Agents & knowledge
Grounding
Connecting an output to supplied, authoritative evidence.
Definition
A grounded response is based on the provided sources, records or tool results rather than unsupported model memory.
Why it matters
Grounding reduces but does not eliminate hallucination; the system can still misread or misapply valid evidence.
Related concepts
- Citation correctness
Whether a cited source genuinely supports the associated claim.
- Retrieval-augmented generation
Generating answers using information retrieved at request time.
- Hallucination
Confidently generated content that is unsupported or false.