Why RAG is failing your AI agents (and what trust scoring fixes)

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Learn how trust scoring can fix issues with RAG in AI agents and improve their performance

intermediate Published 16 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Build a trust scoring system to evaluate the reliability of RAG outputs
Run experiments to compare the performance of RAG with and without trust scoring
Configure your AI agent to use trust scoring for decision-making
Test the impact of trust scoring on API credit usage
Apply trust scoring to other areas of your AI agent's decision-making process

Who Needs to Know This

AI engineers and developers can benefit from this knowledge to improve the reliability of their AI agents, while product managers can use it to inform product decisions

Key Insight

💡 Trust scoring can improve the reliability of RAG outputs and reduce wasted resources