CourseRAG · Module 8: Reranking and Post-Retrieval Processing · part 42 of 82
Part 42 · Module 8: Reranking and Post-Retrieval Processing

Topic 4: Context Assembly

15 min read·21 Sept 2026

Intuition: you’ve chosen the evidence. Now lay it out on the page the model will read: in a helpful order, without repetition, small enough to fit, clearly labelled, and clearly marked as data, not orders.

4.1 Ordering: Relevance, Position Effects, Lost in the Middle

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