pro $24.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose one free eBook per month to keep
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
lite $19.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, including MEAPs!
team
5, 10 or 20 seats+ for your team - learn more
pBook available Jul 22, 2025
ePub + liveBook available Jul 22, 2025
Look inside
Upgrade your RAG applications with the power of knowledge graphs.
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a great way to harness the power of generative AI for information not contained in a LLM’s training data and to avoid depending on LLM for factual information. However, RAG only works when you can quickly identify and supply the most relevant context to your LLM. Essential GraphRAG shows you how to use knowledge graphs to model your RAG data and deliver better performance, accuracy, traceability, and completeness.
Inside Essential GraphRAG you’ll learn:
Essential GraphRAG is a practical guide to empowering LLMs with RAG. You’ll learn to deliver vector similarity-based approaches to find relevant information, as well as work with semantic layers, deliver agentic RAG, and generate Cypher statements to retrieve data from a knowledge graph.
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a great way to harness the power of generative AI for information not contained in a LLM’s training data and to avoid depending on LLM for factual information. However, RAG only works when you can quickly identify and supply the most relevant context to your LLM. Essential GraphRAG shows you how to use knowledge graphs to model your RAG data and deliver better performance, accuracy, traceability, and completeness.
Inside Essential GraphRAG you’ll learn:
- The benefits of using Knowledge Graphs in a RAG system
- How to implement a GraphRAG system from scratch
- The process of building a fully working production RAG system
- Constructing knowledge graphs using LLMs
- Evaluating performance of a RAG pipeline
Essential GraphRAG is a practical guide to empowering LLMs with RAG. You’ll learn to deliver vector similarity-based approaches to find relevant information, as well as work with semantic layers, deliver agentic RAG, and generate Cypher statements to retrieve data from a knowledge graph.
about the technology
A Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) system automatically selects and supplies domain-specific context to an LLM, radically improving its ability to generate accurate, hallucination-free responses. The GraphRAG pattern employs a knowledge graph to structure the RAG’s input, taking advantage of existing relationships in the data to generate rich, relevant prompts.about the book
Essential GraphRAG shows you how to build and deploy a production-quality GraphRAG system. You’ll learn to extract structured knowledge from text and how to combine vector-based and graph-based retrieval methods. The book is rich in practical examples, from building a vector similarity search retrieval tool and an Agentic RAG application, to evaluating performance and accuracy, and more.what's inside
- Embeddings, vector similarity search, and hybrid search
- Turning natural language into Cypher database queries
- Microsoft’s GraphRAG pipeline
- Agentic RAG
about the reader
For readers with intermediate Python skills and some experience with a graph database like Neo4j.Gives you the confidence and clarity to build your own GraphRAG solutions.
Distills the chaos of RAG into clear, practical strategies. A must-read for anyone serious about building intelligent, production-ready LLM applications.
Gives you both the understanding and the code to get started on your GraphRAG journey.
The authors pull back the curtain, revealing the code behind contemporary AI applications. A solid foundation for building the future.
related titles
related titles
.png)
choose your plan
pro
monthly
annual
$24.99
$249.99
only $20.83 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
-
![]()
Essential GraphRAG ebook for free
Essential GraphRAG ebook for free
team
monthly
annual
$49.99
$399.99
only $33.33 per month
- five seats for your team
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
-
![]()
Essential GraphRAG ebook for free
choose your plan
pro
monthly
annual
$24.99
$249.99
only $20.83 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
-
![]()
Essential GraphRAG ebook for free
team
monthly
annual
$49.99
$399.99
only $33.33 per month
- five seats for your team
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
-
![]()
Essential GraphRAG ebook for free
