vss-generate-video-report-rag

name	vss-generate-video-report-rag
description	Generates VSS video summary reports with LVS HITL and optional Enterprise RAG document grounding. Trigger when the user asks for a frag/RAG-assisted video report, knowledge-enhanced analysis, or Enterprise RAG context in a video summary.
license	Apache-2.0
metadata	{"version":"3.2.0","github-url":"https://github.com/NVIDIA-AI-Blueprints/video-search-and-summarization","tags":"nvidia blueprint operational"}

VSS Generate Video Report RAG — Video Analysis with Enterprise RAG

Generate video summary reports using the LVS profile's RAG-enabled agent config. This skill adds Enterprise RAG document grounding and guided human-in-the-loop (HITL) parameter collection on top of the VSS agent.

Always run curl commands yourself; never instruct the user to run them.

Enable Enterprise RAG on the LVS Profile

The repository ships the RAG-enabled LVS agent config at deploy/docker/developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/vss-agent/configs/config_rag.yml. It is a superset of the default LVS config: regular caption retrieval remains enabled, and frag_retrieval adds Enterprise RAG document grounding.

Use the normal /vss-deploy-profile workflow for deployment. The source .env and overrides.env remain read-only; initialize generated.env from overrides.env and apply non-secret overrides there. generated.env is ignored by the repository, but it is still a plaintext file: do not commit it, paste it into logs, or store long-lived credentials there. Prefer a vault, Docker secrets, or ephemeral shell environment variables for API keys.

Step 1: Configure the generated env file

REPO=${REPO:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
cd "$REPO"
cp deploy/docker/developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/overrides.env \
  deploy/docker/developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/generated.env

Set these non-secret values in generated.env:

• HOST_IP — host IP (hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
• VSS_AGENT_CONFIG_FILE=./deploy/docker/developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/vss-agent/configs/config_rag.yml
• RAG_SERVER_URL — Enterprise RAG server HTTP endpoint (defaults to http://rag-server:8081/v1)
• KNOWLEDGE_COLLECTION — default Enterprise RAG collection for frag_retrieval

Keep sensitive values (NGC_CLI_API_KEY, NVIDIA_API_KEY, RAG_API_KEY) out of generated.env and out of resolved.yml. Do not export them before running docker compose config > resolved.yml, because Compose expands environment variables into that file. Use a secret manager, an existing authenticated Docker session, or a local override file that references an ephemeral shell variable at up time.

Step 2: Log in to NGC registry

Prefer an existing authenticated Docker session or a secret-managed login. If a login is required, use --password-stdin without printing token values:

read -rsp "NGC API key: " NGC_CLI_API_KEY
printf '%s\n' "$NGC_CLI_API_KEY" | docker login nvcr.io --username '$oauthtoken' --password-stdin
unset NGC_CLI_API_KEY

Step 3: Deploy the LVS profile with the RAG config

Do not export RAG_API_KEY for the dry-run below. If the RAG server requires an API key, create this untracked local override after resolved.yml is generated:

cat > rag-secret.override.yml <<'EOF'
services:
  vss-agent:
    environment:
      RAG_API_KEY: ${RAG_API_KEY:?Set RAG_API_KEY only for docker compose up}
EOF

REPO=${REPO:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
cd "$REPO/deploy/docker"
docker compose \
  --env-file developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/.env \
  --env-file developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/generated.env \
  config > resolved.yml
uv run "$REPO/skills/deployment/vss-deploy-profile/scripts/normalize_resolved_yml.py" \
  "$REPO/deploy/docker/resolved.yml"
docker compose \
  --env-file developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/.env \
  --env-file developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/generated.env \
  -f resolved.yml up -d

When rag-secret.override.yml is needed, use:

read -rsp "RAG API key: " RAG_API_KEY
RAG_API_KEY="$RAG_API_KEY" docker compose \
  --env-file developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/.env \
  --env-file developer-profiles/dev-profile-lvs/generated.env \
  -f resolved.yml -f rag-secret.override.yml up -d
unset RAG_API_KEY

Step 4: Verify deployment

# Check containers are running
docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}"

# Health check
curl -sf --max-time 5 "http://${HOST_IP}:${VSS_AGENT_PORT:-8000}/health" >/dev/null \
  && echo "VSS LVS RAG agent is running" \
  || echo "VSS LVS RAG agent is NOT reachable"

Tear down

REPO=${REPO:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
cd "$REPO/deploy/docker"
docker compose -f resolved.yml down

When to Use

• User wants to generate a video summary or report using the RAG-enabled LVS pipeline
• User asks to analyze a video with Enterprise RAG knowledge context
• User mentions "frag", "enterprise RAG", or "knowledge-enhanced report"

When NOT to Use

• Simple video understanding queries (use video-understanding skill)
• Direct LVS summarization without HITL (use video-summarization skill)
• Deployment tasks (use deploy skill)
• Real-time alerts (use alerts skill)

Workflow: Generate an LVS Report with Enterprise RAG

Step 1: List available videos

curl -sS -X POST "http://${HOST_IP}:${VSS_AGENT_PORT:-8000}/v1/chat" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What videos are available?"}]}' | \
  python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d['choices'][0]['message']['content'])"

A selected video is required before Step 2. If the user has not already named one, return the short list and stop; resume when the user supplies the video name.

