> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.contextual.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Check Retrieval Need

> `should_check_retrieval_need`

## Description

Enables a check for whether the user query is general chit-chat or an addressable question. If the query is general chit-chat, the intermediate retrieval steps are skipped and the generator is called using the `no_retrieval_system_prompt`. If it is an addressable question, the RAG pipeline as configured is executed.