diff --git a/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/BUILD.bazel b/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/BUILD.bazel
index 659cc6ff0d9..cc826500e64 100644
--- a/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/BUILD.bazel
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ go_library(
         "//enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/resolvers",
         "//internal/codeintel",
         "//internal/codycontext:context",
+        "//internal/conf",
         "//internal/conf/conftypes",
         "//internal/database",
         "//internal/embeddings",
+        "//internal/embeddings/db",
+        "//internal/grpc/defaults",
         "//internal/observation",
         "//internal/search/client",
     ],
diff --git a/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/init.go b/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/init.go
index a764b162c20..24e22cbcc6e 100644
--- a/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/init.go
+++ b/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/init.go
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/resolvers"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/codeintel"
 	codycontext "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/codycontext"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/conf"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/conf/conftypes"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/database"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/embeddings"
+	vdb "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/embeddings/db"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/grpc/defaults"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/observation"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/search/client"
 )
@@ -24,11 +27,20 @@ func Init(
 ) error {
 	embeddingsClient := embeddings.NewDefaultClient()
 	searchClient := client.New(observationCtx.Logger, db)
+	qdrantSearcher := vdb.NewDisabledDB()
+	if addr := conf.ServiceConnections().Qdrant; addr != "" {
+		conn, err := defaults.Dial(addr, observationCtx.Logger)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		qdrantSearcher = vdb.NewQdrantDBFromConn(conn)
+	}
 	contextClient := codycontext.NewCodyContextClient(
 		observationCtx,
 		db,
 		embeddingsClient,
 		searchClient,
+		qdrantSearcher,
 	)
 	enterpriseServices.CodyContextResolver = resolvers.NewResolver(
 		db,
diff --git a/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/resolvers/context_test.go b/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/resolvers/context_test.go
index b08aba684a1..fe7ae0218de 100644
--- a/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/resolvers/context_test.go
+++ b/enterprise/cmd/frontend/internal/context/resolvers/context_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func TestContextResolver(t *testing.T) {
 		db,
 		mockEmbeddingsClient,
 		mockSearchClient,
+		nil,
 	)
 
 	resolver := NewResolver(
diff --git a/enterprise/cmd/worker/internal/embeddings/repo/worker.go b/enterprise/cmd/worker/internal/embeddings/repo/worker.go
index 8d3d9db4daf..f8adb083425 100644
--- a/enterprise/cmd/worker/internal/embeddings/repo/worker.go
+++ b/enterprise/cmd/worker/internal/embeddings/repo/worker.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (s *repoEmbeddingJob) Routines(_ context.Context, observationCtx *observati
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	qdrantInserter := vdb.NewNoopInserter()
+	qdrantInserter := vdb.NewNoopDB()
 	if qdrantAddr := conf.Get().ServiceConnections().Qdrant; qdrantAddr != "" {
 		conn, err := defaults.Dial(qdrantAddr, observationCtx.Logger)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/codycontext/BUILD.bazel b/internal/codycontext/BUILD.bazel
index bf8e2a8f218..a375d1fa365 100644
--- a/internal/codycontext/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/internal/codycontext/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
     deps = [
         "//internal/api",
+        "//internal/conf",
         "//internal/database",
         "//internal/embeddings",
+        "//internal/embeddings/db",
         "//internal/embeddings/embed",
+        "//internal/featureflag",
         "//internal/metrics",
         "//internal/observation",
         "//internal/search",
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//internal/search/result",
         "//internal/search/streaming",
         "//internal/types",
+        "//lib/errors",
         "@com_github_sourcegraph_conc//pool",
         "@com_github_sourcegraph_log//:log",
         "@io_opentelemetry_go_otel//attribute",
diff --git a/internal/codycontext/context.go b/internal/codycontext/context.go
index c7a87d0f329..3df0337197b 100644
--- a/internal/codycontext/context.go
+++ b/internal/codycontext/context.go
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/api"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/conf"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/database"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/embeddings"
+	vdb "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/embeddings/db"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/embeddings/embed"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/featureflag"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/observation"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/search"
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/search/result"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/search/streaming"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/types"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/errors"
 )
 
 type FileChunkContext struct {
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ type FileChunkContext struct {
 	EndLine   int
 }
 
