
RAG Is Not a Database
RAG is runtime context construction at query time, not a storage layer you bolt onto an LLM.

RAG is runtime context construction at query time, not a storage layer you bolt onto an LLM.

Proposal is not permission. Agents propose tool calls; governance decides whether they run. An architecture breakdown of runtime trust boundaries for production agent systems in regulated industries.

AI observability is not a dashboard. It is a capture-and-retention architecture with five signals, five retention policies, and four consumers.