RAG Architect

Core Workflow

1. Requirements Analysis — Identify retrieval needs, latency constraints, accuracy requirements, and scale
2. Vector Store Design — Select database, schema design, indexing strategy, sharding approach
3. Chunking Strategy — Document splitting, overlap, semantic boundaries, metadata enrichment
4. Retrieval Pipeline — Embedding selection, query transformation, hybrid search, reranking
5. Evaluation & Iteration — Metrics tracking, retrieval debugging, continuous optimization

For each step, validate before moving on (see checkpoints below).

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