Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when you want a structured, example-led path through RAG concepts and implementation, or want to study a particular notebook or project case.
Who it is for
- Developers learning how to build retrieval-augmented generation workflows.
- Chinese-language learners who want notebook exercises and applied RAG case studies.
- Practitioners comparing techniques such as hybrid retrieval, reranking, GraphRAG and agentic RAG.
Documented uses
- Learn core RAG concepts and evaluation methods.
- Study implementation patterns for embeddings, document chunking, query enhancement and retrieval.
- Explore example applications including document question answering, customer-service systems and research assistants.
- Review production-oriented topics such as Docker deployment, monitoring and security.
Requirements & limits
The public repository is available under the MIT license. Local notebook setup requires Python 3.9 or later and pip or conda; the README also links to online documentation.
- The tutorial is in Chinese.
- The repository presents learning materials and example projects, rather than a hosted RAG application.
- The README lists a broad range of frameworks and model or database integrations; requirements may differ by notebook or case study.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Set up the tutorial notebooks locally
Prepare the repository and launch Jupyter to work with its notebook materials.
Before you start
- Python 3.9 or later
- pip or conda
- Git
Steps
Clone the repository with the command below and change into the
rag-tutorialdirectory.git clone https://github.com/vivy-yi/rag-tutorial.gitInstall the project dependencies with the command below.
pip install -r requirements.txtLaunch
jupyter notebookorjupyter lab.Open the
notebooksdirectory and select a notebook.
Expected outcome
A local Jupyter environment opened to the repository's tutorial notebooks.
Guide limitations
- The README identifies notebooks and setup steps but the chosen model, database or service integrations may have additional requirements.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 16 October 2026
- Original website title
- vivy-yi/rag-tutorial · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

