Chunking and Embedding Documents
Prepare a searchable knowledge base.
Documents Are Too Big to Search Whole
A long PDF holds many topics at once. To retrieve precisely, you first split it into smaller pieces called chunks.
What Makes a Good Chunk
A good chunk is one coherent thought: a paragraph or two. Too big buries the answer; too small loses the surrounding context.
All lessons in this course
- Why LLMs Need Retrieval
- Chunking and Embedding Documents
- Vector Search With a Vector Store
- Wiring Retrieval Into the Prompt