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Evaluate RAG retrieval before changing your chatbot prompt

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Before tuning a prompt, check if the retriever actually surfaced the evidence. A fluent answer often hides a missing document. And a retrieved document can still produce a wrong answer. Keep those failures separate when evaluating a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline. This guide adapts AI Auto…

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  1. 2026-10-18 21:26 · DEV Community — AI
    Evaluate RAG retrieval before changing your chatbot prompt

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