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Hybrid AI Search Workflows is an intermediate course designed for AI engineers, developers, and data scientists who want to build search systems that are both intelligent and factually reliable. While generative AI offers powerful reasoning, it can be prone to hallucination; traditional search is accurate but lacks contextual understanding. This course teaches you how to architect and implement hybrid workflows that get the best of both worlds, grounding powerful LLMs with verifiable data from classic search techniques.
You will move beyond basic prompting to design, evaluate, and optimize systems that balance performance and cost. Through hands-on labs, you will master techniques for tuning model parameters, designing cost-efficient hybrid architectures, and modularizing your code for scalable, production-ready CI/CD pipelines. By the end of this course, you will be equipped to build and deploy trustworthy AI search applications that deliver accurate, context-aware, and reliable answers.
This module focuses on the first key skill of hybrid search: mastering the generative component. You will learn how to move beyond basic prompting to design, evaluate, and optimize a generative model's output for a specific search task. This involves selecting the right model, creating effective prompts, and most importantly, building a robust evaluation framework to measure performance and ensure the results are both relevant and reliable.
What's included
2 videos2 readings1 assignment1 ungraded lab
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2 videos•Total 11 minutes
Designing an Effective Prompt Template•5 minutes
Screencast: Evaluating Model Output with a Rubric•6 minutes
2 readings•Total 11 minutes
What is a Generative Search Workflow?•6 minutes
How-To: Building an Evaluation Framework•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Prompt and Evaluation Scenarios•5 minutes
1 ungraded lab•Total 20 minutes
Build and Evaluate a Generative Search•20 minutes
Cost-Efficient Hybrid Architectures
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
This module teaches the second key skill: architecting a hybrid system. You will learn how to combine the generative model from Module 1 with a traditional search method (like keyword or vector search) to create a workflow that is both context-aware and factually grounded. You will design the logic that governs how the two systems interact and learn to modularize your code for a scalable, production-ready CI (Continuous Integration) pipeline.
What's included
3 videos2 readings2 assignments1 ungraded lab
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3 videos•Total 20 minutes
The Best of Both Worlds•7 minutes
Screencast: Architecting a Sequential Hybrid Workflow•7 minutes
Screencast: Turning a Script into a Python Module•6 minutes
2 readings•Total 13 minutes
What is a Hybrid Algorithmic Workflow?•5 minutes
How-To: Modularizing Your Workflow for CI•8 minutes
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