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rag-mcp-server from gptme/gptme-contrib is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add gptme/gptme-contrib/rag-mcp-server@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
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Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
gptme/gptme-contrib
Path
skills/rag-mcp-server/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
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Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Jul 3, 2026
Size
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Repository stars
15
License
MIT

Add foundational CS knowledge (7 classic books) and session-memory search to Claude Code or Claude Desktop via MCP. Lets Claude answer "how does X work?" by querying indexed books inline, and "what did we discuss about Y?" by searching past sessions. Use this skill when setting up or troubleshooting the rag-mcp-server.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# rag-mcp-server Skill

Expose a local BM25 knowledge-base and session index to any MCP client — Claude
Code, Claude Desktop, or any gptme instance — so queries like "how does virtual
memory work?" resolve to book chapters inline, and "what did we discuss about
caching last week?" resolve to past sessions.

## Overview

`rag-mcp-server` is part of the `rag` package in your gptme agent workspace. It exposes
two search surfaces as MCP tools:

| Tool | What it searches |
|------|-----------------|
| `search_wisdom` | BM25 index over CC-licensed CS reference books |
| `list_wisdom_sources` | List of book slugs currently indexed |
| `search_sessions` | Journal, gptme logs, and Claude Code trajectory index |

Default book set (7): SICP, OSTEP, Pro Git, Think Python, MML Book, RL Intro,
Eloquent JavaScript. BM25 precision@3: 0.87 on a curated benchmark set.

## Setup

### 1. Install the package

```bash
# From gptme-contrib workspace root
uv sync --all-packages

# Verify the entry point is available
rag-mcp-server --help
```

### 2. Build the book (wisdom) index

```bash
# Download and index CC-licensed books in one command:
bob-search index-books --preset cs-fundamentals
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add gptme/gptme-contrib/rag-mcp-server@sha256:8c1bb13392abc122

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

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  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7237 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
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  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source

GitHub

gptme/gptme-contrib · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hkcwxccu3eaedvhy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gptme/gptme-contrib/rag-mcp-server
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8c1bb13392abc122dde1cb32ee8358e219ef64e823a774e0874abe7ca7a59f71

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