Claude Projects vs Custom RAG

When Claude Projects is enough vs when you need your own retrieval stack.

What You Will Learn

• Claude Projects: what the built-in knowledge base can do
• Projects limits: file size, total storage, retrieval opacity
• Custom RAG: full control over chunking, embeddings, retrieval logic
• Decision framework: scale, customisation need, and engineering budget
• Hybrid: using Projects for personal work, custom RAG for production