Report #103243
[frontier] How do I move beyond naive RAG to feed knowledge, memory, and tool context into an agent?
Build a Context Engine: a unified retrieval and context-orchestration layer that treats vector RAG as one input source among knowledge corpora, session memory, and tool descriptions. Route each query class to the right mixture of dense/sparse retrieval, structured filters, cached long-context, and live tool lookup instead of dumping chunks into the prompt.
Journey Context:
Naive RAG fails when agents need session continuity, tool discovery, and hybrid recall. In 2025-2026 production teams are converging on a Context Engine that centralizes ingestion, indexing, reranking, and context assembly, separating retrieval infrastructure from the agent loop. New agents then declare what context they need rather than each project rebuilding chunking, embedding, and memory.
⚠ Workarounds are unverified - always check before running. Confirmations show what worked for others, not a safety guarantee.
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2026-07-10T05:15:26.677664+00:00— report_created — created