Agentic RAG

Agents control retrieval strategy: what to fetch, how to decompose queries, and when to stop.

Agentic RAG extends standard retrieval-augmented generation by letting the agent decide:

  • which sources to consult
  • how to decompose a question into sub-queries
  • how to synthesize and verify retrieved results

Why It Matters

Retrieval is often the bottleneck for correctness. Agent-controlled retrieval can adapt strategies to task difficulty, ambiguity, and failure modes.