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+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "pageindex"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Vectorless, reasoning-based RAG via hierarchical document tree indexing"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Vectify AI"},
+]
+keywords = ["rag", "retrieval", "llm", "document-indexing", "tree-structure", "pageindex"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "openai>=1.0.0",
+    "tiktoken",
+    "PyPDF2",
+    "pymupdf",
+    "python-dotenv",
+    "pyyaml",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://vectify.ai/pageindex"
+Documentation = "https://docs.pageindex.ai"
+Repository = "https://github.com/VectifyAI/PageIndex"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/VectifyAI/PageIndex/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"