Bala Priya C puts together a decision tree:
In this article, you will learn how to choose the right chunking strategy for a retrieval-augmented generation system by working through a structured decision tree tied to the properties of your documents and retrieval task.
Topics we will cover include:
- What each major chunking strategy assumes about your documents, and when those assumptions hold.
- A six-question decision tree that maps concrete document and retrieval conditions to specific chunking strategies.
- The failure signals that indicate a chosen strategy is not working, and the fixes that tend to resolve them.
Click through for the list of strategies and when to include each.