Example Output: RAG Knowledge Ops Evaluation and Red-Team Harness
Inputs used
- Project context: a support answer engine grounded in product docs and release notes
- Target audience: AI engineers, knowledge managers, legal ops, support ops
- Success metric: activation, quality, and risk reduction
- Available tools and data: vector database, document parser, reranker, eval set, access control list
- Desired depth: Production-ready
- Output tone: Clear operator memo
Generated Result
eval matrix, adversarial cases, grading rubric, and release threshold
Success criteria
Create at least 12 golden tasks: 6 normal cases, 3 edge cases, and 3 adversarial cases targeting stale retrieval. A passing result must cite the evidence source and state confidence.
Golden tasks
Create at least 12 golden tasks: 6 normal cases, 3 edge cases, and 3 adversarial cases targeting citation mismatch. A passing result must cite the evidence source and state confidence.
Adversarial tasks
Use failed queries as evidence, apply the constraint "explicit unknown handling", and explicitly note how the plan reduces overly broad chunks. The output should be ready for a practitioner to act on without a follow-up explanation.
Rubric
Use citation audits as evidence, apply the constraint "source-grounded answers", and explicitly note how the plan reduces permission leakage. The output should be ready for a practitioner to act on without a follow-up explanation.
Sampling plan
Release in three gates: internal dry run, limited pilot, then measured expansion. Each gate must show evidence that freshness policy is true in practice, not only in documentation.
Release decision
Release in three gates: internal dry run, limited pilot, then measured expansion. Each gate must show evidence that explicit unknown handling is true in practice, not only in documentation.
Recommended Decision
Proceed with a narrow pilot focused on source documents and chunk samples. Treat stale retrieval as the primary launch blocker. The first milestone should prove that the workflow produces a usable RAG blueprint, source policy, and retrieval eval plan with clear evidence, named owners, and a review path for ambiguous cases.
Expected quality checks
- The result is specific to RAG ingestion, retrieval quality, citation design, and knowledge base governance.
- It includes the required sections: Success criteria, Golden tasks, Adversarial tasks, Rubric, Sampling plan, Release decision.
- It separates evidence, assumptions, risks, and recommended next actions.
- It includes practical verification steps, not only generic advice.
- It names the most important failure mode for this domain: stale retrieval.
Reuse note
Before copying the output into production work, replace all default variables with your real data and run a human review for high-impact decisions.