# Embeddings API

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:::card{title="Embeddings API" href="/guides/embeddings-api-quickstart"}
Generate high-quality text embeddings for semantic search, RAG, and machine learning applications.
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:::card{title="Best Practices" href="/guides/embeddings-api-best-practices"}
Optimize your embeddings workflow with batch processing, caching, RAG patterns, and performance tips.
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:::card{title="Standard Embeddings" href="/guides/embeddings-api-standard-embeddings"}
Generate embeddings for independent texts, search queries, and single sentences.
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:::card{title="Contextualized Embeddings" href="/guides/embeddings-api-contextualized-embeddings"}
Generate document-aware embeddings for chunks that share context, improving retrieval quality for document-based applications.
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## Related pages

- [Admin & Management](./admin-management-index.md)
- [Agent API](./agent-api-2-index.md)
- [Agent API](./agent-api-index.md)
- [Analytics API](./analytics-api-index.md)
- [Authentication](./authentication-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cookbook](./cookbook-2-index.md)
- [Embeddings API](./embeddings-api-2-index.md)
- [Getting Started](./getting-started-index.md)
- [More](./more-index.md)

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