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Inspect Plans with EXPLAIN

EXPLAIN
SELECT id, distance
FROM products
USING EMBEDDING (TEXT 'mesh office chair')
TOPK 5;
* Returns the plan dictionary (collection name, include fields, where payload, rerank hints, etc.) without hitting ChromaDB. * Useful for debugging or to understand how clauses are mapped before execution.

Dry-run complex queries

Use EXPLAIN while iterating on new clauses so you can inspect the planned payloads without burning ChromaDB capacity.

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