Data Engineering for Agents — What Matters

## The non-negotiable layer To ship agents that own outcomes you need resilient plumbing. Treat the data layer as a product, not a one-time integration. ## A practical checklist * **Data contracts**: typed schemas and versioning between systems and agents * **Retrieval**: domain-chunking and freshness policies * **Security & privacy**: PII masking, residency, and access scopes * **Observability**: traces, evaluator outcomes, and drift alerts ## Why it pays off Strong contracts and observability reduce production firefighting and increase governance confidence. Your agents (and auditors) will thank you.