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Ingestion Shouldn't Be a Choice
A look at why three ingestion modes create more problems than they solve, how the PDF extraction pipeline was rebuilt to be ten times faster with 90% fewer LLM calls, and the unified ingestion architecture that points toward removing the choice entirely.
June 10, 2026 in architecture by Timothé Le Chatelier10 minutes
Beyond Agent Framework Wars: Fred and the Infrastructure Layer
Fred does not compete in the agent framework wars; it focuses on the production infrastructure layer for governed agent execution.
February 21, 2026 by Dimitri Tombroff13 minutes
Document Ingestion Is Not a Side Effect
Document ingestion is a first-class architectural concern in agentic platforms, and fast attachment is not the same as durable corpus ingestion.
February 14, 2026 by Fred Team7 minutes
Integrating External A2A Agents into Fred’s Backend
Fred now supports A2A agents alongside MCP agents. Developers can deploy standalone, language-agnostic agents and register them in Fred as first-class citizens. A new agentic bridge handles protocol translation, streaming adaptation, UI rendering, and security integration—unlocking industrial-grade agent development.
December 12, 2025 in platform, architecture by Nicolas Payneau, Dimitri Tombroff10 minutes