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# Create Retrieval Config • AI Agent SDK

> create_retrieval_config: Create RetrievalConfig from various input formats.

# create\_retrieval\_config

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> This function is defined in the [**retrieval\_config**](../modules/retrieval_config) module.

Create RetrievalConfig from various input formats.

Supports:

* New unified retrieval\_config dict
* Legacy knowledge\_config + rag\_config dicts
* RetrievalConfig instance passthrough

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def create_retrieval_config(knowledge_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]], rag_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]], retrieval_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Optional[RetrievalConfig]
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="knowledge_config" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Legacy knowledge configuration
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="rag_config" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Legacy RAG configuration
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="retrieval_config" type="Optional" required={false}>
  New unified configuration
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Optional[RetrievalConfig]">
  RetrievalConfig instance or None
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `RetrievalConfig.from_dict`
* `RetrievalConfig`

## Source

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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Configuration Overview" icon="gear" href="/docs/configuration/index" />

  <Card title="Agent Config" icon="robot" href="/docs/configuration/agent-config" />

  <Card title="Evaluation Concept" icon="gavel" href="/docs/concepts/evaluation" />

  <Card title="LLM as Judge" icon="scale-balanced" href="/docs/features/llm-as-judge" />

  <Card title="Evaluation Loop" icon="rotate" href="/docs/eval/evaluation-loop" />
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