FastAPI Endpoint for Sparrow LLM Agent

FastAPI Endpoint for Sparrow LLM Agent. I show how FastAPI endpoint is used in Sparrow to run LLM agent functionality from API client. 

 

Sparrow Parse API for PDF Invoice Data Extraction

I explain how Sparrow Parse API is integrated into Sparrow for data extraction from PDF documents, such as invoices, receipts, etc. 

 

Avoid LLM Hallucinations: Use Sparrow Parse for Tabular PDF Data, Instructor LLM for Forms

LLMs tend to hallucinate and produce incorrect results for table data extraction. For this reason in Sparrow we are using Instructor structured output for LLM to query form data and Sparrow Parse to process tabular data within the same document in combined approach. 

 

Hybrid RAG with Sparrow Parse

To process complex layout docs and improve data retrieval from invoices or bank statements, we are implementing Sparrow Parse. It works in combination with LLM for form data processing. Table data is converted either into HTML or Markdown formats and extracted directly by Sparrow Parse. I explain Hybrid RAG idea in this video. 

 

Sparrow Parse - Data Processing for LLM

Data processing in LLM RAG is very important, it helps to improve data extraction results, especially for complex layout documents, with large tables. This is why I build open source Sparrow Parse library, it helps to balance between LLM and standard Python data extraction methods. 

 

Invoice Data Preprocessing for LLM

Data preprocessing is important step for LLM pipeline. I show various approaches to preprocess invoice data, before feeding it to LLM. This is quite challenging step, especially to preprocess tables. 

 

You Don't Need RAG to Extract Invoice Data

Documents like invoices or receipts can be processed by LLM directly, without RAG. I explain how you can do this locally with Ollama and Instructor. Thanks to Instructor, structured output from LLM can be validated with your own Pydantic class. 

 

LLM JSON Output with Instructor RAG and WizardLM-2

With Instructor library you can implement simple RAG without Vector DB or dependencies to other LLM libraries. The key RAG components - good data pre-processing and cleaning, powerful local LLM (such as WizardLM-2, Nous Hermes 2 PRO or Llama3) and Ollama or MLX backend.

Local LLM RAG with Unstructured and LangChain [Structured JSON]

Using unstructured library to pre-process PDF document content, to be in a cleaner format. This helps LLM to produce more accurate response. JSON response is generated thanks to Nous Hermes 2 PRO LLM. Without any additional post-processing. Using Pydantic dynamic class to validate response to make sure it matches request. 

 

LlamaIndex Upgrade to 0.10.x Experience

I explain key points you should keep in mind when upgrading to LlamaIndex 0.10.x. 

 

Optimizing Receipt Processing with LlamaIndex and PaddleOCR

LlamaIndex Text Completion function allows to execute LLM request combining custom data and the question, without using Vector DB. This is very useful when processing output from OCR, it simplifies the RAG pipeline. In this video I explain, how OCR can be combined with LLM to process image documents in Sparrow.

 

LlamaIndex Multimodal with Ollama [Local LLM]

I describe how to run LlamaIndex Multimodal with local LlaVA LLM through Ollama. Advantage of this approach - you can process image documents with LLM directly, without running through OCR, this should lead to better results. This functionality is integrated as separate LLM agent into Sparrow. 

 

LLM Agents with Sparrow

I explain new functionality in Sparrow - LLM agents support. This means you can implement independently running agents, and invoke them from CLI or API. This makes it easier to run various LLM related processing within Sparrow. 

 

Extracting Invoice Structured Output with Haystack and Ollama Local LLM

I implemented Sparrow agent with Haystack structured output functionality to extract invoice data. This runs locally through Ollama, using LLM to retrieve key/value pairs data. 

 

Local LLM RAG Pipelines with Sparrow Plugins [Python Interface]

There are many tools and frameworks around LLM, evolving and improving daily. I added plugin support in Sparrow to run different pipelines through the same Sparrow interface. Each pipeline can be implemented with different tech (LlamaIndex, Haystack, etc.) and run independently. The main advantage is that you can test various RAG functionalities from a single app with a unified API and choose the one that works best in the specific use case. 

 

LLM Structured Output with Local Haystack RAG and Ollama

Haystack 2.0 provides functionality to process LLM output and ensure proper JSON structure, based on predefined Pydantic class. I show how you can run this on your local machine, with Ollama. This is possible thanks to OllamaGenerator class available from Haystack. 

 

JSON Output with Notus Local LLM [LlamaIndex, Ollama, Weaviate]

In this video, I show how to get JSON output from Notus LLM running locally with Ollama. JSON output is generated with LlamaIndex using the dynamic Pydantic class approach. 

 

FastAPI and LlamaIndex RAG: Creating Efficient APIs

FastAPI works great with LlamaIndex RAG. In this video, I show how to build a POST endpoint to execute inference requests for LlamaIndex. RAG implementation is done as part of Sparrow data extraction solution. I show how FastAPI can handle multiple concurrent requests to initiate RAG pipeline. I'm using Ollama to execute LLM calls as part of the pipeline. Ollama processes requests sequentially. It means Ollama will process API requests in the queue order. Hopefully, in the future, Ollama will support concurrent requests. 

 

Transforming Invoice Data into JSON: Local LLM with LlamaIndex & Pydantic

This is Sparrow, our open-source solution for document processing with local LLMs. I'm running local Starling LLM with Ollama. I explain how to get structured JSON output with LlamaIndex and dynamic Pydantic class. This helps to implement the use case of data extraction from invoice documents. The solution runs on the local machine, thanks to Ollama. I'm using a MacBook Air M1 with 8GB RAM. 

 

From Text to Vectors: Leveraging Weaviate for local RAG Implementation with LlamaIndex

Weaviate provides vector storage and plays an important part in RAG implementation. I'm using local embeddings from the Sentence Transformers library to create vectors for text-based PDF invoices and store them in Weaviate. I explain how integration is done with LlamaIndex to manage data ingest and LLM inference pipeline.