by lucent | Jul 31, 2026 | Automation, Governance, Retrieval, Workflow |
Workflow composition is the practice of assembling tasks, decisions, information, tools, and human responsibilities into a coherent process. It is less about connecting software than organizing work so that each step has a clear purpose, receives the context it needs,...
by lucent | Jul 30, 2026 | Automation, Governance, Retrieval, Workflow |
Context persistence is the intentional preservation of information so it remains available across multiple interactions, executions, or sessions. It allows an AI-assisted workflow to continue from prior work without requiring people or systems to reconstruct every...
by lucent | Jul 30, 2026 | Automation, Governance, Information Architecture, Retrieval |
Tool selection is the process of matching each task in an AI-assisted workflow with the capability best suited to perform it. That capability may be a language model, search engine, retrieval system, database, calculator, API, code environment, memory system, or human...
by lucent | Jul 28, 2026 | Automation, Governance, Retrieval, Workflow |
State management is the practice of maintaining an accurate understanding of a workflow’s current condition. It records what has happened, what is happening now, what remains unresolved, and which transitions are available next. Although the term is commonly...
by lucent | Jul 25, 2026 | Automation, Information Architecture, Retrieval, Workflow |
An AI retrieval system locates and supplies information relevant to an AI-assisted task. It may search documents, databases, websites, knowledge bases, project repositories, APIs, or several sources at once. Retrieval is distinct from generation. Retrieval finds...
by lucent | Jul 25, 2026 | Automation, Governance, Information Architecture, Retrieval |
Retrieval-augmented workflows deliberately bring relevant information into an AI-assisted task before or during generation. They help reduce the gap between what an AI system can produce fluently and what it actually needs to know about the documents, circumstances,...
