godot-rag 4.7.0.post2

Hybrid RAG search for Godot documentation

Godot RAG

Hybrid RAG search for Godot documentation and addons. Search by type for precise results.

Installation

uv pip install godot-rag

Or from wheel:

uv pip install godot_rag-4.7.0-py3-none-any.whl

Usage

Search by type

# Search class reference (API docs only)
godot-rag s-class "Node.add_child"
godot-rag s-class "Signal.emit" --limit 3

# Search tutorials (tutorials + getting started guides)
godot-rag s-tutorial "how to use signals"
godot-rag s-tutorial "2D pathfinding" --limit 5

# Search engine details (architecture, file formats, GDExtension, etc.)
godot-rag s-engine "GDExtension"
godot-rag s-engine "IDE debugging" --limit 3

# Search addon docs and examples
godot-rag s-addon "state machine"
godot-rag s-addon "state machine" --addon statecharts
godot-rag s-addon "dialogue" --limit 3

# Search all docs (no type filter)
godot-rag s "Timer"

Search addons

# Search all addon docs, examples, and API summaries
godot-rag s-addon "state machine"
godot-rag s-addon "dialogue balloon"
godot-rag s-addon "scene transition"

# Filter by specific addon
godot-rag s-addon "state" --addon statecharts
godot-rag s-addon "transition" --addon scene_manager
godot-rag s-addon "test" --addon gdUnit4

# Find API symbols
godot-rag s-addon "TransitionNode" --addon scene_manager
godot-rag s-addon "BehaviorTree" --addon limboai
godot-rag s-addon "DialogueManager" --addon dialogue_manager

# Search example code
godot-rag s-addon "ninja_frog" --addon statecharts
godot-rag s-addon "verify_node_path" --addon doctor

# JSON output for AI agents
godot-rag s-addon "state machine" --addon statecharts --json
godot-rag s-addon "TransitionNode" --json

Output format

# JSON output (for AI Agent)
godot-rag s-class "Vector3.normalized" --json
godot-rag s-addon "TransitionNode" --addon scene_manager --json

# Limit results
godot-rag s-tutorial "C# Variant" --limit 3

Examples

# AI workflow: look up tutorial first, then API details
godot-rag s-tutorial "scene tree" --json
godot-rag s-class "Node.get_children" --json

# AI workflow: check addon docs and examples
godot-rag s-addon "state machine" --addon statecharts --json
godot-rag s-addon "dialogue balloon" --addon dialogue_manager --json

# Quick API lookup
godot-rag s-class "StringName.is_valid_filename"

# Broad search across all docs
godot-rag s "physics interpolation"

RAG vs Non-RAG: Why It Matters

A hybrid RAG system (FTS5 + symbol index) gives significantly better results than raw text search for AI-assisted documentation lookup.

Benchmark: Real Query Comparison

Tested on a database of 30,783 chunks (28,231 Godot docs + 2,552 addon chunks across 9 addons).

Metric	RAG (this tool)	grep (raw files)	Improvement
Average latency	7.1 ms	120 ms	17× faster
Multi-word queries	✅ semantic ranking	❌ exact match only	—
API symbol lookup	✅ O(1) indexed	❌ linear scan	—
Result ranking	✅ BM25 relevance	❌ no ranking	—
Filters (addon/type)	✅ SQL WHERE	❌ post-process	—
Noise (test/assets)	✅ auto-excluded	❌ manual filter	—

Query Hit Rate

Query	RAG Results	grep Results	Notes
TransitionNode	✅ 3 hits (8ms)	✅ 13 files (152ms)	RAG: ranked, deduped
ScenesManager	✅ 3 hits (7ms)	✅ 41 files (100ms)	grep: too many noise files
BehaviorTree	✅ 3 hits (7ms)	✅ 2 files (96ms)	RAG: includes doc context
DialogueManager	✅ 3 hits (7ms)	✅ 26 files (98ms)	RAG: only relevant docs
state machine transitions	✅ 3 hits (6ms)	❌ 0 files	grep fails on multi-word
scene transition animation	✅ 3 hits (7ms)	❌ 0 files	grep fails on multi-word
input helper gamepad	✅ 2 hits (7ms)	❌ 0 files	grep fails on multi-word
input action mapping	✅ 3 hits (7ms)	—	RAG finds cross-references

Key insight: grep can only find exact substring matches. RAG handles natural language queries like "state machine transitions" and returns ranked, contextual results.

--addon Filter: Precision Search

# Without filter: results from multiple addons
$ godot-rag s-addon "state machine"
  → statecharts (API), limboai (docs)    # mixed results

# With filter: only target addon
$ godot-rag s-addon "state machine" --addon statecharts
  → statecharts (API, docs, examples)    # precise

Database Coverage

Addon	Docs	Examples	API	Total
dialogue_manager	140	—	55	195
doctor	—	125	42	167
gdUnit4	1,030	—	215	1,245
input_helper	32	3	6	41
limboai	351	27	—	378
phantom-camera	12	11	38	61
scene_manager	209	5	31	245
sound_manager	13	2	7	22
statecharts	80	21	97	198
Total	1,867	194	491	2,552

• addon_doc: Documentation markdown/RST, split by headings
• addon_example: Example .gd/.cs code files
• addon_api: Public declarations and doc comments only (not full source)

Update

When Godot releases a new version:

# Update godot-docs submodule
cd godot-docs && git pull origin stable

# Rebuild docs and RAG
./build.sh

# Or manually:
PYTHONPATH=rst2md uv run python3 rst2md/rst2md_batch.py -i godot-docs -o godot_rag/docs-md
PYTHONPATH=rst2md uv run python3 -m rag.cli build --docs godot_rag/docs-md --db godot_rag/rag/godot_docs.sqlite --addons addons
uv build --wheel

Development

uv run pytest -q

License

MIT