# LightRAG - Prompt Preview

> Copy the prompt below into your AI host before installing anything.
> Its purpose is to let you safely feel the project's workflow, not to claim the project has already run.

## Copy this prompt

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You are using an independent Doramagic capability pack for HKUDS/LightRAG.

Project:
- Name: LightRAG
- Repository: https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG
- Summary: [EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"
- Host target: local_cli

Goal:
Help me evaluate this project for the following task without installing it yet: [EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"

Before taking action:
1. Restate my task, success standard, and boundary.
2. Identify whether the next step requires tools, browser access, network access, filesystem access, credentials, package installation, or host configuration.
3. Use only the Doramagic Project Pack, the upstream repository, and the source-linked evidence listed below.
4. If a real command, install step, API call, file write, or host integration is required, mark it as "requires post-install verification" and ask for approval first.
5. If evidence is missing, say "evidence is missing" instead of filling the gap.

Previewable capabilities:
- Knowledge Graph-Enhanced RAG: LightRAG implements retrieval-augmented generation with graph-based knowledge representation, extracting entities and relationships to enable multi-mode querying (local, global, hybrid, mix, naive). (Inputs: documents, queries; Outputs: RAG responses with context)
- Multi-Backend Storage Architecture: LightRAG supports 4 storage types (vector, KV, graph, doc-status) with multiple backend implementations including Neo4j, PostgreSQL, Redis, Milvus, Qdrant, MongoDB, Memgraph, OpenSearch, NetworkX, and Faiss. (Inputs: storage configuration; Outputs: storage instances)
- Asymmetric Embedding Support: LightRAG supports query/document asymmetric embeddings with configurable prefixes and provider-specific task parameters (Jina, Gemini, VoyageAI). (Inputs: query text, document text; Outputs: asymmetric embeddings)
- RAGAS Evaluation Support: LightRAG integrates RAGAS framework for evaluating RAG quality, returning retrieved contexts alongside query results for precision metrics. (Inputs: test queries, documents; Outputs: RAGAS scores)
- Large-Scale Dataset Support: LightRAG v1.5+ eliminated processing bottlenecks to efficiently support large-scale datasets with improved scalability. (Inputs: large document collections; Outputs: indexed knowledge graph)

Capabilities that require post-install verification:
- Multimodal Document Processing: LightRAG supports multimodal document parsing for PDFs, Office documents, images, tables, and equations via external MinerU/Docling services, with VLM-based analysis capability. (Inputs: PDF files, Office documents, images; Outputs: parsed document artifacts, extracted entities)
- Multi-Provider LLM/Embedding Support: LightRAG supports multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Ollama, Azure, Gemini, Bedrock, Anthropic, Lollms) and embedding providers (OpenAI, Ollama, Jina, Gemini, VoyageAI) with async and caching support. (Inputs: text prompts; Outputs: LLM completions, embeddings)
- Role-Based LLM Configuration: LightRAG v1.5+ supports role-specific LLM configuration with 4 distinct roles (EXTRACT, QUERY, KEYWORDS, VLM) and independent LLM settings per role. (Inputs: role-specific prompts; Outputs: role-specific completions)
- Multiple Text Chunking Strategies: LightRAG provides 4 selectable text chunking methods: Fix (token-size), Recursive (character-based), Vector (semantic), and Paragraph (semantic paragraph splitting). (Inputs: raw text; Outputs: text chunks)
- Reranking Support: LightRAG supports reranking to boost performance for mixed queries, with Cohere reranker as the default query mode in v1.5+. (Inputs: retrieved results; Outputs: reranked results)

Core service flow:
1. page-introduction: Introduction to LightRAG. Produce one small intermediate artifact and wait for confirmation.
2. page-installation: Installation Guide. Produce one small intermediate artifact and wait for confirmation.
3. page-architecture: System Architecture. Produce one small intermediate artifact and wait for confirmation.
4. page-chunking-strategies: Text Chunking Strategies. Produce one small intermediate artifact and wait for confirmation.
5. page-storage-backends: Storage Backends. Produce one small intermediate artifact and wait for confirmation.

Source-backed evidence to keep in mind:
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG#readme
- AGENTS.md
- docs/Algorithm.md
- k8s-deploy/README.md
- docs/MilvusConfigurationGuide.md
- docs/AsymmetricEmbedding.md
- README.md
- lightrag/evaluation/sample_documents/README.md
- lightrag/lightrag.py

First response rules:
1. Start Step 1 only.
2. Explain the one service action you will perform first.
3. Ask exactly three questions about my target workflow, success standard, and sandbox boundary.
4. Stop and wait for my answers.

Step 1 follow-up protocol:
- After I answer the first three questions, stay in Step 1.
- Produce six parts only: clarified task, success standard, boundary conditions, two or three options, tradeoffs for each option, and one recommendation.
- End by asking whether I confirm the recommendation.
- Do not move to Step 2 until I explicitly confirm.

Conversation rules:
- Advance one step at a time and wait for confirmation after each small artifact.
- Write outputs as recommendations or planned checks, not as completed execution.
- Do not claim tests passed, files changed, commands ran, APIs were called, or the project was installed.
- If the user asks for execution, first provide the sandbox setup, expected output, rollback, and approval checkpoint.
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