# rag-infrastructure

A skill for building RAG infrastructure: document ingestion, embeddings, vector stores, hybrid search and grounded LLM answers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 325 installs · ★ 1177
- Author: devops-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/infrastructure/local-ai/rag-infrastructure/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rag-infrastructure

## What it does

The skill walks the whole path from documents to answers. A chunker splits text, an embedding model turns chunks into vectors, a vector database stores them, and a query goes through search, reranking and generation. The Python examples use `SentenceTransformer` for local embeddings, `QdrantClient` for collections, `RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter` and `MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter` for chunking, and `fastembed` for BM25 sparse vectors fused with Reciprocal Rank Fusion.

Reranking comes in two forms: Cohere's API with a key, or a local `CrossEncoder` that costs nothing per query. A `docker-compose` file wires up Qdrant, Redis, an ingestion worker and the API service.

You need Python 3.10+ with `pip`, a vector database such as Qdrant, Weaviate, Pinecone or pgvector, an embedding model, and an LLM endpoint. Docker is there for running the vector database locally. Without a Cohere key only the local reranker works, so pick it from the start if you would rather not depend on an external API.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill rag-infrastructure -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/rag-infrastructure/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/rag-infrastructure/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill rag-infrastructure -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/rag-infrastructure/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill rag-infrastructure -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/rag-infrastructure/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills rag-infrastructure
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/rag-infrastructure/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill rag-infrastructure -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --path infrastructure/local-ai/rag-infrastructure
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/rag-infrastructure/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill rag-infrastructure -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/infrastructure/local-ai/rag-infrastructure/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build Q&A over internal documents
- cut LLM hallucinations with retrieved context
- set up semantic search across a large corpus
- combine dense and sparse retrieval in hybrid search
- run a vector store and ingestion worker with Docker

## Example prompts
- Set up a document ingestion pipeline into Qdrant using this skill
- Build hybrid search with BM25 and RRF for our knowledge base
- Add a local CrossEncoder reranker to the RAG query path

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: rag-infrastructure
description: Build and operate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) infrastructure with vector stores, embedding pipelines, and hybrid search. Covers ingestion, chunking strategies, reranking, and production deployment patterns.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: devops-skills
  version: "1.0"
---

# RAG Infrastructure

Production infrastructure for Retrieval-Augmented Generation: ingest documents, generate embeddings, store in vector databases, and serve grounded LLM responses.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Building a knowledge base Q&A system over internal documents
- Implementing semantic search over large document collections
- Reducing LLM hallucinations with retrieved context
- Setting up embedding pipelines and vector store infrastructure
- Deploying hybrid search (dense + sparse/BM25)

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.10+ with `pip`
- A vector database (Qdrant, Weaviate, Pinecone, or pgvector)
- An embedding model (OpenAI, Cohere, or local via `sentence-transformers`)
- An LLM endpoint (OpenAI API or self-hosted vLLM)
- Docker for local vector DB deployment

## Architecture Overview

```
Documents → Chunker → Embedder → Vector Store
                                      ↓
User Query → Embedder → Vector Store (search) → Reranker → LLM → Answer
```

## Embedding Pipeline

```python
from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
from qdrant_client import QdrantClient
from qdrant_client.models import Distance, VectorParams, PointStruct
import uuid

# Local embedding model (no API cost)
model = SentenceTransformer("BAAI/bge-large-en-v1.5")

# Connect to Qdrant
client = QdrantClient("http://localhost:6333")

# Create collection
client.create_collection(
    collection_name="knowledge-base",
    vectors_config=VectorParams(size=1024, distance=Distance.COSINE),
)

def ingest_documents(docs: list[dict]):
    """Chunk, embed, and upsert documents."""
    points = []
    for doc in docs:
        chunks = chunk_text(doc["text"], chunk_size=512, overlap=50)
        embeddings = model.encode(chunks, batch_size=32, show_progress_bar=True)
        for chunk, embedding in zip(chunks, embeddings):
            points.append(PointStruct(
                id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
                vector=embedding.tolist(),
                payload={"text": chunk, "source": doc["source"], "title": doc["title"]},
            ))
    client.upsert(collection_name="knowledge-base", points=points)
    print(f"Ingested {len(points)} chunks")
```
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