concept-rag
by m2ux
README.md
# 🧠 Conceptual KB Search MCP Server
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A RAG MCP server that enables LLMs to interact with a vector database chunked library of local PDF/EPUB documents through conceptual search. Combines corpus-driven concept extraction, WordNet semantic enrichment, and multi-signal hybrid ranking powered by LanceDB to augment retrieval accuracy.
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**[Quick Start](#-quick-start)** • **[Docs](https://m2ux.github.io/concept-rag/)** • **[Setup](SETUP.md)** • **[Development](docs/development.md)** • **[Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)**
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## 🎯 Overview
Concept-RAG uses an **Goal → Activity → Skill → Tool** architecture to help AI agents to efficiently acquire knowledge.
After initial setup of an always-applied [rule](prompts/ide-setup.md), agents are able to use an exposed [guidance](prompts/guidance.md) resource to:
1. **Match the user's goal** to an [activity](prompts/activities/index.md) (e.g., "understand a topic", "explore a concept")
2. **Follow the [skill](prompts/skills/index.md) workflow** which orchestrates the right [tool](docs/api-reference.md) sequence
3. **Synthesize the answer** with citations
This reduces context overhead and provides deterministic tool selection.
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## 🚀 Quick Start
### Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+
- Python 3.9+ with NLTK
- OpenRouter API key ([sign up here](https://openrouter.ai/keys))
- MCP Client (Cursor or Claude Desktop)
### Installation
```bash
# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/m2ux/concept-rag.git
cd concept-rag
npm install
npm run build
# Install WordNet
pip3 install nltk
python3 -c "import nltk; nltk.download('wordnet'); nltk.download('omw-1.4')"
# Configure API key
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and add your OpenRouter API key
```
### Seed Your Documents
```bash
source .env
# Initial seeding (create database)
npx tsx hybrid_fast_seed.ts \
--dbpath ~/.concept_rag \
--filesdir ~/Documents/my-pdfs \
--overwrite
# Incremental seeding (add new documents only)
npx tsx hybrid_fast_seed.ts \
--dbpath ~/.concept_rag \
--filesdir ~/Documents/my-pdfs
```
### Configure MCP Client
**Cursor** (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"concept-rag": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/concept-rag/dist/conceptual_index.js",
"/home/username/.concept_rag"
]
}
}
}
```
Restart your MCP client and start searching. See [SETUP.md](SETUP.md) for other IDEs.
## 🙏 Acknowledgments
Forked from [lance-mcp](https://github.com/adiom-data/lance-mcp) by [adiom-data](https://github.com/adiom-data).
## 📜 License
MIT License - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
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