AI · 2h ago
Why a Folder of Docs Fails as a Knowledge Base for AI Agents
RAG over a docs folder retrieves prose chunks, not atomic facts, leading to confident but unverifiable answers. Without provenance linking each fact to its source, agents cannot cite and users cannot audit. The fix is a pipeline that distills sources into claim-level entries with attached origin metadata.
Meridian48 take
This critique is spot-on for anyone building RAG systems, but the proposed solution—a custom pipeline—may be overkill for simpler use cases where chunk-level citation suffices.
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