Return a real note's slug when present (instead of a synthetic folder `index` slug) in FileTrie.slug and add a unit test to assert that behavior. Expand README with a repository map, local development quick start, build/test instructions, where-to-edit guidance, and troubleshooting notes. Update the Windows helper script (scripts/quartz/quartz.ps1) to prefer the bundled portable Node/npm runtime when available and pin npm's cache to .npm-cache inside the repo for reproducible local runs.
Introduce a lightweight local Retrieval-Augmented-Generation (RAG) toolchain for the Aetheria Obsidian vault. Added scripts/rag/rag.py (indexing, chunking, embedding, hybrid semantic+lexical query, stats, and install), a PowerShell wrapper scripts/rag/rag.ps1 that resolves Python and forwards commands, and scripts/rag/README.md with usage (install, build, query, stats). Add requirements-rag.txt for qdrant-client[fastembed] and pywin32, and include a compiled __pycache__ file. Update .gitignore to ignore the .rag/ artifact directory and update AGENTS.md with Vault Navigation guidance recommending the local RAG workflow. The tool stores local artifacts under .rag/ (pydeps, qdrant, model cache, chunks and manifest) and defaults to a CPU-friendly embedding model.
