Step 5

Chunking Design

Balances recall vs. context size.

What It Does

Chunking splits documents into smaller segments based on various strategies like fixed size, semantic boundaries, or structural elements. These chunks become the basic units for embedding and retrieval, determining how information is packaged for the LLM.

Why It Matters

The way you chunk documents significantly impacts retrieval quality and response accuracy. Good chunking preserves context, reduces noise, ensures that relevant information is retrieved together, and fits within LLM context windows.

Common Challenges

  • Determining optimal chunk size for your specific use case and model limits
  • Preserving semantic context across chunk boundaries
  • Handling documents with varying structures and content types
  • Balancing chunk granularity with retrieval precision
  • Managing overlapping chunks to preserve context without redundancy
  • Adapting chunking strategies for different document types

Interactive Demo

Sample Documents

Select a document to chunk

Introduction to Vector Databases

Vector databases are specialized database systems designed to store and query high-dimensional vecto...

210 tokens · 161 words

Understanding Embeddings in NLP

Embeddings are dense vector representations of words, sentences, or documents in a continuous vector...

245 tokens · 188 words

Legal Contract Analysis

AGREEMENT OF SALE THIS AGREEMENT made this 15th day of June, 2023, between ABC Corporation ("Seller...

310 tokens · 238 words

Chunking Configuration

Configure how the document is split into chunks

Splits text at paragraph boundaries, preserving the natural structure of the document.

200 tokens
Small (50)Medium (200)Large (500)
20 tokens
None (0)Medium (50)Large (100)

When enabled, paragraphs are kept intact and combined until they reach the chunk size limit. When disabled, large paragraphs are split into smaller chunks using the overlap setting.

Resulting Chunks

0 chunks created with an average of 0 tokens per chunk

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