-func NewCodyContextClient(obsCtx *observation.Context, db database.DB, embeddingsClient embeddings.Client, searchClient client.SearchClient) *CodyContextClient {
+func NewCodyContextClient(obsCtx *observation.Context, db database.DB, embeddingsClient embeddings.Client, searchClient client.SearchClient, qdrantSearcher vdb.VectorSearcher) *CodyContextClient {
 	redMetrics := metrics.NewREDMetrics(
 		obsCtx.Registerer,
 		"codycontext_client",
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ func NewCodyContextClient(obsCtx *observation.Context, db database.DB, embedding
 		db:               db,
 		embeddingsClient: embeddingsClient,
 		searchClient:     searchClient,
+		qdrantSearcher:   qdrantSearcher,
 
 		obsCtx:                 obsCtx,
 		getCodyContextOp:       op("getCodyContext"),
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ type CodyContextClient struct {
 	db               database.DB
 	embeddingsClient embeddings.Client
 	searchClient     client.SearchClient
+	qdrantSearcher   vdb.VectorSearcher
 
 	obsCtx                 *observation.Context
 	getCodyContextOp       *observation.Operation
@@ -84,6 +90,14 @@ type GetContextArgs struct {
 	TextResultsCount int32
 }
 
+func (a *GetContextArgs) RepoIDs() []api.RepoID {
+	res := make([]api.RepoID, 0, len(a.Repos))
+	for _, repo := range a.Repos {
+		res = append(res, repo.ID)
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
 func (a *GetContextArgs) Attrs() []attribute.KeyValue {
 	return []attribute.KeyValue{
 		attribute.Int("numRepos", len(a.Repos)),
@@ -170,6 +184,10 @@ func (c *CodyContextClient) getEmbeddingsContext(ctx context.Context, args GetCo
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	if featureflag.FromContext(ctx).GetBoolOr("qdrant", false) {
+		return c.getEmbeddingsContextFromQdrant(ctx, args)
+	}
+
 	repoNames := make([]api.RepoName, len(args.Repos))
 	repoIDs := make([]api.RepoID, len(args.Repos))
 	for i, repo := range args.Repos {
@@ -308,6 +326,48 @@ func (c *CodyContextClient) getKeywordContext(ctx context.Context, args GetConte
 	return append(results[0], results[1]...), nil
 }
 
+func (c *CodyContextClient) getEmbeddingsContextFromQdrant(ctx context.Context, args GetContextArgs) (_ []FileChunkContext, err error) {
+	embeddingsConf := conf.GetEmbeddingsConfig(conf.Get().SiteConfig())
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("embeddings not configured or disabled")
+	}
+	client, err := embed.NewEmbeddingsClient(embeddingsConf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "getting embeddings client")
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.GetQueryEmbedding(ctx, args.Query)
+	if err != nil || len(resp.Failed) > 0 {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "getting query embedding")
+	}
+	query := resp.Embeddings
+
+	params := vdb.SearchParams{
+		ModelID:   client.GetModelIdentifier(),
+		RepoIDs:   args.RepoIDs(),
+		Query:     query,
+		CodeLimit: int(args.CodeResultsCount),
+		TextLimit: int(args.TextResultsCount),
+	}
+	chunks, err := c.qdrantSearcher.Search(ctx, params)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "searching vector DB")
+	}
+
+	res := make([]FileChunkContext, 0, len(chunks))
+	for _, chunk := range chunks {
+		res = append(res, FileChunkContext{
+			RepoName:  chunk.Point.Payload.RepoName,
+			RepoID:    chunk.Point.Payload.RepoID,
+			CommitID:  chunk.Point.Payload.Revision,
+			Path:      chunk.Point.Payload.FilePath,
+			StartLine: int(chunk.Point.Payload.StartLine),
+			EndLine:   int(chunk.Point.Payload.EndLine),
+		})
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
 func fileMatchToContextMatches(fm *result.FileMatch) []FileChunkContext {
 	if len(fm.ChunkMatches) == 0 {
 		return nil
diff --git a/internal/embeddings/db/noop.go b/internal/embeddings/db/noop.go
index b2556ead3d2..503acefd11e 100644
--- a/internal/embeddings/db/noop.go
+++ b/internal/embeddings/db/noop.go
@@ -4,28 +4,55 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/api"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/errors"
 )
 
-func NewNoopInserter() VectorInserter {
-	return noopInserter{}
+func NewNoopDB() VectorDB {
+	return noopDB{}
 }
 
