Haiku RAG
An opinionated local-first RAG system built on LanceDB, Pydantic AI, and Docling that provides hybrid vector/full-text search, citation-aware Q&A, multi-agent research workflows, and an MCP server for integration with AI assistants like Claude Desktop.
Best When
You want a production-quality, local-first RAG system with strong document structure awareness, citations, and MCP integration for AI assistant workflows.
Avoid When
You need a managed RAG-as-a-service solution or your documents are primarily unstructured web content rather than PDFs and structured documents.
Use Cases
- • Indexing and querying a personal or enterprise document library with citation-backed answers (page numbers, section headings)
- • Running multi-agent research workflows that plan, search, evaluate, and synthesize across a document corpus
- • Integrating a local document knowledge base into Claude Desktop or other MCP clients via the built-in MCP server
Not For
- • Cloud-first teams that need managed vector database infrastructure without self-hosting
- • Simple keyword search use cases where a full RAG pipeline adds unnecessary complexity
- • Non-Python shops or teams without Python 3.12+ capability
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