📅 2025-05-20 — Session: Developed RAGFlow Monetized Wrapper MVP

🕒 21:50–22:20
🏷️ Labels: Ragflow, MVP, Monetization, Stripe, Flask, Architecture
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to develop a monetized version of the RAGFlow open-source tool, focusing on creating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) with monetization features.

Key Activities

  • Created a technical brief outlining the operational plan for launching the monetized RAGFlow tool, detailing objectives, repository setup, milestones by role, and acceptance criteria for the MVP.
  • Developed a marathon sprint plan for the RAGFlow Wrapper MVP, including trial logic, Stripe integration, frontend paywall, deployment, and final polishing.
  • Conducted a high-leverage review for distribution wrapper development, emphasizing security, efficiency, and best practices for payment handling and user authentication.
  • Critiqued and optimized the RAGFlow codebase, focusing on middleware, Flask, Stripe webhook, and database enhancements.
  • Assessed user management and billing logic, focusing on document access, frontend structure, file uploads, rollback plans, and user feedback mechanisms.
  • Issued technical prompts for RAGFlow monetization to ensure successful integration without disrupting existing functionalities.
  • Formulated key questions for implementing a trial gating system, focusing on user authentication, API endpoints, and frontend integration.
  • Provided an internal architecture reference for the RAGFlow-based codebase, detailing user models, authentication flows, middleware hooks, API gating, Stripe integration, and deployment configurations.

Achievements

  • Completed the technical brief and sprint plan for the RAGFlow MVP.
  • Enhanced the RAGFlow codebase with specific corrections and optimizations.
  • Established a comprehensive architecture reference for the RAGFlow-based application.

Pending Tasks

  • Further refinement of the trial gating system and its integration into the existing codebase.
  • Continued monitoring and feedback collection for user management and billing logic improvements.