Project 2: Building a RAG-Based Knowledge Assistant

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Project 2: Building a RAG-Based Knowledge Assistant
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Project 2: Building a RAG-Based Knowledge Assistant

This project focuses on building a knowledge-based AI assistant capable of answering domain-specific queries.


1) Project Goal

  • Upload documents
  • Convert into embeddings
  • Store in vector database
  • Retrieve relevant chunks
  • Generate contextual responses

2) Architecture Components

  • Embedding model
  • Vector database
  • Retrieval engine
  • LLM response layer

3) Implementation Steps

  1. Document chunking strategy
  2. Generate embeddings
  3. Store in Qdrant or Pinecone
  4. Implement similarity search
  5. Integrate with LLM

4) Optimization

  • Metadata filtering
  • Hybrid search
  • Latency tuning

5) Learning Outcome

This project teaches enterprise-level RAG system architecture.

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