Building RAG Systems

Generative AI

Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation for accurate and grounded AI applications

75 mins

Overview

  • Understanding Retrieval-Augmented Generation fundamentals
  • Building efficient document processing pipelines
  • Vector database selection and optimization
  • Advanced retrieval techniques and strategies
  • Prompt engineering for effective augmentation
  • Evaluation metrics and continuous improvement

Implementation Scenarios

Document Ingestion Pipeline

Data Processing

Creating an efficient pipeline for processing and chunking documents

Implementation Steps

  • Document loading from multiple sources (PDF, HTML, Markdown, etc.)
  • Text extraction and cleaning techniques
  • Chunking strategies: size, overlap, and semantic coherence
  • Metadata extraction and enrichment
  • Handling document updates and versioning
  • Parallel processing for large document collections

Code Example

# Example code for document processing pipeline
from langchain_community.document_loaders import PyPDFLoader, DirectoryLoader
from langchain.text_splitter import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter
import os

# Load documents from a directory
loader = DirectoryLoader('./documents/', glob="**/*.pdf", loader_cls=PyPDFLoader)
documents = loader.load()

print(f"Loaded {len(documents)} document pages")

# Text splitting with overlap
text_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(
    chunk_size=1000,
    chunk_overlap=200,
    length_function=len,
    add_start_index=True,
)

chunks = text_splitter.split_documents(documents)
print(f"Split into {len(chunks)} chunks")

# Add metadata to chunks
for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
    chunk.metadata["chunk_id"] = i
    # Extract and add more metadata as needed
    if "page" in chunk.metadata:
        chunk.metadata["source"] = f"Page {chunk.metadata['page']} from {chunk.metadata['source']}"

Tools & Libraries

LangChainUnstructuredPyPDFBeautiful Soup

Instructor

Nim Hewage

Nim Hewage

CCo-founder & AI Strategy Consultant

Over 13 years of experience implementing AI solutions across Global Fortune 500 companies and startups. Specializes in enterprise-scale AI transformation, MLOps architecture, and AI governance frameworks.

Tutorial Materials

Additional Learning Resources

LangChain RAG Documentation

Comprehensive guide to implementing RAG with LangChain

View documentation →

Pinecone Learning Center

Tutorials on vector databases and semantic search

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RAGAS Evaluation Framework

Open-source framework for evaluating RAG systems

View GitHub →