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haiku.rag Chat App

A conversational RAG interface built with CopilotKit and pydantic-ai's AG-UI protocol.

Note: An illustrative example meant as a starting point, with no authentication. The compose files bind the backend to 127.0.0.1; don't expose it to an untrusted network.

Prerequisites

  • Docker and Docker Compose
  • A haiku.rag database (created via the haiku-rag CLI)
  • An LLM API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, or local Ollama)

Quick Start

  1. Set up environment variables:

    cp .env.example .env
    # Edit .env with your API keys and database path
    
  2. Configure the LLM and embedding models:

    cp haiku.rag.yaml.example haiku.rag.yaml
    # Edit haiku.rag.yaml to configure your models
    
  3. Start the app:

    docker compose up -d
    
  4. Open the chat interface: http://localhost:3000

Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable Description Required
DB_PATH Path to your haiku.rag LanceDB database Yes
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY Anthropic API key One LLM key required
OPENAI_API_KEY OpenAI API key One LLM key required
OLLAMA_BASE_URL Ollama server URL (default: http://host.docker.internal:11434) For local models
LOGFIRE_TOKEN Pydantic Logfire token for debugging No

haiku.rag.yaml

Configure the LLM, embeddings, and search settings:

qa:
  model:
    provider: anthropic  # or openai, ollama
    name: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

embeddings:
  model:
    provider: ollama
    name: nomic-embed-text

search:
  limit: 10

See haiku.rag.yaml.example for all options.

Development

For local development with hot reloading:

docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d --build

Architecture

┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐
│    Frontend     │────▶│     Backend     │────▶│   haiku.rag     │
│  (CopilotKit)   │     │  (pydantic-ai)  │     │   (LanceDB)     │
│  localhost:3000 │     │  localhost:8001 │     │                 │
└─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘

Backend Endpoints

Endpoint Method Description
/v1/chat/stream POST AG-UI chat streaming
/api/documents GET List documents in database
/api/info GET Database statistics
/api/visualize/{chunk_id} GET Visual grounding for chunks
/health GET Health check

Chat Capabilities

The chat can:

  • Search your documents with hybrid vector + full-text search
  • Answer questions with citations from your knowledge base
  • Filter by document when you ask about specific files
  • Show visual grounding for PDF/image sources