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Create Your First Index

Once you've installed TeaRAGs and connected to an agent, indexing your codebase is simple.

Index Your Codebase​

Just ask your AI assistant:

Index this codebase for semantic search

What Happens During Indexing​

  1. File discovery — scans the project, respects .gitignore and .contextignore
  2. AST-aware chunking — parses code into semantic chunks (functions, classes, methods)
  3. Embedding — converts chunks into vectors using your configured provider
  4. Storage — upserts vectors into Qdrant with metadata
  5. Snapshot — saves file hashes for future incremental updates

Update After Changes​

After making changes or pulling new commits:

Update the search index with my recent changes

Only changed files are re-processed — unchanged files are skipped.

Check Index Status​

Show me stats for the current index

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You can check index status from a parallel agent tab while indexing is still running.