augmented

Definition

Extended with something external rather than made larger internally: retrieval-augmented generation adds fetched passages to the context, tool-augmented models add the results of calling calculators, search, or code execution. The appeal is that capability arrives without touching the weights, and can be updated or audited independently. Keep it apart from data augmentation, which means synthetically expanding a training set — the same adjective, a different operation.

Explainers using this term

• Paper Explained: Retrieval-Augmented Skill Optimization via Cross-Harness Adaptation — Borrow Someone Else's Skill, Rewrite It for Your Own HarnessRetrieval-Augmented Skill Optimization via Cross-Harness Adaptation
• Evaluating RAG in Practice — Turning “Seems Better” Into a NumberRAGAS: Automated Evaluation of Retrieval Augmented Generation
• Why Language Models Hallucinate — The Mechanics and What Actually HelpsRetrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge-Intensive NLP Tasks