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RAG tip: don't dump whole documents into context.

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3 — Know this

RAG tip: don't dump whole documents into context.
Strip HTML, chunk semantically, and index with FTS5 for a fast local first-pass retrieval before you hit any embedding model.
Python sqlite3 ships with FTS5 built in.

2 — Why it matters

Adjacent signal — worth a scan. rel 0.0
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1 — Do this now · In the next 10 min: strip HTML, chunk semantically, and index with FTS5 for a fast local first-pass retrieval before you hit any embedding model.

Architecture

flowchart LR
  A["fts5"] --> B["AI &amp; Agents"]
  B --> C["Mechanism"]
  C --> D["Do: In the next 10 min: strip HTML, chunk semantical"]

Execution module

python3 engine/skill_librarian.py --search "skill"

01 · Hook

RAG tip: don't dump whole documents into context.

Adjacent signal — worth a scan.

02 · Core

The mechanism

Strip HTML, chunk semantically, and index with FTS5 for a fast local first-pass retrieval before you hit any embedding model.

03 · Edge

Why it's leverage

From @thorstenball (established). Python sqlite3 ships with FTS5 built in.

04 · Your turn

Do this now

In the next 10 min: strip HTML, chunk semantically, and index with FTS5 for a fast local first-pass retrieval before you hit any embedding model.

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