Build Chroma Search is an intermediate, project-based course for developers and aspiring machine learning engineers who want to build and deploy a complete, real-world semantic search application. In today's AI-driven landscape, keyword search is no longer enough; this course teaches you how to leverage the power of vector embeddings and the specialized vector database, Chroma, to create a search engine that understands meaning, not just words.

Build Chroma Search

Build Chroma Search
This course is part of Chroma, Weaviate & Production RAG Deployment Specialization

Instructor: LearningMate
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What you'll learn
Build and evaluate a semantic search API with Chroma. Master metrics like MRR and deploy a functional Flask endpoint for real-world application.
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module focuses on building the core of your search application. You will learn the fundamental concepts behind semantic search, explore the Chroma vector database, and get hands-on experience indexing a document collection. By the end of this module, you will have a functional search engine capable of retrieving documents based on semantic meaning.
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3 videos2 readings1 assignment1 ungraded lab
A search engine is only as good as its results. In this module, you'll learn how to quantitatively measure search quality. You will explore industry-standard relevance metrics, build a Python script to implement them, and prepare to benchmark your search engine's performance objectively.
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2 videos2 readings1 assignment1 ungraded lab
In this final module, you will turn your local search script into a shareable, production-style service. You'll learn to wrap your Chroma engine in a simple web API using Flask, analyze its performance, and consider the trade-offs of different models. This module culminates in the final project where you will build, deploy, and evaluate your complete semantic search API.
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