# RAG Knowledge Boundary

> Retrieve knowledge from indexed sources, validate relevance and freshness, ground generation in retrieved evidence, and distinguish known, inferred, and unsupported output.

Record: `algorithms:rag-knowledge-boundary`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-rag-knowledge-boundary
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/rag-knowledge-boundary/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Streaming Dataflow](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/streaming-dataflow.md) and before [Architecture Selection Meta-Algorithm](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/architecture-selection-meta-algorithm.md).

## Domain

- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/architecture.md)

## Tier

- [leaf](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-leaf.md)

## Composed by

- [Profile Compose](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/profile-compose.md)
- [Delta Capture](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/delta-capture.md)

## Math type

- [Probability](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-probability.md)

## Force

- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [Model governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/model-governance.md)
- [Modularity](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/modularity.md)

## Linked from

- [Living profile](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-living-profile.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)