RAG Implementation
wshobson/agents
Build retrieval-augmented generation systems: pick a vector database and embedding model, choose retrieval and reranking strategies, and start from a LangGraph pipeline.
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate.
Install Weaviate Cookbooks
$ npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install weaviate/agent-skills weaviate-cookbooks --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/weaviate-cookbooks .claude/skills/weaviate-cookbooks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "weaviate-cookbooks" agent skill from https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/weaviate-cookbooks into .claude/skills/weaviate-cookbooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "weaviate-cookbooks", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/weaviate-cookbooksType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install weaviate/agent-skills weaviate-cookbooks --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/weaviate-cookbooks .agents/skills/weaviate-cookbooks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "weaviate-cookbooks" agent skill from https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/weaviate-cookbooks into .agents/skills/weaviate-cookbooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "weaviate-cookbooks", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install weaviate/agent-skills weaviate-cookbooks --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/weaviate-cookbooks .cursor/skills/weaviate-cookbooks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "weaviate-cookbooks" agent skill from https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/weaviate-cookbooks into .cursor/skills/weaviate-cookbooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "weaviate-cookbooks", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills.git --path skills/weaviate-cookbooks--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install weaviate/agent-skills weaviate-cookbooks --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/weaviate-cookbooks .gemini/skills/weaviate-cookbooks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "weaviate-cookbooks" agent skill from https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/weaviate-cookbooks into .gemini/skills/weaviate-cookbooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "weaviate-cookbooks", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install weaviate/agent-skills weaviate-cookbooksInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/weaviate-cookbooks .github/skills/weaviate-cookbooks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "weaviate-cookbooks" agent skill from https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/weaviate-cookbooks into .github/skills/weaviate-cookbooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "weaviate-cookbooks", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install weaviate/agent-skills weaviate-cookbooks --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/weaviate-cookbooks .opencode/skills/weaviate-cookbooks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "weaviate-cookbooks" agent skill from https://github.com/weaviate/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/weaviate-cookbooks into .opencode/skills/weaviate-cookbooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "weaviate-cookbooks", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
weaviate-cookbooks- GitHub stars
- 104
- Token cost
- ~797 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 299 words
- Files
- 12 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 2
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate.
- The user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Before Building Any Cookbook, Cookbook Index and Interface (Optional), plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Tasks that involve Retrieval-augmented generation
What it does
Weaviate Cookbooks is an agent skill from weaviate/agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use this skill when the user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate. It contains a high-level index of architectural patterns, 'one-shot' blueprints, and best practices for common use cases. Currently, it includes references for building a Query Agent Chatbot, Data Explorer, Multimodal PDF RAG (Document Search), Basic RAG, Advanced RAG, Basic Agent, Agentic RAG, and optional guidance on how to build a frontend for each of them.
Its SKILL.md is about 800 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files, including reference files (for example `references/advanced_rag.md`, `references/agentic_rag.md` and `references/async_client.md`).
It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Retrieval-augmented generation. It works with Weaviate. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills to empower developers building AI applications with Weaviate. The licence is BSD-3-Clause.
When your agent uses it
- The user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate
- Tasks that involve Retrieval-augmented generation
Example prompts
- “one-shot”
- “/weaviate-cookbooks”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit af939ec. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
console.weaviate.cloud
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Weaviate Cookbooks loads about 797 tokens when it runs, and up to ~26k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 114 tokens; SKILL.md has 299 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from weaviate/agent-skills at commit af939ec, republished under its BSD-3-Clause licence (© weaviate). 299 words, ~797 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/weaviate-cookbooks/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 11 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- weaviate-cookbooks
- description
- Use this skill when the user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate. It contains a high-level index of architectural patterns, 'one-shot' blueprints, and best practices for common use cases. Currently, it includes references for building a Query Agent Chatbot, Data Explorer, Multimodal PDF RAG (Document Search), Basic RAG, Advanced RAG, Basic Agent, Agentic RAG, and optional guidance on how to build a frontend for each of them.
Weaviate Cookbooks
Overview
This skill provides an index of implementation guides and foundational requirements for building Weaviate-powered AI applications. Use the references to quickly scaffold full-stack applications with best practices for connection management, environment setup, and application architecture.
