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title: Contextual Compression Retriever node documentation
description: Learn how to use the Contextual Compression Retriever node in n8n. Follow technical documentation to integrate Contextual Compression Retriever node into your workflows.
contentType: [integration, reference]
priority: medium
---

# Contextual Compression Retriever node

The Contextual Compression Retriever node improves the answers returned from [vector store](/08-0-0-Workflow/glossary.md#ai-vector-store) document similarity searches by taking into account the context from the query.

```{include} ../../../../../_snippets/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/sub-node-expression-resolution.md

```

## Templates and examples
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## Related resources

Refer to [LangChain's contextual compression retriever documentation](https://js.langchain.com/docs/how_to/contextual_compression/) for more information about the service.

```{include} ../../../../../_snippets/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/langchain-overview-link.md

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