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Summary

  • Updated contributor documentation for the current local-development workflow:
    • make dev-local / make dev-local-cpu for infrastructure
    • host backend, frontend, and Docling commands
    • backend restart vs. frontend automatic reload
    • make dev-build* for a fully containerized build from the checkout
    • make factory-reset behavior
  • Documented the version/flow compatibility requirement when starting services through uv run openrag: checked-out flows must match the OpenRAG image version selected from pyproject.toml.
  • Added instructions for running two local instances with a separate env file, Compose project, and port map.
  • Added an Editing flows in Langflow documentation page, linked it in navigation and flow documentation, and clarified:
    • supported customization limits
    • disabling Lock mode before editing
    • testing flows through OpenRAG instead of Langflow Playground/Run
    • starting a new conversation after Agent flow changes
  • Clarified that uv run openrag is the terminal-managed workflow, while source-checkout development should use the Make-based workflow.

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  • Documentation
    • Added guidance for editing OpenRAG flows in Langflow, including deployment-specific customization limits, saving changes, testing through OpenRAG, and starting a new conversation after editing an Agent flow.
    • Expanded local development instructions with environment setup, service-by-service and full-stack workflows, version compatibility, running separate checkouts on distinct ports, and factory-reset details.
    • Clarified which workflows to use for source checkouts versus installed packages, and documented relevant build commands and host-versus-container behavior.

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Walkthrough

The documentation describes checkout-based development workflows and adds guidance for editing OpenRAG flows in Langflow. Getting-started pages direct checkout users to the development guidance. The new Langflow guide appears in the documentation sidebar.

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Checkout-based development

Layer / File(s) Summary
Checkout setup and entry points
CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/docs/get-started/install-uv.mdx, docs/docs/get-started/tui.mdx
The Quickstart and setup instructions describe checkout configuration. The installation and TUI pages direct checkout users to the checkout workflow.
Local runtime workflows
CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/docs/support/contribute.mdx
The contributor guidance describes published-image, checkout-built, and local-development workflows, service startup, running two clones, and factory-reset effects.

Editing flows in Langflow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Customization and editing guidance
docs/docs/core-components/editing-in-langflow.mdx, docs/docs/core-components/agents.mdx, docs/sidebars.js
A new guide describes deployment-specific customization limits and steps to edit and test flows. The Agents guide links to the guidance, and the sidebar includes the new page.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: mendonk, aimurphy

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b6e0c

Clarify or scope factory-reset behavior before merge because shared custom paths can cause one local instance to remove another instance's data.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @CONTRIBUTING.md:
- Line 267: Update the second-instance setup guidance in CONTRIBUTING.md to
require unique values for LANGFLOW_DATA_PATH, OPENRAG_DATA_PATH,
OPENRAG_CONFIG_PATH, OPENRAG_KEYS_PATH, OPENRAG_DOCUMENTS_PATH, and
OPENRAG_FLOWS_PATH before starting the instance; do not present these overrides
as optional, and clarify that BASE_URL does not isolate application data.
- Line 409: Update the two-instance and factory-reset guidance in
CONTRIBUTING.md to state that factory-reset deletes fixed checkout paths and
does not honor paths selected through ENV_FILE, so it may affect another
instance or leave custom paths intact.
- Line 415: Update the factory-reset workflow instructions to tell contributors
to stop the running make backend and make frontend host processes before running
make factory-reset, then apply the same guidance in the mirrored contribution
documentation.

Review comments at @docs/docs/core-components/agents.mdx:
- Line 27: Update the sentence near “Edit in Langflow” to replace “fully
customize the flow” with “customize within the supported limits.” Keep the
surrounding links and guidance unchanged.

Review comments at @docs/docs/core-components/editing-in-langflow.mdx:
- Line 19: Update the lock-mode instruction in the editing flow guide to include
saving the change after turning off the Lock toggle. Keep the existing steps for
opening the flow name and disabling Lock, and make clear that the user must save
before proceeding to edit.
- Line 21: Update the testing guidance in the numbered step to limit the
Playground and Run warning to flows that require OpenRAG runtime values. Explain
that flows without those requirements can be tested in Langflow, and retain the
OpenRAG conversation example for Agent-flow changes.

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