If you're running on Windows and want RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) capabilities, you need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for the ONNX Runtime (used by the BGE embedding model).
Download: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
Without this redistributable:
- The server will start successfully
- RAG will be automatically disabled (you'll see a clear message in the logs)
- AI assistance will still work (just without documentation lookup)
With the redistributable installed:
- Full RAG capabilities enabled
- Documentation-aware AI assistance