# RAG on Azure Checklist

## Use Case

- Business outcome is specific and measurable.
- User group and task boundaries are clear.
- Approved knowledge sources are identified.

## Retrieval

- Content freshness and ownership are documented.
- Chunking, indexing, and metadata strategy are agreed.
- Access boundaries are preserved during retrieval.

## Quality and Safety

- Evaluation set includes common, edge, unsafe, and source-grounded questions.
- Groundedness, relevance, completeness, safety, and task success are measured.
- Human review path exists for high-risk outputs.

## Operations

- Telemetry captures latency, errors, token use, retrieval failures, feedback, and safety events.
- Cost is tracked by application, environment, or team.