
+    if (aMagnitude === 0 || bMagnitude === 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return dotProduct / (aMagnitude * bMagnitude);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts embedding Float32Array to Buffer for storage in SQLite
+ */
+export function embeddingToBuffer(embedding: Float32Array): Buffer {
+    return Buffer.from(embedding.buffer);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts Buffer from SQLite back to Float32Array
+ */
+export function bufferToEmbedding(buffer: Buffer, dimension: number): Float32Array {
+    return new Float32Array(buffer.buffer, buffer.byteOffset, dimension);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates or updates an embedding for a note
+ */
+export async function storeNoteEmbedding(
+    noteId: string,
+    providerId: string,
+    modelId: string,
+    embedding: Float32Array
+): Promise<string> {
+    const dimension = embedding.length;
+    const embeddingBlob = embeddingToBuffer(embedding);
+    const now = dateUtils.localNowDateTime();
+    const utcNow = dateUtils.utcNowDateTime();
+
+    // Check if an embedding already exists for this note and provider/model
+    const existingEmbed = await getEmbeddingForNote(noteId, providerId, modelId);
+
+    if (existingEmbed) {
+        // Update existing embedding
+        await sql.execute(`
+            UPDATE note_embeddings
+            SET embedding = ?, dimension = ?, version = version + 1,
+                dateModified = ?, utcDateModified = ?
+            WHERE embedId = ?`,
+            [embeddingBlob, dimension, now, utcNow, existingEmbed.embedId]
+        );
+        return existingEmbed.embedId;
+    } else {
+        // Create new embedding
+        const embedId = randomString(16);
+        await sql.execute(`
+            INSERT INTO note_embeddings
+            (embedId, noteId, providerId, modelId, dimension, embedding,
+             dateCreated, utcDateCreated, dateModified, utcDateModified)
+            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+            [embedId, noteId, providerId, modelId, dimension, embeddingBlob,
+             now, utcNow, now, utcNow]
+        );
+        return embedId;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves embedding for a specific note
+ */
+export async function getEmbeddingForNote(noteId: string, providerId: string, modelId: string): Promise<EmbeddingResult | null> {
+    const row = await sql.getRow(`
+        SELECT embedId, noteId, providerId, modelId, dimension, embedding, version,
+               dateCreated, utcDateCreated, dateModified, utcDateModified
+        FROM note_embeddings
+        WHERE noteId = ? AND providerId = ? AND modelId = ?`,
+        [noteId, providerId, modelId]
+    );
+
+    if (!row) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // Need to cast row to any as it doesn't have type information
+    const rowData = row as any;
+
+    return {
+        ...rowData,
+        embedding: bufferToEmbedding(rowData.embedding, rowData.dimension)
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Finds similar notes based on vector similarity
+ */
+export async function findSimilarNotes(
+    embedding: Float32Array,
+    providerId: string,
+    modelId: string,
+    limit = 10,
+    threshold = 0.7
+): Promise<{noteId: string, similarity: number}[]> {
+    // Get all embeddings for the given provider and model
+    const rows = await sql.getRows(`
+        SELECT embedId, noteId, providerId, modelId, dimension, embedding
+        FROM note_embeddings
+        WHERE providerId = ? AND modelId = ?`,
+        [providerId, modelId]
+    );
+
+    if (!rows.length) {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    // Calculate similarity for each embedding
+    const similarities = rows.map(row => {
+        const rowData = row as any;
+        const rowEmbedding = bufferToEmbedding(rowData.embedding, rowData.dimension);
+        return {
+            noteId: rowData.noteId,
+            similarity: cosineSimilarity(embedding, rowEmbedding)
+        };
+    });
+
+    // Filter by threshold and sort by similarity (descending)
+    return similarities
+        .filter(item => item.similarity >= threshold)
+        .sort((a, b) => b.similarity - a.similarity)
+        .slice(0, limit);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets context for a note to be embedded
+ */
+export async function getNoteEmbeddingContext(noteId: string): Promise<NoteEmbeddingContext> {
+    const note = becca.getNote(noteId);
+
+    if (!note) {
+        throw new Error(`Note ${noteId} not found`);
+    }
+
+    // Get parent note titles
+    const parentNotes = note.getParentNotes();
+    const parentTitles = parentNotes.map(note => note.title);
+
+    // Get child note titles
+    const childNotes = note.getChildNotes();
+    const childTitles = childNotes.map(note => note.title);
+
+    // Get attributes
+    const attributes = note.getOwnedAttributes().map(attr => ({
+        type: attr.type,
+        name: attr.name,
+        value: attr.value
+    }));
+
+    // Get attachments
+    const attachments = note.getAttachments().map(att => ({
