The emergence of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) has revolutionized the accuracy and contextual relevance of generative AI outputs, particularly in applications where traditional approaches have limitations such as missing nuanced contextual relationships or structured associations between documents. Recent advancements like Unstructured and the Graph Retriever library have simplified graph-based RAG by providing push-button transformation of unstructured documents into structured, graph-ready data, eliminating the need for dedicated graph databases. This structured approach provides superior context navigation, enabling applications to fetch documents related not merely semantically but based explicitly on relationships and entities present in the metadata. Unstructured's extensive and extensible metadata out of the box enhances the accuracy of retrieval, while its declarative approach enables non-developers to build workflows seamlessly, accelerating development and ensuring efficient execution at scale. The Graph Retriever library builds on LangChain vector stores, enabling dynamic graph construction from structured metadata, enhancing retrieval flexibility, context-awareness, and precision without additional complex infrastructure.