Chunking Strategies for RAG Optimize document splitting for retrieval accuracy and context preservation. When to Use - Designing a new RAG pipeline - Retrieval quality is poor due to chunk boundaries - Documents have mixed content types (code, tables, prose) - Need to balance context window limits with retrieval precision Chunking Methods 1. Fixed-Size Chunking Best for : Homogeneous content, quick prototyping Avoid when : Documents have natural boundaries (sections, paragraphs) 2. Recursive Character Splitting Best for : General-purpose text, maintains paragraph integrity Hierarchy : Tries l…