Weaviate Cloud Instance
If the user does not have an instance yet, direct them to the cloud console to register and create a free sandbox. Create a Weaviate instance via Weaviate Cloud.
Before Building Any Cookbook
Follow these shared guidelines before generating any cookbook app:
Then proceed to the specific cookbook reference below.
Cookbook Index
- Query Agent Chatbot: Build a full-stack chatbot using Weaviate Query Agent with streaming and chat history support.
- Data Explorer: Build a full-stack data explorer app including sorting, keyword search and tabular view of weaviate data.
- Multimodal RAG: Building Document Search: Build a multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using Weaviate Embeddings (ModernVBERT/colmodernvbert) and Ollama with Qwen3-VL for generation.
- Basic RAG: Implement basic retrieval and generation with Weaviate. Useful for most forms of data retrieval from a Weaviate collection.
- Advanced RAG: Improve on basic RAG by adding extra features such as re-ranking, query decomposition, query re-writing, LLM filter selection.
- Basic Agent: Build a tool-calling AI agent with structured outputs using DSPy. Covers AgentResponse signatures, RouterAgent, tool design, and sequential multi-step loops.
- Agentic RAG: Build RAG-powered AI agents with Weaviate. Covers naive RAG tools, hierarchical RAG with LLM-created filters, vector DB memory, Weaviate Query Agent, and Elysia integration.
Interface (Optional)
Use this when the user explicitly asks for a frontend for their Weaviate backend.
- Frontend Interface: Build a Next.js frontend to interact with the Weaviate backend.
Client Usage
- Async Client: Guide for using the Weaviate Python async client in production applications (FastAPI, async frameworks). Covers connection patterns, lifecycle management, common pitfalls, and multi-cluster setups.
© weaviate, BSD-3-Clause. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 11 other files (references) in skills/weaviate-cookbooks of weaviate/agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/advanced_rag.md
- references/agentic_rag.md
- references/async_client.md
- references/basic_agent.md
- references/basic_rag.md
- references/data_explorer.md
- references/environment_requirements.md
- references/frontend_interface.md
- references/pdf_multimodal_rag.md
- references/project_setup.md
- references/query_agent_chatbot.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit af939ec
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weaviate Cookbooks this skillweaviate/agent-skills | 104 | — | ~797 | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause | |
| RAG Implementationwshobson/agents | 40k | 9 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| RAG ArchitectJeffallan/claude-skills | 12k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Hunt RAG Vectorelementalsouls/Claude-BugHunter | 4.8k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Weaviate Cookbookssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause | |
| Agentsop Multi Tenant RAGagentsope/SkillAlchemy | 436 | — | ~9.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Weaviate Cookbooks
What does Weaviate Cookbooks do?
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate. Weaviate Cookbooks is an agent skill from weaviate/agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use this skill when the user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate.
When should I use Weaviate Cookbooks?
Weaviate Cookbooks fits situations like: the user wants to build AI applications with Weaviate; tasks that involve Retrieval-augmented generation.
How do I install Weaviate Cookbooks in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/weaviate-cookbooks in weaviate/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/weaviate-cookbooks in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Weaviate Cookbooks in Codex?
Run `npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/weaviate-cookbooks in weaviate/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/weaviate-cookbooks in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Weaviate Cookbooks in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add weaviate/agent-skills --skill weaviate-cookbooks -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/weaviate-cookbooks, .gemini/skills/weaviate-cookbooks, .github/skills/weaviate-cookbooks and .opencode/skills/weaviate-cookbooks in your project.
What does Weaviate Cookbooks need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Weaviate Cookbooks is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Weaviate Cookbooks access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: console.weaviate.cloud. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Weaviate Cookbooks safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Weaviate Cookbooks use?
Weaviate Cookbooks is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Weaviate Cookbooks use?
About 797 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 26k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Weaviate Cookbooks?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Weaviate Cookbooks: RAG Implementation (wshobson/agents, 40k stars), RAG Architect (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars), Hunt RAG Vector (elementalsouls/Claude-BugHunter, 4.8k stars) and Weaviate Cookbooks (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Weaviate Cookbooks?
weaviate (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in weaviate/agent-skills, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: weaviate/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.