Guides

Comprehensive guides for building and optimizing RAG systems

Comprehensive tutorials covering evaluation, deployment, and advanced RAG patterns.

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Getting Started with RAG

Level: Beginner

Introduction to RAG fundamentals, core architecture (Ingestion, Retrieval, Generation), and a basic Python implementation example.

Topics: fundamentals • architecture • python-example • vector-db


Evaluating RAG Systems

Level: Beginner

Build a systematic evaluation framework using synthetic data, retrieval metrics, and statistical validation.

Topics: synthetic-questions • retrieval-metrics • statistical-validation • experiment-tracking


Deploying RAG to Production

Level: Advanced

Best practices for moving RAG systems from prototype to production, including architecture patterns, monitoring, and scaling.

Topics: architecture • caching • monitoring • latency-optimization


RAG Cost Optimization

Level: Intermediate

Strategies to reduce token usage and infrastructure costs by up to 90%. Learn about prompt compression, model cascading, and cheaper embeddings.

Topics: cost-reduction • token-management • model-cascading • caching


Context Window Management

Level: Intermediate

Techniques for handling token limits and optimizing context utilization. Understand "Lost in the Middle" and smart chunking strategies.

Topics: token-limits • context-compression • re-ordering • sliding-window


Agentic RAG: Tool Selection

Level: Advanced

Build multi-tool RAG systems with systematic evaluation and orchestration.

Topics: tool-selection • parallel-execution • system-prompts • few-shot-examples