askbase
Question answering for local knowledge bases with exact source citations.
Setup
uv tool install askbase
Set these environment variables before indexing or asking questions:
ASKBASE_MODELASKBASE_MODEL_API_KEYASKBASE_EMBEDDING_MODELASKBASE_EMBEDDING_MODEL_API_KEYASKBASE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE
Usage
Build a local SQLite index for a directory:
askbase index -d /path/to/docs
This writes .askbase/askbase.sqlite inside the target directory.
Ask a question against that index:
askbase ask -d /path/to/docs "What does the source say?"
Main Files
askbase/cli.py: command-line entry point.askbase/index.py: indexes source files into SQLite.askbase/extract.py: extracts text from Markdown, text, and PDF files.askbase/chunk.py: creates line-preserving chunks.askbase/db.py: stores documents, chunks, FTS rows, and embeddings.askbase/search.py: combines BM25 and embedding retrieval.askbase/answer.py: builds evidence prompts and validates citations.
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