- Step1: Install prerequisites (Python 3.8+, pip).
- Step2: Run `pip install ragflow` or clone the GitHub repo.
- Step3: Initialize a new RAGFlow project and configure your vector store.
- Step4: Ingest and index your documents (PDFs, text, HTML).
- Step5: Define retrieval and generation pipelines (chat, summarization, Text2SQL).
- Step6: Query the pipeline via Python SDK or RESTful API for responses.
- Step7: Deploy your RAGFlow service on-premises or in the cloud.