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 ProcessingCreating 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
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.
Related Resources
Tutorial Materials
Additional Learning Resources
LangChain RAG Documentation
Comprehensive guide to implementing RAG with LangChain
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