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Published by Anthropic Engineering (T1 source). The original is at https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/contextual-retrieval.

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Anthropic introduces Contextual Retrieval, a method that prepends chunk-specific context before embedding and BM25 indexing. It reports a 49% reduction in failed retrievals, rising to 67% when combined with reranking, improving RAG system performance.

Primary-source technique with quantified benchmarks and implementation guidance, directly applicable to RAG pipelines.

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