Can Agents Run It? · evidence — Issue 1: Supabase

claude-sonnet-5 · d2_pgvector · rep 1

pass
model
claude-sonnet-5
task
d2_pgvector
rep
1
day
2
steps
9
tokens
33,729
est. cost
$0.202
agent time
48s
wave
s4
started
2026-07-24T04:54:12Z

The task as the agent received it

You have operator access to a hosted Supabase project. Credentials are in environment variables: SUPABASE_URL, SUPABASE_PROJECT_REF, SUPABASE_ANON_KEY, SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY, SUPABASE_DB_URL, SUPABASE_DB_PASSWORD. The table public.documents (id int, title text, embedding_json jsonb) holds 6 documents with 4-dimensional embeddings stored as JSON arrays. Build semantic search over it: 1) Set up the pgvector extension. 2) Add a column embedding of type vector(4) to public.documents, populated from embedding_json. 3) Create an HNSW index on that column using COSINE distance. 4) Create a SQL function match_documents(query_embedding vector(4), match_count int) returning a table (id int, title text, distance float8) — the match_count closest documents by cosine distance, nearest first — and make it callable through the project's REST RPC endpoint (POST /rest/v1/rpc/match_documents) with the anon key. Verify a search returns sensible nearest neighbors before finishing.

What it ran — 9 commands

#1exit 0
env | grep -i supabase | sed 's/=.*KEY.*/=<redacted>/'
SUPABASE_DB_PASSWORD=<redacted:SUPABASE_DB_PASSWORD>
SUPABASE_DB_URL=<redacted:SUPABASE_DB_URL>
SUPABASE_URL=https://<ref>.supabase.co
SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY=<redacted:SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY>
SUPABASE_PROJECT_REF=<ref>
SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=<redacted:SUPABASE_ANON_KEY>
#2exit 0
which psql; psql --version 2>/dev/null; echo "---"; which curl jq
/usr/bin/psql
psql (PostgreSQL) 18.4 (Debian 18.4-1.pgdg12+1)
---
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/jq
#3exit 0
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "\d public.documents" -c "select id, title, embedding_json from public.documents order by id;"
                 Table "public.documents"
     Column     |  Type   | Collation | Nullable | Default 
----------------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
 id             | integer |           | not null | 
 title          | text    |           | not null | 
 embedding_json | jsonb   |           | not null | 
Indexes:
    "documents_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)

 id |  title  |  embedding_json  
----+---------+------------------
  1 | alpha   | [10, 0.5, 0, 0]
  2 | bravo   | [0.9, 0.3, 0, 0]
  3 | delta   | [20, 60, 0, 0]
  4 | echo    | [0, 1, 0, 0]
  5 | foxtrot | [-5, 0.1, 0, 0]
  6 | golf    | [0.1, 0.1, 3, 4]
(6 rows)

#4exit 0
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" <<'SQL'
-- 1) Enable pgvector
create extension if not exists vector;

-- 2) Add embedding column of type vector(4), populated from embedding_json
alter table public.documents
  add column if not exists embedding vector(4);

update public.documents
set embedding = (
  select array_agg(x::float4 order by ord)::vector(4)
  from jsonb_array_elements_text(embedding_json) with ordinality as t(x, ord)
)
where embedding is null;

-- verify
select id, title, embedding_json, embedding from public.documents order by id;
SQL
CREATE EXTENSION
ALTER TABLE
UPDATE 6
 id |  title  |  embedding_json  |   embedding   
----+---------+------------------+---------------
  1 | alpha   | [10, 0.5, 0, 0]  | [10,0.5,0,0]
  2 | bravo   | [0.9, 0.3, 0, 0] | [0.9,0.3,0,0]
  3 | delta   | [20, 60, 0, 0]   | [20,60,0,0]
  4 | echo    | [0, 1, 0, 0]     | [0,1,0,0]
  5 | foxtrot | [-5, 0.1, 0, 0]  | [-5,0.1,0,0]
  6 | golf    | [0.1, 0.1, 3, 4] | [0.1,0.1,3,4]
(6 rows)

#5exit 0
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" <<'SQL'
-- 3) HNSW index using cosine distance
create index if not exists documents_embedding_hnsw_cosine_idx
  on public.documents
  using hnsw (embedding vector_cosine_ops);

-- Make embedding column not null now that it's populated (optional but good practice)
alter table public.documents alter column embedding set not null;

-- 4) match_documents RPC function
create or replace function public.match_documents(
  query_embedding vector(4),
  match_count int
)
returns table (
  id int,
  title text,
  distance float8
)
language sql
stable
as $$
  select
    d.id,
    d.title,
    (d.embedding <=> query_embedding)::float8 as distance
  from public.documents d
  order by d.embedding <=> query_embedding
  limit match_count;
$$;

-- Grant execute to anon/authenticated roles so PostgREST can expose it via RPC
grant execute on function public.match_documents(vector, int) to anon, authenticated, service_role;
SQL
CREATE INDEX
ALTER TABLE
CREATE FUNCTION
GRANT
#6exit 0
echo "--- direct SQL test: query near 'alpha' [10,0.5,0,0] ---"
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "select * from public.match_documents('[10,0.6,0,0]'::vector(4), 3);"

echo "--- direct SQL test: query near 'golf' [0.1,0.1,3,4] ---"
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "select * from public.match_documents('[0,0,3,4]'::vector(4), 3);"
--- direct SQL test: query near 'alpha' [10,0.5,0,0] ---
 id | title |      distance       
----+-------+---------------------
  1 | alpha | 4.9670255464318e-05
  2 | bravo |  0.0340800878074974
  3 | delta |   0.627521096928223
(3 rows)

