APR 23
10 min
cheatsheet
cheatsheet
RAG defaults 2026 cheatsheet: copy, paste, ship
The RAG parameter defaults that moved my top-1 accuracy from 74% to 91% in 2026. Chunk size, overlap, rerank, hybrid BM25, and the 2 flags people forget.
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unrated
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APR 23
10 min
chunking
chunking
RAG defaults 2026: chunks, rerankers, 3 settings that matter
The chunk size, overlap, rerank, and top-k values that moved my retrieval accuracy from 74% to 91%. Tested on a 1,400-chunk corpus with a ground-truth answer set.
8.1
peer score
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