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Retrieval pipelines and strategies
CCAR-P · Lesson 9 of 18 · 1:05:32
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Prepare for the Claude Certified Architect – Professional exam, on the exam guide version 1.0, effective July 2026. In this lesson: when to retrieve and when the whole knowledge base fits in the prompt, chunking, metadata, and indexing, embeddings and BM25, contextual retrieval and reranking, and matching retrieval to the data: keywords, hybrid search, SQL for structured data, filters, agentic search, and citations. Includes three original practice questions.
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- Harborline splits its policy documents every 2,000 characters, often in the middle of a clause, and answers mix up two clauses. What should change first?
- Adjusters search for exact policy numbers and clause numbers, like HB-4471 or 7.3.2, but semantic search returns similar, wrong documents. Which strategy fits?
- Managers ask how many hail claims Harborline paid in Colorado last quarter, and the total amount. Which approach fits?