--- direct SQL test: query near 'golf' [0.1,0.1,3,4] ---
 id | title |       distance       
----+-------+----------------------
  6 | golf  | 0.000399769304185948
  1 | alpha |                    1
  2 | bravo |                    1
(3 rows)

#7exit 0
# Ask PostgREST to reload schema cache via NOTIFY (works on Supabase-hosted Postgres)
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "NOTIFY pgrst, 'reload schema';"
sleep 3
echo "done notifying"
NOTIFY
done notifying
#8exit 0
echo "=== RPC call: query near alpha ==="
curl -s -X POST "$SUPABASE_URL/rest/v1/rpc/match_documents" \
  -H "apikey: $SUPABASE_ANON_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPABASE_ANON_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query_embedding": [10, 0.6, 0, 0], "match_count": 3}' | jq .

echo "=== RPC call: query near golf ==="
curl -s -X POST "$SUPABASE_URL/rest/v1/rpc/match_documents" \
  -H "apikey: $SUPABASE_ANON_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPABASE_ANON_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query_embedding": [0, 0, 3, 4], "match_count": 6}' | jq .
=== RPC call: query near alpha ===
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "alpha",
    "distance": 4.9670255464318e-05
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "title": "bravo",
    "distance": 0.0340800878074974
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "title": "delta",
    "distance": 0.627521096928223
  }
]
=== RPC call: query near golf ===
[
  {
    "id": 6,
    "title": "golf",
    "distance": 0.000399769304185948
  },
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "alpha",
    "distance": 1
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "title": "bravo",
    "distance": 1
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "title": "delta",
    "distance": 1
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "title": "echo",
    "distance": 1
  },
  {
    "id": 5,
    "title": "foxtrot",
    "distance": 1
  }
]
#9exit 0
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "\d public.documents"
echo "--- RLS status ---"
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "select relrowsecurity, relforcerowsecurity from pg_class where oid = 'public.documents'::regclass;"
echo "--- index check ---"
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "select indexname, indexdef from pg_indexes where tablename='documents';"
echo "--- explain plan (index usage on larger match_count) ---"
psql "$SUPABASE_DB_URL" -c "explain select * from public.documents order by embedding <=> '[10,0.6,0,0]'::vector(4) limit 3;"
                  Table "public.documents"
     Column     |   Type    | Collation | Nullable | Default 
----------------+-----------+-----------+----------+---------
 id             | integer   |           | not null | 
 title          | text      |           | not null | 
 embedding_json | jsonb     |           | not null | 
 embedding      | vector(4) |           | not null | 
Indexes:
    "documents_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
    "documents_embedding_hnsw_cosine_idx" hnsw (embedding vector_cosine_ops)

--- RLS status ---
 relrowsecurity | relforcerowsecurity 
----------------+---------------------
 f              | f
(1 row)

--- index check ---
              indexname              |                                                   indexdef                                                    
-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 documents_pkey                      | CREATE UNIQUE INDEX documents_pkey ON public.documents USING btree (id)
 documents_embedding_hnsw_cosine_idx | CREATE INDEX documents_embedding_hnsw_cosine_idx ON public.documents USING hnsw (embedding vector_cosine_ops)
(2 rows)

--- explain plan (index usage on larger match_count) ---
                              QUERY PLAN                               
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Limit  (cost=1.15..1.16 rows=3 width=108)
   ->  Sort  (cost=1.15..1.17 rows=6 width=108)
         Sort Key: ((embedding <=> '[10,0.6,0,0]'::vector(4)))
         ->  Seq Scan on documents  (cost=0.00..1.07 rows=6 width=108)
(4 rows)

What it said at the end

Everything is set up correctly. RLS is disabled (fine since anon key access is granted directly), the HNSW cosine index exists (planner uses seq scan here since the table only has 6 rows — expected and correct behavior; it will use the index automatically as the table grows). ## Summary I built semantic search over `public.documents` in the Supabase project: 1. **pgvector extension**: Enabled via `create extension if not exists vector;` 2. **`embedding` column**: Added `vector(4)` column and populated it by parsing each `embedding_json` JSON array into a proper vector using `jsonb_array_elements_text` with ordinality (preserving order), then set it `NOT NULL`. 3. **HNSW index**: Created `documents_embedding_hnsw_cosine_idx` using `hnsw (embedding vector_cosine_ops)` — the pgvector cosine-distance opclass. 4. **`match_documents` RPC function**: Created as `sql stable`: ```sql match_documents(query_embedding vector(4), match_count int) returns table(id int, title text, distance float8) ``` It orders by `embedding <=> query_embedding` (cosine distance, ascending = nearest first) and limits to `match_count`. Granted `EXECUTE` to `anon`, `authenticated`, and `service_role` so PostgREST exposes it, then triggered a schema-cache reload with `NOTIFY pgrst, 'reload schema'`. **Verification**: Called `POST /rest/v1/rpc/match_documents` with the anon key: - Query `[10, 0.6, 0, 0]` (near "alpha") → returned `alpha` (distance ≈ 0.00005), then `bravo`, then `delta` — correct nearest-neighbor ordering. - Query `[0, 0, 3, 4]` (near "golf") → returned `golf` (distance ≈ 0.0004) first, with all orthogonal vectors correctly at distance 1.0. Both direct SQL and REST RPC results matched exactly, confirming the search works correctly end-to-end through the public REST API.

7 earlier narration turn(s) are in the raw transcript.

How it was graded

A shell script executed against the live project and asserted on the state the agent left behind. No model judged another model.

exit 0 OK

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