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Graphrag Practice Chinese

Graphrag Practice Chinese is a Python GraphRAG application example for indexing and querying Chinese-language documents. It adapts document chunking to Chinese character counts, provides Chinese-language prompt files, and describes replacing the default OpenAI model-calling setup with another provider and model.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it as a starting point when you want to explore GraphRAG indexing and retrieval for Chinese documents and are prepared to configure a model API key and local input data.

Who it is for

  • Developers building a Chinese-language knowledge-base indexing prototype with GraphRAG.
  • People experimenting with Chinese prompts, chunking strategies or alternative model-provider configurations.

Documented uses

  • Prepare local text or CSV documents for GraphRAG indexing.
  • Build an index and ask questions focused on a specific entity or a broader theme.
  • Adapt GraphRAG prompts and chunking for Chinese content.
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Requirements & limits

  • The README specifies UTF-8 text or CSV input, with the path configurable in settings.yaml.
  • The setup uses .env for the API key and settings.yaml for pipeline settings.
  • Index construction can involve substantial token use; the README gives a large-book example and warns about resource demands.
  • The repository metadata specifies an MIT license.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up the GraphRAG project configuration

Install the project dependencies, create an input folder and initialize the configuration files.

Before you start

  • Python and pip, as implied by the documented dependency-install command.
  • A local copy of the project repository.

Steps

  1. Install dependencies with the command below from the project directory.

    Documented command
    pip install -r ./requirements.txt

  2. Create the default input folder with mkdir ./input.

  3. Initialize GraphRAG configuration with the command below.

    Documented command
    python -m graphrag.index --init --root ./

  4. Review .env and settings.yaml; the README points to demo.env and settings.demo.yaml as references.

Expected outcome

The project directory has the initialized `.env` and `settings.yaml` files and a default location for input documents.

Guide limitations

  • This covers setup only; indexing requires a configured API key and suitable input files.
  • The README identifies UTF-8 text and CSV as supported input types.
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Source-based practical guide

Build an index and run a documented query

Index local documents and issue a local or global GraphRAG query.

Before you start

  • Completed project setup with .env and settings.yaml in the selected root.
  • A correctly configured API key.
  • UTF-8 text or CSV files at the configured input path.

Steps

  1. Set the input path and file settings in settings.yaml if the documents are not in the default input location.

  2. Build the index from the project root with the command below.

    Documented command
    python -m graphrag.index --root ./

  3. Run a local query with the command below, or a global query with the command below.

    Documented command
    python -m graphrag.query --root ./ --method local "贾母对宝玉的态度怎么样？"
    Documented command
    python -m graphrag.query --root ./ --method global "故事的主旨是什么？"

Expected outcome

The README describes generated `output` and `cache` directories and shows responses to entity-focused local and broad thematic global questions.

Guide limitations

  • The README warns that indexing can consume substantial tokens and may take a long time without a GPU.
  • Global queries may use more tokens and compute because they involve multiple model calls.
  • The example commands and sample responses are README instructions and examples, not independent execution results.
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Graphrag Practice ChinesePrepare local text or CSV documents for GraphRAG indexing.CLI
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15 October 2026
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