AI Knowledge App
Intelligent Knowledge Management with Autonomous Agents AI Alpha
🤖 Project Overview
An AI-powered knowledge management system that leverages autonomous agents and LLM integration to automatically collect, enrich, and maintain a growing knowledge base. This alpha-stage project demonstrates innovative approaches to knowledge management through vector embeddings, MCP integration, and AI-driven dossier management.
- Autonomous Agents - .NET workers for automatic knowledge collection and updates
- Lean Storage Model - Metadata + embeddings instead of full document copies
- Multi-Source Integration - RSS feeds, email labels, GitHub issues, and more
- Vector Embeddings - AI-powered semantic search and relevance matching
- MCP Integration - Model Context Protocol for Claude Desktop integration
- RAG Capability - Retrieval-Augmented Generation for enhanced AI responses
- Pluggable Storage - Support for JSON, SQL, and cloud storage backends
- Topic-Based Organization - Alpha focused on pension compliance topics
🎯 Key Features
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Autonomous Agents - .NET workers that automatically update and enrich knowledge base on schedule
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Multi-Source Integration - Collect knowledge from RSS feeds, email, GitHub, and custom sources
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Vector Search - Semantic search using embeddings for intelligent knowledge discovery
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AI Enrichment - Automatic tagging, categorization, and knowledge extraction using LLMs
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MCP Integration - Model Context Protocol support for Claude Desktop and other LLM tools
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RAG Capability - Retrieval-Augmented Generation for enhanced AI-powered responses
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Lean Storage - Efficient storage with metadata, embeddings, and snippets instead of full copies
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Dossier Management - Organize related knowledge items into coherent dossiers with AI assistance
🏗️ Architecture & Technology
Technology Stack
.NET Ecosystem
.NET Workers C# Async/Await Hosted Services
AI & LLM
Claude Integration Embeddings MCP Server RAG Architecture
Data & Storage
Vector Database Metadata Store Pluggable Storage Efficient Indexing
Agents & Workflows
Watch Agent Merge Agent Research Loop Scheduled Updates
Core Components
- RSS Worker - Automated RSS feed parsing and content collection
- Email Integration - Process labeled emails for knowledge extraction
- GitHub Source - Collect issues and discussions as knowledge items
- AI Enrichment Pipeline - Use Claude for categorization, tagging, and extraction
- Vector Embedding Engine - Generate and store semantic embeddings
- Metadata Store - Efficient metadata management for all knowledge items
- MCP Server - Model Context Protocol implementation for LLM integration
- RAG API - Retrieval-Augmented Generation endpoints for queries
- Dossier Manager - Organize related knowledge items into coherent groupings
📊 Lean Storage Model
Storage Philosophy
Instead of storing full articles and documents, the system stores only essential information:
- Source URL - Link to original content for reference
- Metadata - Author, publish date, tags, topics, and categories
- Snippet - First 200-300 characters for preview
- Embeddings - Vector representation for semantic search
- Topics Weights - AI-generated topic relevance scores
Benefits
- Minimal storage costs compared to full-text storage
- Reduced bandwidth for knowledge updates and syncing
- Faster semantic search using vector operations
- Easy referencing to original sources
- Scalable to thousands of knowledge items
🤖 Autonomous Agents
Agent Types
- Watch Agent - Monitors sources for new content and updates
- Merge Agent - Combines related knowledge items into coherent dossiers
- Research Loop Agent - Deep research on topics with Claude assistance
- Update Agent - Refreshes existing knowledge items with new information
Autonomous Workflows
- Scheduled Collection - RSS feeds and sources polled every 4-8 hours
- AI Enrichment - Automatic categorization and tagging using Claude
- Deduplication - Intelligent detection of duplicate content
- Knowledge Merging - Combining related items into topical dossiers
- Continuous Refinement - Updates existing knowledge with new findings
🔌 Claude Desktop Integration
The application implements Model Context Protocol (MCP) to integrate seamlessly with Claude Desktop:
MCP Capabilities
- searchKnowledge - Query knowledge base with semantic search
- getTopic - Retrieve complete topic dossiers and related items
- appendToDossier - Add new findings to existing dossiers
- listTopics - Browse available topics and categories
Research Workflow
- User queries knowledge base through Claude Desktop
- MCP retrieves relevant knowledge items using vector search
- Claude analyzes and synthesizes findings
- Results are rich context for Claude's responses
- Claude can append new findings back to dossiers
📋 Alpha Scope: Pension Topic
Focus Area
The initial alpha implementation focuses on pension compliance and regulations covering Belgium, Netherlands, and EU jurisdictions. This domain was chosen to fully test end-to-end functionality before expanding to other topics.
Knowledge Sources
- Pension regulatory updates and announcements
- Belgium and Netherlands pension law blogs
- EU directive publications and guidance
- Tax authority announcements
- Pension fund guidance documents
🎓 What This Project Demonstrates
AI Knowledge App showcases expertise in:
- ✅ Autonomous Agents - .NET-based worker agents with independent intelligence
- ✅ AI Integration - Claude API, embeddings, and semantic search
- ✅ MCP Protocol - Model Context Protocol implementation for LLM integration
- ✅ Vector Databases - Semantic search and similarity operations
- ✅ RAG Architecture - Retrieval-Augmented Generation for enhanced responses
- ✅ Lean Design - Efficient storage and minimal overhead
- ✅ Multi-Source Integration - RSS, email, GitHub, and custom sources
- ✅ Knowledge Management - Organization and curation of information at scale
📋 Project Status
AI Knowledge App is an alpha-stage project demonstrating innovative approaches to AI-driven knowledge management. The architecture is proven and extensible, with a clear roadmap for expansion to additional domains.
- ✅ Core architecture designed and documented
- ✅ Agent framework implemented
- ✅ Lean storage model proven
- ✅ MCP integration operational
- 🔄 Alpha domain (pension) in active development
- 📋 Ready for expansion to additional knowledge domains