4.2 Module 4 · Knowledge Systems

Corpus Preparation & Chunking

Experiment with chunking strategies on sample documents. See exactly how text gets split, measure overlap, and test which strategy retrieves the best results.

Chunking Strategy Lab Retrieval Quality Tester

Chunking Strategy Lab

Choose a sample document, pick a chunking strategy, and adjust the parameters. Watch the document split in real time and see how each strategy handles boundaries differently.

Sample Document
200 chars
30 chars
Chunks
0
Avg Size
0
Overlap %
0%
Total Tokens
0
Chunk Preview

Retrieval Quality Tester

Enter a query and see which chunks each strategy would retrieve. The tester scores retrieval quality based on keyword overlap and context completeness.

Enter a query or click an example to see retrieval results across all three chunking strategies.

Key insight: Chunking is the most underrated step in RAG. Poor chunking — splitting mid-sentence, losing headers, or creating chunks too small for context — is the number one cause of bad retrieval. Semantic chunking preserves meaning but is slower. Fixed-size is fast but crude. Recursive splitting balances both by trying natural boundaries first.