-var _ VectorDB = noopInserter{}
+var _ VectorDB = noopDB{}
 
-type noopInserter struct{}
+type noopDB struct{}
 
-func (noopInserter) Search(context.Context, SearchParams) ([]ChunkResult, error) {
+func (noopDB) Search(context.Context, SearchParams) ([]ChunkResult, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
-func (noopInserter) PrepareUpdate(ctx context.Context, modelID string, modelDims uint64) error {
+func (noopDB) PrepareUpdate(ctx context.Context, modelID string, modelDims uint64) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (noopInserter) HasIndex(ctx context.Context, modelID string, repoID api.RepoID, revision api.CommitID) (bool, error) {
+func (noopDB) HasIndex(ctx context.Context, modelID string, repoID api.RepoID, revision api.CommitID) (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }
-func (noopInserter) InsertChunks(context.Context, InsertParams) error {
+func (noopDB) InsertChunks(context.Context, InsertParams) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (noopInserter) FinalizeUpdate(context.Context, FinalizeUpdateParams) error {
+func (noopDB) FinalizeUpdate(context.Context, FinalizeUpdateParams) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+var ErrDisabled = errors.New("Qdrant is disabled. Enable by setting QDRANT_ENDPOINT")
+
+func NewDisabledDB() VectorDB {
+	return disabledDB{}
+}
+
+var _ VectorDB = disabledDB{}
+
+type disabledDB struct{}
+
+func (disabledDB) Search(context.Context, SearchParams) ([]ChunkResult, error) {
+	return nil, ErrDisabled
+}
+func (disabledDB) PrepareUpdate(ctx context.Context, modelID string, modelDims uint64) error {
+	return ErrDisabled
+}
+func (disabledDB) HasIndex(ctx context.Context, modelID string, repoID api.RepoID, revision api.CommitID) (bool, error) {
+	return false, ErrDisabled
+}
+func (disabledDB) InsertChunks(context.Context, InsertParams) error {
+	return ErrDisabled
+}
+func (disabledDB) FinalizeUpdate(context.Context, FinalizeUpdateParams) error {
+	return ErrDisabled
+}
diff --git a/internal/embeddings/db/qdrant.go b/internal/embeddings/db/qdrant.go
index e866c4f88b8..a864ff7646f 100644
--- a/internal/embeddings/db/qdrant.go
+++ b/internal/embeddings/db/qdrant.go
@@ -29,10 +29,22 @@ type qdrantDB struct {
 var _ VectorDB = (*qdrantDB)(nil)
 
 type SearchParams struct {
-	ModelID   string
-	RepoIDs   []api.RepoID
-	Query     []float32
+	// RepoIDs is the set of repos to search.
+	// If empty, all repos are searched.
+	RepoIDs []api.RepoID
+
+	// The ID of the model that the query was embedded with.
+	// Embeddings for other models will not be searched.
+	ModelID string
+
+	// Query is the embedding for the search query.
+	// Its dimensions must match the model dimensions.
+	Query []float32
+
+	// The maximum number of code results to return
 	CodeLimit int
+
+	// The maximum number of text results to return
 	TextLimit int
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/embeddings/embed/embed_test.go b/internal/embeddings/embed/embed_test.go
index 861cdca86ed..4fd56673354 100644
--- a/internal/embeddings/embed/embed_test.go
+++ b/internal/embeddings/embed/embed_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestEmbedRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	revision := api.CommitID("deadbeef")
 	embeddingsClient := NewMockEmbeddingsClient()
-	inserter := db.NewNoopInserter()
+	inserter := db.NewNoopDB()
 	contextService := NewMockContextService()
 	contextService.SplitIntoEmbeddableChunksFunc.SetDefaultHook(defaultSplitter)
 	splitOptions := codeintelContext.SplitOptions{ChunkTokensThreshold: 8}
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func TestEmbedRepo_ExcludeChunkOnError(t *testing.T) {
 	repoIDName := types.RepoIDName{Name: repoName}
 	embeddingsClient := NewMockEmbeddingsClient()
 	contextService := NewMockContextService()
-	inserter := db.NewNoopInserter()
+	inserter := db.NewNoopDB()
 	contextService.SplitIntoEmbeddableChunksFunc.SetDefaultHook(defaultSplitter)
 	splitOptions := codeintelContext.SplitOptions{ChunkTokensThreshold: 8}
 	mockFiles := map[string][]byte{