Comparison
OKF vs RAG
RAG is a retrieval pattern. OKF is a portable way to package curated knowledge and the relationships retrieval systems often lose.
Question
OKF
RAG
Primary job
Packages reviewed context as linked Markdown files with YAML frontmatter.
Retrieves relevant chunks from a corpus at runtime.
Unit of work
A versioned OKF bundle.
Documents, chunks, embeddings, and retrieval queries.
Best fit
Curated context where concepts and relationships matter.
Large corpora where the useful source is not known upfront.
When to use OKF
Use OKF when you want cleaner, explicit, versioned source context before retrieval or agent work begins, especially when links between concepts carry meaning.
When to use RAG
Use RAG when an agent or application needs to search across a larger body of content dynamically.
How they work together
OKF can improve RAG by making source material more structured, reviewed, and relationship-aware before it is chunked or retrieved.