# (OLD) Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

The [Chat API](/api) in combination with the [Command model](/guides/models-models#command) make it easy to generate text that is grounded on factual information. For example, the code snippet below will result in a generation that cites the provided documents:

<img src="../img/fern/assets/images/ee181a4-doc-mode-viz.png" alt="">
<img src="../img/fern/assets/images/ee181a4-doc-mode-viz.png" alt="">
<img src="../img/fern/assets/images/10ecb07-basic.png" alt="">
<img src="../img/fern/assets/images/273a54a-query-gen-viz.png" alt="">
<img src="../img/fern/assets/images/3b637c6-query-gen-marked.png" alt="">
<img src="../img/fern/assets/images/b682614-connector-mode-viz.png" alt="">
<img src="../img/fern/assets/images/46a4a7e-rag-connector.png" alt="">

## Related pages

- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cohere](../index.md)
- [Cohere API](./cohere-api-index.md)
- [Cohere Labs](./cohere-labs-index.md)
- [Cohere Platform](./cohere-platform-index.md)
- [Cookbooks](./cookbooks-index.md)
- [Deployment Options](./deployment-options-index.md)
- [Embeddings (Vectors, Search, Retrieval)](./embeddings-vectors-search-retrieval-index.md)
- [Get Started](./get-started-index.md)
- [Going to Production](./going-to-production-index.md)

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