Quality gates 

A quality gate reviews the generated answer before it is returned. It is useful for high-risk content, strict source requirements or complex pipelines.

Validation criteria 

A quality gate can check whether:

  • the answer is based on retrieved context;
  • the answer follows the requested language and tone;
  • required source references are present;
  • the answer contains unsupported claims;
  • the answer admits missing context where needed.

Use quality gates carefully: they add latency and model cost.