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Module 4 · Knowledge Systems
Long Context vs RAG vs Search
Answer questions about your data and get a grounding strategy recommendation. Then compare trade-offs across cost, latency, freshness, accuracy, and privacy.
Knowledge Strategy Wizard
Trade-Off Analysis Cards
Knowledge Strategy Wizard
Answer each question about your data characteristics. The wizard will recommend the best grounding strategy and explain why.
Question 1 of 5
Recommended Strategy
Trade-Off Analysis Cards
Compare long context, RAG, and web search side by side across six critical dimensions. Click any dimension to expand the analysis.
Long Context
Stuff it all in the prompt
RAG Pipeline
Retrieve then generate
Web Search
Real-time internet lookup
Key insight: There is no single best strategy. Production systems often combine approaches: long context for small, stable reference docs; RAG for large internal corpora; and web search for real-time facts. The wizard above helps you pick the primary strategy, but the best architectures are hybrid.