Build · RAG

How this lab works

Build · RAG, in plain terms

This is where you prove the engine actually works. You give it a real document, ask real questions, and the evaluator scores every answer for trust — retrieval, faithfulness, citations, and hallucination risk — so 'it sounds right' is replaced with 'here's the evidence it's right.'

STEP 1

Load a document

Drop in a file or pick a sample. The lab splits it into passages (chunks) and indexes them for retrieval.

RAG answers from your content, not the model's memory — so the document is the source of truth.

STEP 2

Ask a question

Retrieval finds the most relevant passages, then the model drafts an answer with citations back to them.

You see the exact evidence behind every answer, not a black-box response.

STEP 3

Score every answer

The evaluator rates retrieval relevance, faithfulness, citation accuracy, and hallucination risk — and gives an honest verdict.

For anything customer-facing, 'sounds plausible' is not the same as 'grounded and correct.'

STEP 4

Inspect the trace

See which chunks were retrieved, which were actually used, and the step-by-step processing timeline.

When an answer is wrong, the trace shows you exactly where it broke — retrieval or generation.

STEP 5

Quality gate

Each answer passes, warns, or fails, and gets flagged for human review when the risk is too high.

An honest gate keeps untrustworthy answers out before they ever reach a user.

STEP 6

Compare runs

Stack model, retriever, and prompt versions side by side and catch regressions between them.

You can't improve what you don't measure across versions — this is how the engine gets better, safely.

Build proves the engine is trustworthy and measurable before it ever runs in production.