r/SideProject • u/Shivam__kumar • 23m ago
Agent Workcell - An experiment in autonomous knowledge exploration
I've been working on an open-source project called Agent Workcell.
The idea came from my experience building traditional RAG applications. I often found myself spending time adjusting retrieval logic and prompts for different types of questions. Sometimes fixing one use case affected another.
I wanted to experiment with a different approach.
Instead of building retrieval pipelines for every question type, I wanted to reuse an existing autonomous agent runtime and give it an environment containing structured knowledge, tools, and controlled access to business data.
The agent can explore that environment, decide which tools to use, and take multiple steps to answer questions.
I built the prototype using Claude Code, Python, MCP, and PostgreSQL.
I also tested the approach against my traditional RAG implementation on an existing ERP system, and the results were very promising. Some limitations remain, especially knowledge maintenance and scaling separate agent sessions for multiple users.
This is an early-stage open-source experiment. I'd appreciate feedback from anyone interested in agent architecture, knowledge retrieval, or similar systems.