feat: initial implementation of rust_ingest for semantic search and RAG

- Added Cargo.toml with dependencies for reqwest, tokio, serde, hnsw_rs, and others.
- Created rustREADME.md outlining project goals, status, and history.
- Implemented embedding generation module in embed.rs for converting text to vector representations using a local Ollama API.
- Developed file ingestion module in ingest.rs to process files, generate embeddings, and build an HNSW index for semantic search.
- Established main entry point in main.rs with command-line interface for ingesting files and querying the index.
- Created query module in query.rs for performing semantic search and generating context-aware responses using a local language model.
- Added tests for embedding, ingestion, and query functionalities to ensure reliability and correctness.

Author: BryanChasko

.DS_Store

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+# macOS files
 .DS_Store
+
+# Rust build artifacts
+/target/
+**/target/
+Cargo.lock
+# (keep Cargo.lock for binaries, remove for libraries)
+
+# IDE files
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.iml
+.fleet/
+*.sublime-*
+
+# Generated data
+/data/
+*.hnsw
+*.bin
+meta.json
+
+# Environment variables
+.env
+.env.local
+
+# Backup files
+**/*.rs.bk
+**/*.bk
+**/*~

.gitignore

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+[package]
+name = "rust_ingest"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "stream"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+ndarray = "0.15"
+hnsw_rs = "0.3.2"
+walkdir = "2"
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+anyhow = "1"
+bincode = "1.3"

README.md rootREADME.mdREADME.md renamed to rootREADME.md

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+# rust_ingest
+
+In-repo Rust utility that (1) embeds .md / .json files with Ollama,
+(2) writes a HNSW index, (3) queries the index for RAG.
+
+## ⚡ Status
+
+| Date | Milestone |
+|------|-----------|
+| 2025-07-xx | PoC compiles under Rust 1.77, hnsw_rs 0.3.2 |
+| TODO | Replace blocking `reqwest` with connection-pooled async calls |
+| TODO | Bench vs Python FAISS ingest |
+
+## 🏃‍♂️ Run
+
+```bash
+cd rust_ingest
+cargo run --release -- ingest                # build index into ../data/
+cargo run --release -- query "hello world"   # ask
+
+
+## 💡 History
+
+2025-07-15 – Forked from Python FAISS script → Rust for speed & single-binary
+deploy.
+
+2025-07-17 – Switched to hnsw_rs – smaller binary, no native BLAS.
+
+2025-07-18 – Async embedding pipeline, 5× throughput on M3 Max.
+```
+
+```text
+
+```
+
+```text
+2025-07-15 – Forked from Python FAISS script → Rust for speed & single-binary
+deploy.
+
+2025-07-17 – Switched to hnsw_rs – smaller binary, no native BLAS.
+
+2025-07-18 – Async embedding pipeline, 5× throughput on M3 Max.
+```
+
+2025-07-17 – Switched to hnsw_rs – smaller binary, no native BLAS.
+
+2025-07-18 – Async embedding pipeline, 5× throughput on M3 Max.
+
+```text
+
+```