# RAG_DESIGN.md

## Sources

| Source | Format | Owner | Update frequency | Access boundary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  |  |  |

## Ingestion

- Parser:
- Retry / failure handling:
- Deduplication:
- Metadata:

## Chunking

- Strategy:
- Chunk size:
- Parent / child relation:
- Citation anchor:

## Retrieval

- Method: vector / keyword / hybrid
- Top-k:
- Rerank:
- Permission filter before retrieval:

## Answering

- Citation requirement:
- Low-confidence fallback:
- Cannot-answer rule:

## Evaluation

- Retrieval recall:
- Faithfulness:
- Answer relevance:
- Citation correctness:

## Monitoring

- Missed retrieval:
- Hallucination reports:
- Cost / latency:
- Data drift:

## Open Questions

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