How to Build a RAG System That Actually Works

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name: how-to-build-a-rag-system-that-actually-works
version: "1.0.0"
description: "Building a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) system"
source: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvCabUerwss"
tags: [Beautiful Soup 4, Qdrant]
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# How to Build a RAG System That Actually Works

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## Prerequisites
- Python 3.10+
- An OpenAI API key
- `uv` package manager (or `pip`)

## Quick Start
1. `pip install uv`
2. `uv init`
3. `.venv/Scripts/activate  # For Windows`
4. `source .venv/bin/activate # For Linux/macOS`
5. `uv pip install langchain langchain-openai langchain-qdrant qdrant-client langchain-text-splitters beautifulsoup4 requests`

## What You Get
- Content Type: workflow
- Difficulty: intermediate
- Tools: Beautiful Soup 4, Qdrant