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What is Corrective RAG (CRAG) / self-correcting retrieval?

Standard RAG trusts whatever it retrieves, even when it's irrelevant. Corrective RAG grades retrieval quality and acts on it. The signal is the grade-then-correct loop: re-retrieve, fall back to web search, or discard.

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Standard RAG trusts whatever it retrieves, even when it's irrelevant. Corrective RAG grades retrieval quality and acts on it. The signal is the grade-then-correct loop: re-retrieve, fall back to web search, or discard.

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