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RAG with LangChain and Vector DBs

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Describe your experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LangChain, and vector databases such as pgvector and Pinecone for Mistral AI use cases. Discuss how you would build the ingestion and query paths, select embedding and retrieval strategies, connect LangChain to Mistral models, and choose between pgvector and Pinecone. Include practical considerations such as chunking, metadata filtering, latency, evaluation, and prompt injection. Keep the discussion focused on production-oriented Python services using current Mistral AI and LangChain integrations.