--- title: Beyond RAG: Welcome to Graph Engineering | daily.dev description: Graph Engineering is presented as an evolution beyond traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), shifting from retrieving raw text to retrieving... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-rag-welcome-to-graph-engineering-cxyw1wxcr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Beyond RAG: Welcome to Graph Engineering | daily.dev og:description: Graph Engineering is presented as an evolution beyond traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), shifting from retrieving raw text to retrieving... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-rag-welcome-to-graph-engineering-cxyw1wxcr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CxYw1Wxcr.png og:image:alt: Beyond RAG: Welcome to Graph Engineering og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Beyond RAG: Welcome to Graph Engineering **[bits\_007](https://daily.dev/sources/loxjpmml8hr9bnbqrqykz)** · [@bits_and_bytes](https://daily.dev/bits_and_bytes) · 1 min read · 42 upvotes · 12 comments ## Summary Graph Engineering is presented as an evolution beyond traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), shifting from retrieving raw text to retrieving structured knowledge via graphs. The approach is positioned as particularly relevant for building AI agents and enterprise AI systems. ## Content Traditional RAG retrieves text. Graph Engineering retrieves knowledge. A must-read for anyone building AI agents and enterprise AI systems. [ https://x.com/Sprytixl/status/2078778799064584535?s=20](https://x.com/Sprytixl/status/2078778799064584535?s=20) ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@alx\_dsz** · 2 upvotes > Boss, I'm tired **@yetzederixx** · 2 upvotes > You might actually want to link the article? **@andruhudz** · 1 upvotes > oh my .. Another Article generated by AI **@mkb\_7** · 1 upvotes > i want use rag in future. **@feradame** · 0 upvotes > [https://medium.com/timbr-ai/graphrag-without-a-graph-database-why-sql-ontologies-may-be-the-better-foundation-52e9b786f336](https://medium.com/timbr-ai/graphrag-without-a-graph-database-why-sql-ontologies-may-be-the-better-foundation-52e9b786f336) > > # **GraphRAG Without a Graph Database: Why SQL Ontologies May Be the Better Foundation** ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What is GraphRAG: Complete guide \[2025\]](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-graphrag-complete-guide-2025--3mdxbesnn) · Meilisearch · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Knowledge graph RAG: structured retrieval for AI agents](https://daily.dev/posts/knowledge-graph-rag-structured-retrieval-for-ai-agents-k6cymxiik) · Redis · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Is RAG Dead? The Rise of Context Engineering and Semantic Layers for Agentic AI](https://daily.dev/posts/is-rag-dead-the-rise-of-context-engineering-and-semantic-layers-for-agentic-ai-ztxinq3ic) · Towards Data Science · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#rag](https://daily.dev/tags/rag) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-rag-welcome-to-graph-engineering-cxyw1wxcr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-rag-welcome-to-graph-engineering-cxyw1wxcr","headline":"Beyond RAG: Welcome to Graph Engineering","text":"Graph Engineering is presented as an evolution beyond traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), shifting from retrieving raw text to retrieving structured knowledge via graphs. 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