diff --git a/.vectorcode/config.json b/.vectorcode/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b33c70044f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vectorcode/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "reranker": "NaiveReranker"
+}
diff --git a/.vectorcode/config.yaml b/.vectorcode/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9f94534fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vectorcode/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+reranker:
+  model_name_or_path: cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Istio APIs and Common Configuration Definitions
 
+
+
+
 This repository defines component-level APIs and common configuration formats for the Istio
 platform. These definitions are specified using the [protobuf](https://github.com/google/protobuf)
 syntax.