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Use Cases / RAG Pipelines

RAG pipelines need clean,
chunked, token-counted data.

Here are the sources that matter, and how each one fits the retrieval layer.

The Core Problem

Data quality determines retrieval quality.

In a RAG pipeline, generation quality is bounded by retrieval quality. Retrieval quality is bounded by what is in the vector store. What is in the vector store depends entirely on the data you scraped, chunked, and embedded.

Dirty source data introduces boilerplate noise that contaminates embedding space. Oversized chunks exceed context windows. Missing token counts make it impossible to fit results into a prompt budget.

The actors below are built specifically for RAG ingestion: structured JSON output, heading-based chunking, token counts per chunk, and zero charge on runs that return nothing.

Pipeline Architecture

Source to generation in six steps.

Each step requires a different tool. The actors here cover the first two.

  1. 01
    Source
    Pick the right data source for your domain — web, legal, biomedical, financial, or regulatory.
  2. 02
    Scrape
    Pull structured JSON using the actors on this page. Token counts and chunking are handled for you.
  3. 03
    Chunk
    RAG Crawler outputs heading-based chunks directly. Other actors return full document text for you to chunk.
  4. 04
    Embed
    Feed chunks to your embedding model (OpenAI, Cohere, local). Each chunk includes a token count for budget control.
  5. 05
    Retrieve
    Run a vector similarity search against the query. Return the top-k chunks.
  6. 06
    Generate
    Assemble retrieved chunks into the prompt context window. Pass to your LLM.
Data Types by Use Case

Legal RAG

Court opinions and regulatory documents for legal research assistants, contract analysis tools, and compliance Q+A systems.

CourtListener Scraper Federal Register Scraper

Biomedical RAG

Clinical studies and research literature for medical Q+A, drug discovery tools, and systematic review assistants.

ClinicalTrials Scraper OpenAlex Scholarly Works

Financial RAG

SEC filings as source documents for earnings analysis, risk disclosure mining, and investor research tools.

SEC EDGAR Filings

Web RAG

Any website or documentation site as chunked context. The fallback when no structured API exists.

RAG Crawler
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