dayz-search-download

Overview

Download a prebuilt DayZ RAG vector index from the repo's GitHub releases and extract it to ~/.claude/dayz-search-index/, so a fresh clone can use the dayz-rag MCP server without running /dayz-search-index (skipping the ~25-30 min build and Voyage API token cost). Idempotent — checks the existing index's manifest and skips re-download if it matches the release. Use this in place of /dayz-search-index on a fresh machine.

/dayz-search-download

Pull the prebuilt vanilla-source + wiki vector index from the repo's GitHub releases instead of building it locally. Same on-disk result as /dayz-search-index + /dayz-search-wiki-index, but downloads in a minute instead of 25-30.

Follow .claude/skills/_shared/dayz-conventions.md.

When to use this vs. /dayz-search-index

Scenario	Use
Fresh clone, just want DayZ agents to work	/dayz-search-download
You re-extracted vanilla data after a DayZ update	/dayz-search-index --full (rebuild against your local data)
You changed embed model in .env	/dayz-search-index --full
You want the wiki index too	This skill (release bundles both)

The downloaded index is built against vanilla DayZ at the release-tagged version. If your local DayZ install is on a newer patch and you need precise recall against your installed source, rebuild locally.

Where it lands

~/.claude/dayz-search-index/ — same path /dayz-search-index writes to. Per-user, gitignored, survives clones.

After download:

• lancedb/ — vector store
• manifest.json — source corpus manifest
• wiki-manifest.json — wiki corpus manifest
• config.json — embed model the MCP server should use at query time

How to run

Latest release (default):

python .claude\skills\dayz-search-download\download.py

Specific version:

python .claude\skills\dayz-search-download\download.py --tag v0.1.0

Force overwrite an existing index:

python .claude\skills\dayz-search-download\download.py --force

Output

DayZ RAG index downloader

[INFO]  Repo: DayZ-n-Chill/Agentic-Z
[INFO]  Resolving latest release...
[OK]    Latest: v0.1.0
[INFO]  Asset: dayz-search-index-v0.1.0.tar.gz (207 MB)
[INFO]  Target: C:\Users\you\.claude\dayz-search-index\
[INFO]  Downloading... 207/207 MB
[OK]    Extracted 34322 source chunks + wiki entries
[OK]    Embed model: voyage-code-3 (1024D)
[OK]    Done. Restart Claude Code to reconnect the dayz-rag MCP server.

Idempotency

• If ~/.claude/dayz-search-index/manifest.json already exists and was sourced from the same release tag, the skill skips download and exits clean.
• Otherwise it asks before overwriting (use --force to skip the prompt).
• Partial downloads land in a temp file; the existing index is only replaced after a successful extract.

After downloading

The dayz-rag MCP server reads the index at MCP-server start. Restart Claude Code (or run /mcp reconnect) to pick up the freshly downloaded index. The search_dayz_source and search_dayz_wiki tools should then return results without you having to set VOYAGE_API_KEY for indexing — but query-time embedding still needs the key, so add it to .env before searching.

Dependencies

• Python 3.8+ (stdlib only — urllib, tarfile, json)
• No gh CLI required; uses GitHub's public REST API for release metadata

Do not

• Don't run this if you've already built a local index against your specific DayZ install — the release index is built against the maintainer's snapshot and may drift from your installed version.
• Don't commit the downloaded index. It lives at ~/.claude/dayz-search-index/ (outside the repo) by design.
• Don't use this without VOYAGE_API_KEY in .env — query-time embedding still requires it.