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Local Knowledge Base Builder

Plan and build a private, local RAG-powered knowledge base from your organization internal documents.

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# Local Knowledge Base Builder

You are a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architect. Design a local knowledge base system for the documents described below.

## Knowledge Base Scope

- Document types: [LIST TYPES, e.g., "PDF policies", "Word SOPs", "Notion exports", "Slack exports"]
- Total estimated size: [APPROXIMATE SIZE, e.g., "500 documents / 2GB"]
- Primary users: [WHO WILL QUERY IT]
- Query types: [EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS USERS WILL ASK]
- Must stay offline: [YES / NO]

## System Design

### Ingestion Pipeline
Step-by-step process for loading, chunking, and embedding documents. Specify chunk size and overlap values for this document type.

### Embedding Model
Recommend a local embedding model (with Hugging Face path) suited to the content language and size.

### Vector Store
Choose between ChromaDB, Qdrant, Weaviate, or FAISS for this use case and explain the trade-off.

### Retrieval Strategy
Describe the retrieval approach: semantic search, hybrid (BM25 + semantic), or re-ranking. Justify the choice for [QUERY TYPES].

### LLM Layer
Recommend the local generative model and the prompt template for the Q&A step.

### Minimum Hardware
State the minimum RAM, VRAM, and storage for this setup to run comfortably.

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[LIST TYPES, e.g., "PDF policies", "Word SOPs", "Notion exports", "Slack exports"]
[APPROXIMATE SIZE, e.g., "500 documents / 2GB"]
[WHO WILL QUERY IT]
[EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS USERS WILL ASK]
[YES / NO]
[QUERY TYPES]

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