RAG Pipeline

Definitions

1. The full retrieval-augmented generation pipeline, including ingestion, chunking, indexing, retrieval, reranking, prompt assembly, generation, and validation. Treating RAG as a pipeline makes it easier to isolate where failures occur.

   In plain English: The full workflow of a retrieval-augmented generation system.

   Example: "They instrumented every stage of the RAG pipeline so latency and quality issues could be tied to retrieval, reranking, or generation separately."

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• AI Chain
• LLM Chain
• RAG Architecture
• RAG Chain
• RAG Chunk
• RAG Context
• RAG Embedding
• RAG Evaluation
• RAG Index