A multimodal querying DBMS extension that deeply integrates LLM and RAG capabilities directly into OLAP systems.
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
2. Features
3. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
4. Usage
5. Roadmap
6. Feedback and Issues
7. License
8. Acknowledgments

📜 About The Project

FlockMTL is an advanced DuckDB extension that seamlessly integrates analytics with semantic analysis through declarative SQL queries. Designed for modern data analysis needs, FlockMTL empowers users to work with structured and unstructured data, combining OLAP workflows with the capabilities of LLMs (Large Language Models) and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines.

To cite the project:

@article{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2504-01157,
  author       = {Anas Dorbani and Sunny Yasser and Jimmy Lin and Amine Mhedhbi},
  title        = {Beyond Quacking: Deep Integration of Language Models and {RAG} into DuckDB},
  journal      = {CoRR},
  volume       = {abs/2504.01157},
  year         = {2025},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.01157},
  doi          = {10.48550/ARXIV.2504.01157}
}

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🔥 Features

• Declarative SQL Interface: Perform text generation, classification, summarization, filtering, and embedding generation using SQL queries.
• Multi-Provider Support: Easily integrate with OpenAI, Azure, and Ollama for your AI needs.
• End-to-End RAG Pipelines: Enable retrieval and augmentation workflows for enhanced analytics.
• Map and Reduce Functions: Intuitive APIs for combining semantic tasks and data analytics directly in DuckDB.

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🚀 Getting Started

📝 Prerequisites

1. DuckDB: Version 1.1.1 or later. Install it from the official DuckDB installation guide.
2. Supported Providers: Ensure you have credentials or API keys for at least one of the supported providers:
   • OpenAI
   • Azure
   • Ollama
3. Supported OS:
   • Linux
   • macOS
   • Windows

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⚙️ Installation

FlockMTL is a Community Extension available directly from DuckDB's community catalog.

1. Install the extension:

   INSTALL flockmtl FROM community;

2. Load the extension:

   LOAD flockmtl;

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💻 Usage

🔧 Example Query

Using FlockMTL, you can run semantic analysis tasks directly in DuckDB. For example:

SELECT llm_complete(
    {'model_name': 'description-model'},
    {'prompt': 'Summarize this data point: '},
    {'data_point': data_column}
) AS summary
FROM your_table;

Explore more usage examples in the documentation.

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🛣️ Roadmap

Our roadmap outlines upcoming features and improvements. Stay updated by checking out our detailed plan.

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🛠️ Feedback and Issues

We value your feedback! If you’d like to report an issue or suggest a new feature, please use the links below:

• Report a Bug
• Request a Feature

For contributing code or other contributions, please refer to our dedicated Contribution Guidelines.

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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✨ Team

This project is under active development by the Data & AI Systems Laboratory (DAIS Lab) at Polytechnique Montréal.

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