Semantic PDF Search Without the Cloud: A Local RAG Implementation Guide Semantic PDF Search Without the Cloud: A Local RAG Implementation Guide Struggling to find answers buried across hundreds of PDFs on your laptop? If you’re still relying on CTRL F, you’re missing context, synonyms, and meaning. This guide shows you how to build a fully local, private, cloud-free Semantic PDF Search system using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) — so you can ask questions across documents and get grounded