+        title: att.title,
+        mime: att.mime
+    }));
+
+    // Get content
+    let content = "";
+    if (note.type === 'text') {
+        content = String(await note.getContent());
+    } else if (note.type === 'code') {
+        content = String(await note.getContent());
+    } else if (note.type === 'image' || note.type === 'file') {
+        content = `[${note.type} attachment: ${note.mime}]`;
+    }
+
+    return {
+        noteId: note.noteId,
+        title: note.title,
+        content: content,
+        type: note.type,
+        mime: note.mime,
+        dateCreated: note.dateCreated || "",
+        dateModified: note.dateModified || "",
+        attributes,
+        parentTitles,
+        childTitles,
+        attachments
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Queues a note for embedding update
+ */
+export async function queueNoteForEmbedding(noteId: string, operation = 'UPDATE') {
+    const now = dateUtils.localNowDateTime();
+    const utcNow = dateUtils.utcNowDateTime();
+
+    // Check if note is already in queue
+    const existing = await sql.getValue(
+        "SELECT 1 FROM embedding_queue WHERE noteId = ?",
+        [noteId]
+    );
+
+    if (existing) {
+        // Update existing queue entry
+        await sql.execute(`
+            UPDATE embedding_queue
+            SET operation = ?, dateQueued = ?, utcDateQueued = ?, attempts = 0, error = NULL
+            WHERE noteId = ?`,
+            [operation, now, utcNow, noteId]
+        );
+    } else {
+        // Add new queue entry
+        await sql.execute(`
+            INSERT INTO embedding_queue
+            (noteId, operation, dateQueued, utcDateQueued)
+            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+            [noteId, operation, now, utcNow]
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deletes all embeddings for a note
+ */
+export async function deleteNoteEmbeddings(noteId: string) {
+    await sql.execute(
+        "DELETE FROM note_embeddings WHERE noteId = ?",
+        [noteId]
+    );
+
+    // Remove from queue if present
+    await sql.execute(
+        "DELETE FROM embedding_queue WHERE noteId = ?",
+        [noteId]
+    );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Process the embedding queue
+ */
+export async function processEmbeddingQueue() {
+    if (!(await options.getOptionBool('aiEnabled'))) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const batchSize = parseInt(await options.getOption('embeddingBatchSize') || '10', 10);
+    const enabledProviders = await getEnabledEmbeddingProviders();
+
+    if (enabledProviders.length === 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Get notes from queue
+    const notes = await sql.getRows(`
+        SELECT noteId, operation, attempts
+        FROM embedding_queue
+        ORDER BY priority DESC, utcDateQueued ASC
+        LIMIT ?`,
+        [batchSize]
+    );
+
+    if (notes.length === 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (const note of notes) {
+        try {
+            const noteData = note as unknown as QueueItem;
+
+            // Skip if note no longer exists
+            if (!becca.getNote(noteData.noteId)) {
+                await sql.execute(
+                    "DELETE FROM embedding_queue WHERE noteId = ?",
+                    [noteData.noteId]
+                );
+                await deleteNoteEmbeddings(noteData.noteId);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (noteData.operation === 'DELETE') {
+                await deleteNoteEmbeddings(noteData.noteId);
+                await sql.execute(
+                    "DELETE FROM embedding_queue WHERE noteId = ?",
+                    [noteData.noteId]
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Get note context for embedding
+            const context = await getNoteEmbeddingContext(noteData.noteId);
+
+            // Process with each enabled provider
+            for (const provider of enabledProviders) {
+                try {
+                    // Generate embedding
+                    const embedding = await provider.generateNoteEmbeddings(context);
+
+                    // Store embedding
+                    const config = provider.getConfig();
+                    await storeNoteEmbedding(noteData.noteId, provider.name, config.model, embedding);
+                } catch (providerError: any) {
+                    log.error(`Error generating embedding with provider ${provider.name} for note ${noteData.noteId}: ${providerError.message || 'Unknown error'}`);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Remove from queue on success
+            await sql.execute(
+                "DELETE FROM embedding_queue WHERE noteId = ?",
+                [noteData.noteId]
+            );
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            const noteData = note as unknown as QueueItem;
+
+            // Update attempt count and log error
+            await sql.execute(`
+                UPDATE embedding_queue
+                SET attempts = attempts + 1,
+                    lastAttempt = ?,
+                    error = ?
