Feeding Data to Agents via APIs and MCP
verrsane · x · 2026-07-16
This thread discusses data integration approaches for agents:
- If existing connectors are already in place, data can be fed to the agent via search APIs or MCP tools.
- Glean handles the connectors and ingestion.
- openwiki is better suited for agent consumption, provided that significant engineering effort has been invested in building these capabilities.
- The frontend continues to be managed by a separate set of components.
The core takeaway is that when data connectors already exist, the agent side needs a ready-to-consume data interface rather than rebuilding the collection and ingestion pipeline from scratch.
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