Airweave - Turn Apps Into Agent-Ready Knowledge
Airweave supplies context retrieval for developers building AI agents and retrieval-augmented generation applications. It connects to apps and databases, syncs their information, and exposes that material through a shared search interface. The official product page places it between an AI system and the data that system needs.
Connecting a searchable collection
The published workflow starts with creating a collection, then connecting sources and syncing their data into it. An agent can query the collection in natural language. The page's Python SDK example creates a collection, connects a Stripe account with source credentials, and searches for information about invoices.
That is a developer integration pattern, not a ready-made consumer assistant. Your application still supplies the question and decides how to use the retrieved context. Identify the source systems needed for a narrow task before connecting a wider collection of business data.
Search and synchronization
Airweave lists semantic, keyword, hybrid, time-aware and agentic search. It describes continuous synchronization as a way to keep retrieved context connected to changes in the source systems. Teams can reuse the same retrieval layer across multiple agents or applications instead of building a separate connection for every assistant.
The publisher names LangChain, Composio and Pipedream as compatible agent-stack options, alongside custom applications. Its source catalog covers enterprise apps, databases and document stores. Check the supported connector for your particular system and the information it exposes; a general claim about connected business data does not establish that every field your task needs will be searchable.
Hosted or self-managed evaluation
Airweave is open source and can be self-hosted or used through its hosted platform. The displayed hosted tiers separate source connections, monthly queries and synced entities, so the amount of data and the frequency of searches both matter. Enterprise lists on-premises deployment and custom integrations as optional additions rather than features to assume in the free tier.
Evaluate retrieval with questions whose answers you can confirm in the connected source. Check what happens after a source record changes and how your application handles a missing or incomplete result. Airweave's description of grounded answers is a publisher claim, not a guarantee that an agent's final response will be correct. Also review source credentials and deployment permissions before connecting sensitive systems.