journey-rag
Use as the RAG build stage of the Butterbase journey. Implements the RAG section of 02-plan.md by delegating to rag-dev. Calls manage_rag_content (create_collection, ingest_document). Skipped if the plan has no knowledge-base feature.
SKILL.md
Full skill instructions
Journey: RAG
Stage 3g of the guided journey. Create RAG collections and ingest initial documents.
When to use
- Dispatched by
journeywhencurrent_stage: rag. - Directly via
/butterbase-skills:journey-rag. - Skipped (annotated
(n/a)) if the plan has no RAG section.
Preflight
If docs/butterbase/03-preflight.md is missing, older than 24 hours, or 00-state.md has app_id: null, invoke butterbase-skills:journey-preflight first. Wait for it to return successfully before proceeding.
Inputs
docs/butterbase/02-plan.md— the RAG section.docs/butterbase/00-state.md— forapp_id.
Procedure
-
Refresh docs. Call
butterbase_docswithtopic: "rag". For ingestion + retrieval patterns, also WebFetchhttps://docs.butterbase.ai/ai/rag. Skip if cache is fresh. -
Read the RAG section. Print it back:
"About to set up RAG: collections=<list>. Proceed?". Wait foryes. -
Invoke
butterbase-skills:rag-devvia the Skill tool with the RAG plan andapp_id. The wrapped skill callsmanage_rag_content action: create_collection, theningest_documentfor any seed sources the user provides. -
Smoke: call
rag_querywith a representative question and show the user the top hit. -
Append one line to
docs/butterbase/04-build-log.md:<ISO timestamp> rag manage_rag_content ok -
Tick
- [x] ragin00-state.md, setcurrent_stage:to the next unchecked stage. -
Return to
journeyorchestrator (or ask"Continue to the next stage? (yes/no)").
Outputs
- Created RAG collections, ingested seed docs.
- One line in
04-build-log.md.
Anti-patterns
- ❌ Ingesting huge document sets in a single call — chunk and poll
get_document_status. - ❌ Skipping the smoke
rag_query— silent embedding failures are common.
