AI EngineerIntermediate8 modules~4.0 hours hands-on3 learning modes
Build Production RAG Systems
Build Atlas, an evaluated knowledge assistant with versioned ingestion, hybrid retrieval, reranking, grounded citations, access controls, agentic routing, and production regression gates.
// What you'll be able to do- Choose the right retrieval architecture
- Track, configure, and run Atlas locally
- Turn changing source files into stable evidence
- Find the right evidence, not merely similar text
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00IntroductionMeet Atlas and the evidence problem30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you explain why private changing knowledge needs retrieval?
- How do you trace evidence from source document to cited answer?
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01OrientationChoose the right retrieval architecture30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you choose between no retrieval, long context, search, RAG, and fine-tuning?
- How do you separate retrieval quality from generation quality?
02Project SetupTrack, configure, and run Atlas locally30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you initialize a Git-tracked reproducible project?
- How do you run pinned PostgreSQL with pgvector?
03Ingestion & ChunkingTurn changing source files into stable evidence30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you preserve provenance and stable identities through ingestion?
- How do you choose chunk boundaries that preserve answerable meaning?
04Hybrid Retrieval & RerankingFind the right evidence, not merely similar text30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you explain what embeddings preserve and lose?
- How do you tune top-k and reranking against retrieval metrics?
05Grounded Answers & Agentic RetrievalCite, abstain, and retrieve only when needed30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you assemble bounded context with stable citations?
- How do you abstain when approved evidence is insufficient?
06Security, Evaluation & OperationsMeasure quality and defend every trust boundary30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you treat retrieved content as untrusted data?
- How do you measure retrieval separately from answer generation?
07See It RunOperate and defend the complete Atlas system30 min
Questions this module answers
- How do you run the complete credential-free Atlas flow?
- How do you ship reproducible tests and CI?
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