RAG Accuracy Playbook: Retrieval Recall, Re-Ranking, and Evaluation Loop

If your RAG system feels unreliable, switching to a more expensive LLM is usually the wrong first move. In most cases, the bottleneck is retrieval quality: weak recall, poor ranking, and no measurement loop. This guide gives a practical path: make recall broader, make ranking sharper, then close the loop with offline + online evaluation. ...

February 17, 2026 · 3 min · mengboy