+                WHERE noteId = ?`,
+                [dateUtils.utcNowDateTime(), error.message || 'Unknown error', noteData.noteId]
+            );
+
+            log.error(`Error processing embedding for note ${noteData.noteId}: ${error.message || 'Unknown error'}`);
+
+            // Remove from queue if too many attempts
+            if (noteData.attempts + 1 >= 3) {
+                await sql.execute(
+                    "DELETE FROM embedding_queue WHERE noteId = ?",
+                    [noteData.noteId]
+                );
+                log.error(`Removed note ${noteData.noteId} from embedding queue after multiple failures`);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Setup note event listeners to keep embeddings up to date
+ */
+export function setupEmbeddingEventListeners() {
+    require("../../../becca/entity_events.js").subscribe({
+        entityName: "notes",
+        eventType: "created",
+        handler: (note: { noteId: string }) => queueNoteForEmbedding(note.noteId, 'CREATE')
+    });
+
+    require("../../../becca/entity_events.js").subscribe({
+        entityName: "notes",
+        eventType: "updated",
+        handler: ({entity}: { entity: { noteId: string } }) => queueNoteForEmbedding(entity.noteId, 'UPDATE')
+    });
+
+    require("../../../becca/entity_events.js").subscribe({
+        entityName: "notes",
+        eventType: "deleted",
+        handler: (note: { noteId: string }) => queueNoteForEmbedding(note.noteId, 'DELETE')
+    });
+
+    require("../../../becca/entity_events.js").subscribe({
+        entityName: "attributes",
+        eventType: ["created", "updated", "deleted"],
+        handler: ({entity}: { entity: { noteId: string } }) => queueNoteForEmbedding(entity.noteId, 'UPDATE')
+    });
+
+    require("../../../becca/entity_events.js").subscribe({
+        entityName: "branches",
+        eventType: ["created", "updated", "deleted"],
+        handler: ({entity}: { entity: { noteId: string } }) => queueNoteForEmbedding(entity.noteId, 'UPDATE')
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Setup background processing of the embedding queue
+ */
+export async function setupEmbeddingBackgroundProcessing() {
+    const interval = parseInt(await options.getOption('embeddingUpdateInterval') || '5000', 10);
+
+    setInterval(async () => {
+        try {
+            await processEmbeddingQueue();
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            log.error(`Error in background embedding processing: ${error.message || 'Unknown error'}`);
+        }
+    }, interval);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initialize embeddings system
+ */
+export async function initEmbeddings() {
+    if (await options.getOptionBool('aiEnabled')) {
+        setupEmbeddingEventListeners();
+        await setupEmbeddingBackgroundProcessing();
+        log.info("Embeddings system initialized");
+    } else {
+        log.info("Embeddings system disabled");
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reprocess all notes to update embeddings
+ */
+export async function reprocessAllNotes() {
+    if (!(await options.getOptionBool('aiEnabled'))) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    log.info("Queueing all notes for embedding updates");
+
+    const noteIds = await sql.getColumn(
+        "SELECT noteId FROM notes WHERE isDeleted = 0"
+    );
+
+    log.info(`Adding ${noteIds.length} notes to embedding queue`);
+
+    for (const noteId of noteIds) {
+        await queueNoteForEmbedding(noteId as string, 'UPDATE');
+    }
+}
+
+export default {
+    cosineSimilarity,
+    embeddingToBuffer,
+    bufferToEmbedding,
+    storeNoteEmbedding,
+    getEmbeddingForNote,
+    findSimilarNotes,
+    getNoteEmbeddingContext,
+    queueNoteForEmbedding,
+    deleteNoteEmbeddings,
+    processEmbeddingQueue,
+    setupEmbeddingEventListeners,
+    setupEmbeddingBackgroundProcessing,
+    initEmbeddings,
+    reprocessAllNotes
+};