Step 2: Collect parameters from the user

Required user-provided parameters:

1. Scenario — scenario label for the video. Example: "warehouse monitoring", "traffic monitoring", "retail store activity"
2. Events — comma-separated event names to detect. Example: "accident, forklift stuck, workers not wearing PPE, person entering restricted area"
3. Objects of Interest — focus objects, or "skip". Example: "forklifts, pallets, workers"

If any required value is missing, return a concise missing-fields message and stop; resume the workflow when the user supplies the missing values.

There is no separate Enterprise RAG Query HITL prompt. Document grounding comes from the RAG-enabled agent config exposing frag_retrieval; if the user wants specific SOP, policy, or procedure context reflected in the report, capture that context in the original report request or resolve it as a document-grounding question before starting the HITL report flow.

Step 3: Start the report (HTTP HITL)

Send a POST to /v1/chat. This returns HTTP 202 with an execution_id and the first HITL prompt. Replace VIDEO_NAME with the chosen video:

curl -sS -X POST "http://${HOST_IP}:${VSS_AGENT_PORT:-8000}/v1/chat" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Generate a report for VIDEO_NAME using long video summarization"}]}'

The response contains:

• execution_id — save this, used in all subsequent requests
• interaction_id — identifies the current prompt
• prompt.text — the HITL prompt text
• response_url — the URL to POST the response to

Step 4: Respond to HITL prompts

For each prompt, POST the user's parameter to the response_url. Replace EXECUTION_ID, INTERACTION_ID, and the text value:

curl -sS -X POST \
  "http://${HOST_IP}:${VSS_AGENT_PORT:-8000}/executions/EXECUTION_ID/interactions/INTERACTION_ID/response" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"response": {"type": "text", "text": "USER_VALUE_HERE"}}'

Then poll for the next prompt:

curl -sS "http://${HOST_IP}:${VSS_AGENT_PORT:-8000}/executions/EXECUTION_ID" | python3 -m json.tool

The HITL prompts come in this order:

1. Scenario — respond with the scenario from Step 2
2. Events — respond with the events from Step 2
3. Objects of Interest — respond with the objects from Step 2, or "skip"
4. Confirmation — respond with empty string "" to confirm and start processing

Repeat the POST-then-poll cycle for each prompt.

Step 5: Wait for completion

After the confirmation prompt, the system processes the video. This takes 3-5 minutes. Keep polling until the status changes from "running" to "completed":

curl -sS "http://${HOST_IP}:${VSS_AGENT_PORT:-8000}/executions/EXECUTION_ID" | python3 -m json.tool

Set the expectation that processing usually takes 3-5 minutes, then poll every 30 seconds.

Step 6: Present the results

When status is "completed", the response contains the full report with:

• Detected events with timestamps
• Narrative analysis summary
• Enterprise RAG context (if queried)
• PDF report download link (if available)

Present the report content to the user in a readable format.

Error Handling

• If a deployment, health, or chat request fails, report the failing endpoint, HTTP status or command error, and the most useful next check. Do not continue into HITL without a valid execution_id, interaction_id, and response_url.
• If a HITL response is rejected or the next execution poll omits the expected prompt, stop and show the execution status plus any error payload instead of guessing the next prompt.
• If the execution status becomes failed, cancelled, or stays running without progress beyond the expected processing window, surface the status and recommend checking the vss-agent logs before retrying.
• If the final response lacks report text or a PDF link, return the available response fields and clearly state which output was missing.

Quick Commands

Simple chat query (non-report)

For simple questions that do NOT involve report generation:

curl -sS -X POST "http://${HOST_IP}:${VSS_AGENT_PORT:-8000}/v1/chat" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "YOUR_QUESTION_HERE"}]}' | \
  python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d['choices'][0]['message']['content'])"

Notes

• LVS reports take 3-5 minutes for a ~3.5 minute video; set that expectation before polling
• Enterprise RAG requires a reachable RAG server with data already ingested in KNOWLEDGE_COLLECTION
• If objects are not needed, respond with "skip"
• The HITL response format is always: {"response": {"type": "text", "text": "value"}}
• The RAG-enabled agent config must keep its HITL templates and hitl_enabled: true settings for HTTP HITL to work
• See also: video-summarization, video-understanding, report, vios, deploy