The outcome
Operate a compact edge RAG service whose vector configuration, sources, access rules, and refresh lifecycle are controlled.
Step by step
A workflow you can repeat.
- 01
Define corpus ownership, permissions, update and deletion rules, benchmark queries, source citations, and the approved Worker and storage boundaries.
- 02
Choose an embedding model, dimensions, distance metric, namespaces, and metadata schema before creating separate development and production indexes.
- 03
Chunk approved documents, create stable vector IDs linked to source objects, generate embeddings, and upsert records with minimal searchable metadata.
- 04
Embed queries with the same model, apply namespace and metadata filters, retrieve candidates, and pass only verified context to generation.
- 05
Evaluate recall and answer support, handle asynchronous index updates, test deletion and model migration, and monitor query latency and inference spend.
Working standard
What good use looks like.
- Fix dimensions and metric deliberately.
- Map every vector to a source object.
- Test asynchronous updates and deletions.
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