A practical starting point
Work through these checks in order. Use the results to decide what needs to change in your own workflow.
- Inspect extracted text from representative pages.
- Check headings, reading order and important numerical fields.
- Flag low-quality documents for correction rather than indexing them uncritically.
A scanned table with shifted columns can associate the wrong price with a product.
A mistake to avoid
Do not treat successful file upload as proof that usable text was extracted.
How to check progress
Measure extraction errors on fields that matter to the intended questions.
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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