Definition
The degree to which a generated response maintains a logical, non-contradictory progression of ideas and structural integrity. High coherence often requires lower sampling temperatures or structured prompting, which can trade off against the creative diversity of the agent's output.
Focuses on the internal logic and flow of the text rather than external factual grounding.
"A relay race where each runner (sentence) passes a baton (context) smoothly to the next without breaking stride or losing direction."
- Faithfulness(Complementary Metric (RAG Triad))
- Hallucination(Inverse Failure Mode)
- Chain of Thought(Prerequisite for Reasoning Coherence)
Conceptual Overview
The degree to which a generated response maintains a logical, non-contradictory progression of ideas and structural integrity. High coherence often requires lower sampling temperatures or structured prompting, which can trade off against the creative diversity of the agent's output.
Disambiguation
Focuses on the internal logic and flow of the text rather than external factual grounding.
Visual Analog
A relay race where each runner (sentence) passes a baton (context) smoothly to the next without breaking stride or losing direction.