A practical starting point
Work through these checks in order. Use the results to decide what needs to change in your own workflow.
- Record which passages were retrieved and supplied to the model.
- Compare the generated claim with each cited passage.
- Check whether document identifiers were preserved during formatting.
Two manuals with similar titles can be confused if the prompt loses their version labels.
A mistake to avoid
Do not fix every citation problem by asking the model to be more careful.
How to check progress
Classify errors by retrieval, mapping or generation cause before choosing a remedy.
Your action checklist
Use this checklist while reviewing your own setup. Checkmarks are temporary and stay in this open page.
Need the wider workflow?
This quick note covers one decision. For a worked example, decision table and a fuller implementation workflow, read When retrieval is the right addition to an AI assistant.
Further reading
Official background resources for this topic. The workflow above is general guidance, not a guarantee of a particular result.
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