# Connect AI agents to data sources with Redis

DevFeed: [Connect AI agents to data sources with Redis](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/connect-ai-agents-to-data-sources-with-redis-4779.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://redis.io/blog/connect-ai-agents-to-data-sources-redis/>)

Author: Jeff Mills

Published: 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Redis Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/redis-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Redis](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/redis.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embeddings.md>), [JSON Schema](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json-schema.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embeddings.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [model-context-protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-context-protocol.md>), [rag](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rag.md>), [redis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redis.md>), [retrieval](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrieval.md>), [tech-de](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-de.md>)

## AI overview

This guide explains how to connect AI agents to production data sources and provide runtime context. It covers RAG, tool and function calling, Model Context Protocol, and custom API connectors, with Redis Iris presented as a real-time context engine for production workloads.

## Source excerpt

An AI agent that can't reach your data is just a chatbot with opinions. Without runtime context, a model only knows its training data and whatever sits in the current prompt. So your app has to feed it production-specific facts at runtime: your produc...