Towards Data Science

The Enterprise Context Layer: A Practitioner's Guide to 6 Advanced Architectural Patterns

The article discusses how modern architectures create precise, cost‑efficient context for enterprise AI agents, moving beyond Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG). It presents six advanced architectural patterns that serve as a practical guide for practitioners. The focus is on engineering context layers that improve the performance and efficiency of AI systems in enterprise settings.

Towards Data Science
Oct 11

Agentic Systems: A Practitioner's Guide to 6 Advanced Architectural Patterns

The article "Agentic Systems: A Practitioner's Guide to 6 Advanced Architectural Patterns" discusses six production-oriented architectures designed to build autonomous, reliable, and scalable large language model (LLM) agents, moving beyond basic ReAct loops. It provides a practitioner-focused guide to implementing these advanced patterns in real-world systems.

By Partha Sarkar
Towards Data Science
Sep 29

How to Design Architectural Guardrails Around AI Agents

The article "How to Design Architectural Guardrails Around AI Agents" discusses essential agent design patterns that data engineers should understand. It emphasizes the importance of establishing clear architectural boundaries to ensure AI agents operate safely and effectively within larger systems. The post was originally published on Towards Data Science.

By Thuwarakesh Murallie
Towards Data Science
Aug 4

Using Agents as Tools

Building manager–specialist workflows with the OpenAI Agents SDK The post Using Agents as Tools appeared first on Towards Data Science .

By Shuai Guo
arXiv AI
Aug 6

Terminal Agents Suffice for Enterprise Automation

arXiv:2604. 00073v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: There has been growing interest in building agents that can interact with digital platforms to execute meaningful enterprise tasks autonomously.

By Patrice Bechard, Orlando Marquez Ayala, Emily Chen, Jordan Skelton, Sagar Davasam, Srinivas Sunkara, Vikas Yadav, Sai Rajeswar
arXiv AI
Sep 28

Bridging LLM Agents and Data Spaces: An Architectural Mediation Approach using the Model Context Protocol

The paper introduces an architectural mediation approach that uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to bridge large language model (LLM) agents with data spaces. By implementing the Eunomia Agent, the mediation layer translates data space capabilities into structured, schema-driven tools that LLM agents can discover and invoke while respecting governance constraints. A prototype demonstrates end‑to‑end interaction across catalog discovery, metadata retrieval, and data service invocation without altering existing data space components, showing that protocol‑based mediation enables interoperable, standards‑aligned integration of AI agents into governed data‑sharing ecosystems.

By Jaime Alonso Ruiz, Carlos Aparicio, Gabriel Huecas, Joaqu\'in Salvach\'ua, Andres Munoz-Arcentales