Data & AI

Self-Corrective RAG (CRAG)

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Corrective RAG architecture diagram showing local retrieval evaluated for relevance, branching either to generation or to query rewrite and web search fallback.
Corrective RAG architecture diagram showing local retrieval evaluated for relevance, branching either to generation or to query rewrite and web search fallback.

What it shows

  • Evaluator model scores retrieved document relevance before response generation.
  • Triggers automated web search fallbacks when local retrieval confidence is low.
  • Rewrites queries to strip noise and isolate the core information need.

The takeaway

Don't blindly trust retrieval; score relevance first, rewrite the query, and fallback to web when needed.

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