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Quick Start

Get up and running with Engram in just a few minutes.

Prerequisites​

Make sure you have installed Engram before continuing.

1. Start the Database​

docker compose up -d

2. Ingest Your First Data​

Engram can ingest conversations from Claude, ChatGPT, and other sources.

Ingest Claude Conversations​

Export your Claude conversations and run:

engram ingest claude ./data/claude/conversations.json

Ingest ChatGPT Conversations​

Export your ChatGPT data and run:

engram ingest chatgpt ./data/chatgpt/conversations.json

3. Search Your Data​

Once data is ingested, you can search semantically:

# Basic semantic search
engram search "how to configure authentication"

# Hybrid search (semantic + keyword)
engram search "database connection" --hybrid -n 10

4. Enrich Your Data​

Add AI-powered enrichment to your documents:

# Summarize documents
engram enrich summarize

# Add tags
engram enrich tag

# Run all enrichments
engram enrich all

5. View Statistics​

Check what's in your knowledge base:

engram stats

What's Next?​