SMRTR AIJul 22, 2026Daily.dev

Agentic RAG: When Retrieval Needs to Think Before It Answers

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Standard RAG systems fail on multi-step questions because one retrieval pass can't gather all needed facts. The ReAct pattern fixes this by alternating reasoning and retrieval across multiple calls, but adds latency and cost — making agentic RAG best reserved for complex queries, not everyday simple lookups.

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