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Knowledge Base

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

A knowledge base is a structured or unstructured collection of information that an AI agent can search and retrieve from to inform its responses. Governance includes controlling what content enters the knowledge base, who can modify it, and which agents can query it.

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