Use when building RAG systems, vector databases, or knowledge-grounded AI applications requiring semantic search, document retrieval, or context augmentation.
Install with Tessl CLI
npx tessl i github:jeffallan/claude-skills --skill rag-architect57
Does it follow best practices?
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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./path/to/skillValidation for skill structure
Document ingestion pipeline design
No default 512 chunk size
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Document-type-specific sizing
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Rationale for chunk size
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Source metadata on chunks
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Section/heading metadata
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Timestamp or indexed_at metadata
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Document preprocessing
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Deduplication mechanism
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Idempotent re-run design
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Markdown-aware chunking
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Chunk index/position metadata
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Without context: $0.4861 · 2m 20s · 18 turns · 18 in / 7,817 out tokens
With context: $0.6574 · 2m 44s · 20 turns · 81 in / 8,900 out tokens
Hybrid search and reranking pipeline
Hybrid search implemented
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RRF or equivalent fusion
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Retrieve-more then rerank fewer
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Reranking step present
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Not cosine-only
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Decoupled embedding model
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Empty result edge case
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Fusion weighting documented
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Design covers all four aspects
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Deduplication before rerank
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Without context: $0.3723 · 2m 5s · 10 turns · 11 in / 7,722 out tokens
With context: $0.5638 · 2m 24s · 18 turns · 265 in / 7,819 out tokens
RAG architecture design and evaluation plan
Ingestion pipeline diagram
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Retrieval pipeline diagram
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Vector DB recommendation with comparison
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Chunking parameters specified
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Chunking rationale provided
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Retrieval metrics specified
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RAGAS or equivalent framework
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Multi-tenant isolation addressed
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Embedding versioning plan
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Decoupled embedding adapter
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Monitoring plan
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Hybrid search in retrieval design
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Without context: $0.4328 · 2m 39s · 12 turns · 54 in / 9,192 out tokens
With context: $1.2683 · 4m 23s · 23 turns · 25,611 in / 15,382 out tokens
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