Systems

Architecture components for production AI systems: agents, memory, orchestration, retrieval, tools, and evals.

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  • agents to memory: primary
  • agents to retrieval: primary
  • memory to runtime: secondary
  • retrieval to tools: secondary
  • runtime to evals: feedback
  • tools to orchestration: feedback
  • evals to orchestration: primary
  • runtime to tools: secondary

Recurring Components

Multi-Agent Runtime

Delegation, coordination, state transitions, and typed execution boundaries for autonomous workflows.

#orchestration#delegation#coordination#state persistence

Memory Layer

Episodic memory, semantic retrieval, compression, persistence, and replayable context for stateful agents.

#episodic memory#semantic retrieval#compression#persistence

Workflow Engine

Durable execution, retries, branching, checkpoints, and human-in-the-loop gates for production AI flows.

#durable execution#retries#branching#human-in-the-loop

Retrieval Infrastructure

Embedding pipelines, hybrid search, metadata filters, reranking, and frozen eval sets for RAG systems.

#embeddings#reranking#hybrid search#vector pipelines

Tool Ecosystem

MCP integrations, typed tools, routing schemas, permission boundaries, and protocol adapters.

#MCP integrations#typed tools#routing#protocol adapters

Evaluation Systems

Regression suites, adversarial cases, trace review, cost tracking, and production-readiness evidence.

#evals#regression#observability#failure recovery

Technical Pages

Semantically focused pages connecting concepts, projects, and technical writing.

Multi-Agent Systems

Architecture patterns for coordinating multiple AI agents with explicit roles, state, tools, and failure handling.

Agent Orchestration

Routing, delegation, checkpoints, and supervision patterns for production-grade agent workflows.

AI Workflow Engines

Durable workflow design for AI systems that need branching, retries, persistence, and auditability.

Durable AI Execution

Patterns for AI workflows that survive partial failure and remain inspectable after execution.

Memory Architectures

Memory layers for AI systems: semantic recall, episodic traces, compression, persistence, and retrieval evaluation.

MCP Ecosystem

Model Context Protocol integrations, connector identity, tool boundaries, and agent-facing operational surfaces.

Retrieval Infrastructure

Hybrid search, embedding pipelines, metadata strategy, reranking, and evaluation for production RAG systems.