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RAG, Fine-Tuning or Prompting? Decision Framework

Answer eight questions about your problem and see whether prompting, structured outputs, RAG, fine-tuning or a combination is the best place to start.

Format
Framework template
Level
Intermediate
Length
10 min
Status
New
Topics
RAG vs fine-tuning decision, when to fine-tune, prompt engineering vs fine-tuning

What it helps you do

Teams often reach for fine-tuning when a better prompt or retrieval would solve the problem, or build retrieval when the real issue is output format. This framework matches your answers to the technique most likely to help first.

How to use it

Answer based on the problem as it is today. The result is a recommended starting point; confirm it with a small test on your own data.

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