rag-getting-started

An interactive getting-started command for RAG Retriever, a system that finds relevant information from an indexed document collection. It adapts guidance to the user's experience and chosen topic.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for a beginner walkthrough, an advanced quick start, MCP or command-line setup, administration, or general help.
Why use it?
It helps new users understand the system without requiring them to know its command-line, administration, or MCP setup first.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/codingthefuturewithai/rag-retriever/rag-getting-started
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codingthefuturewithai/rag-retriever

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,864 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.01864
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00932
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00373
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00186

Measured 2d ago against content hash 1b4c8a5acc77, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

rag-getting-started scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/rag-getting-started.md · 222 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 222 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

RAG Retriever Getting Started Guide

Interactive guidance for new users to navigate the RAG Retriever ecosystem and get productive quickly.

Prerequisites

This command provides comprehensive guidance for new users. No specific technical prerequisites required.

Arguments

Use $ARGUMENTS to specify your experience level or specific needs:

  • "new" - Complete beginner walkthrough
  • "experienced" - Advanced user quickstart
  • "mcp" - Focus on MCP server setup and usage
  • "cli" - Focus on CLI operations and administration
  • "admin" - Administrative operations guidance
  • "help" - Show all available guidance options

Examples:

  • "new" - Complete beginner guide
  • "experienced" - Skip basics, show advanced features
  • "mcp" - MCP server setup and usage
  • "cli" - CLI operations and administration
  • "admin" - Administrative tasks and maintenance

Implementation Approach

This command uses direct implementation to provide personalized guidance based on user experience and needs.

Your Task

1. Assess User Experience and Needs

  • Determine user's experience level from $ARGUMENTS
  • Identify specific focus areas (MCP, CLI, admin, etc.)
  • Provide appropriate guidance level

2. Provide Tailored Guidance

For New Users ("new")

You are: New to RAG Retriever, need complete walkthrough I'll provide: Step-by-step guidance from zero to productive

  1. System Overview

    • Explain the three interfaces: MCP Server, CLI, Web UI
    • Show capability differences and when to use each
    • Provide decision matrix for interface selection
  2. Quick Start Path Selection

    • Path 1: "I want AI assistant integration" → MCP setup
    • Path 2: "I want full control from start" → CLI setup
    • Path 3: "I want to understand everything first" → Complete overview
  3. Next Steps

    • Direct to appropriate setup prompt
    • Provide specific commands to get started
    • Set expectations for learning timeline
For Experienced Users ("experienced")

You are: Familiar with RAG concepts, want to get productive quickly I'll provide: Advanced quickstart with focus on powerful features

Read the full file on GitHub · 222 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 222 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 1b4c8a5acc77

Subscribe to this mod's changes

rag-getting-started is a command published in the GitHub repository codingthefuturewithai/rag-retriever (27 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,864 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.