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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "ivenkoolab-loci--search-and-ask-your-notes",
 "repo": "IvenKooLab/loci",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/IvenKooLab/loci",
 "repo_slug": "ivenkoolab-loci",
 "title": "Search and ask questions across your own notes",
 "page_title": "How to search and ask questions across your own notes with Loci",
 "summary": "Index a notes folder, then get search hits and cited answers from the terminal.",
 "who": "A researcher or developer with scattered Markdown notes who needs to find an old decision fast.",
 "problem": "Decisions and facts are buried across many files, and plain keyword search misses them.",
 "outcome": "A local index that returns excerpts and answers that cite the source file and section.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `git clone https://github.com/IvenKooLab/loci.git` and then `cd loci`.",
  "Run `python -m pip install -e .` and then `cp config.example.toml config.toml`.",
  "Edit config.toml: fill in [llm] and [embed], and set [[sources]].path to your notes directory.",
  "Run `loci ingest` to build the index.",
  "Run `loci search \"deployment decisions\"` and then `loci ask \"What did we decide about deployment, and why?\"`."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the IvenKooLab/loci repo, configure config.toml so [[sources]].path points to <notes-directory>, run loci ingest, then run loci ask with the question <question>. Expected output: an answer with file > section citations. Verify that each citation names a file that exists under <notes-directory>.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Embedding and chat requests go to the providers you configure, so only local endpoints keep the whole workflow offline.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python 3.11 or newer",
  "git and a terminal",
  "An embedding endpoint that supports /embeddings, plus a chat endpoint (may be a local one)",
  "A notes or project docs directory to index"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Provider API keys go in config.toml or the BRAIN_LLM_API_KEY and BRAIN_EMBED_API_KEY variables, so keep them out of the repository."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 1.0,
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