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Building Agentic RAG From Scratch in Pure Python

Dave Ebbelaar — May 10, 2026 — tutorial

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A hands-on tutorial building an Agentic RAG system from scratch in pure Python using Pydantic AI, without heavy frameworks. Covers creating custom tools for listing, searching, and reading markdown files, then connecting them to an AI agent for iterative tool calling and self-correction. Designed for developers who want to move beyond basic semantic RAG or integrate private company data into LLMs.