What if the knowledge base gives wrong answers?

Wrong answers usually mean data is not standardized, chunking is poor, golden Q&A acceptance is missing, or nobody owns document versions. Start with data inventory and cleanup, then build a golden set for ongoing evaluation — not by swapping models repeatedly.

Key points

  • Inventory document sources: are policies, products, and records current, and do they have owners?
  • Clean duplicate, expired, or low-quality scanned content; standardize naming and metadata
  • Build a golden Q&A set (50–200 items) as a pre-launch gate
  • Tune chunking and retrieval; require answers with citation sources
  • Assign a knowledge base maintainer and update cadence (weekly/monthly)

How to do it

  1. List Top 20 frequent questions and where standard answers come from
  2. Clean and upload core documents; tag classification level and expiry
  3. Run golden-set evaluation; promote only after accuracy targets are met
  4. Close the feedback loop: flag wrong answers → fix → re-evaluate

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