RAG

also known as: retrieval-augmented generation

RAG — A technique where the AI searches your documents for relevant bits and reads them before answering, so it can speak about your specific stuff — not just what it learned in training.

Why you care

RAG is how you get an AI to answer questions about your own notes, policies, or code without retraining it from scratch.

When you hear it

"Use RAG over the docs." "It's a RAG system."