To start using GraphRAG, you need to configure the system. The `init` command is the easiest way to get started. It will create a `.env` and `settings.yaml` files in the specified directory with the necessary configuration settings. It will also output the default LLM prompts used by GraphRAG.
## Usage
```sh
python -m graphrag.index [--init] [--root PATH]
```
## Options
-`--init` - Initialize the directory with the necessary configuration files.
-`--root PATH` - The root directory to initialize. Default is the current directory.
## Example
```sh
python -m graphrag.index --init --root ./ragtest
```
## Output
The `init` command will create the following files in the specified directory:
-`settings.yaml` - The configuration settings file. This file contains the configuration settings for GraphRAG.
-`.env` - The environment variables file. These are referenced in the `settings.yaml` file.
-`prompts/` - The LLM prompts folder. This contains the default prompts used by GraphRAG, you can modify them or run the [Auto Prompt Tuning](../prompt_tuning/auto_prompt_tuning.md) command to generate new prompts adapted to your data.
After initializing your workspace, you can either run the [Prompt Tuning](../prompt_tuning/auto_prompt_tuning.md) command to adapt the prompts to your data or even start running the [Indexing Pipeline](../index/overview.md) to index your data. For more information on configuring GraphRAG, see the [Configuration](overview.md) documentation.
