Contextual Retrieval | Agent Skills Atlas

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Anthropic's Contextual Retrieval technique for improved RAG. Use when chunks lose context during retrieval, implementing hybrid BM25+vector search, or reducing retrieval failures.

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Original name

contextual-retrieval

Original description

Anthropic's Contextual Retrieval technique for improved RAG. Use when chunks lose context during retrieval, implementing hybrid BM25+vector search, or reducing retrieval failures.

About this listing

Category: General
Reported license: MIT
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.