get_index_status - VecGrep

Overview

Returns statistics about the current index for a project directory, including the embedding provider, model, dimensions, and the default score threshold.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`path`	`string`	required	Absolute path to the indexed project directory

Example

get_index_status("/path/to/myproject")

Returns:

Index status for: /path/to/myproject
  Files indexed:  142
  Total chunks:   1847
  Last indexed:   2026-02-22T07:20:31+00:00
  Index size:     28.4 MB
  Provider:       local
  Model:          isuruwijesiri/all-MiniLM-L6-v2-code-search-512
  Dimensions:     384
  Compute device: Metal (Apple Silicon)
  Min score:      0.35 (default, override via search_code min_score param)

Output fields

Field	Description
`Files indexed`	Number of source files in the index
`Total chunks`	Number of code chunks stored
`Last indexed`	ISO timestamp of the most recent index run
`Index size`	Disk usage of the vector index
`Provider`	Embedding provider in use (`local`, `openai`, `voyage`, or `gemini`)
`Model`	Embedding model identifier
`Dimensions`	Vector dimensionality (384 for local, 1024/1536/3072 for cloud providers)
`Compute device`	Hardware used for local embeddings (`Metal`, `CUDA`, or `CPU`)
`Min score`	Active minimum similarity threshold for `search_code`