The Challenge: Finding Answers in a Sea of Documentation
Every SalesWorx customer faces the same frustration: information is everywhere, but answers are hard to find.
Your team has:
- 500+ page user manuals
- Multiple product versions
- Role-specific guides (admin, sales, manager)
- API documentation
- Troubleshooting FAQs
- Video tutorials
- Release notes
When a user needs help, they spend 15-30 minutes searching through PDFs, switching between tabs, and piecing together information from multiple sources. Often, they give up and create a support ticket.
The impact? Support teams are overwhelmed with routine questions that should be self-service, while customers waste valuable time searching for information that’s technically available but practically inaccessible.
Understanding RAG vs Agentic RAG
What is RAG?
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) combines document search with AI language models to answer questions based on your documentation. It’s the foundation of modern AI assistants.
But there’s a significant difference between simple RAG and Agentic RAG.
Traditional RAG: Simple But Limited
Traditional RAG follows a straightforward, linear process:
Traditional RAG Architecture
TRADITIONAL RAG
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User
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"How to login to SalesWorx?"
↓
Embedding Model
• Convert query to vector
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Vector Database
• Search similar documents
• Return top 5-10 results
↓
Combine Context
• Concatenate all documents
↓
LLM (Single Call)
• Generate answer
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Answer (no citations)Problems with Traditional RAG
❌ Single search pass – Misses context if first search is poor
❌ No self-correction – Wrong search = wrong answer
❌ No citations – Users can’t verify information
❌ Can’t handle complex questions – No decomposition
❌ One-size-fits-all – Same approach for all queries
❌ No reasoning – Just retrieval + generation
Example Problem:
Query: "How to configure multi-currency reporting?"
Traditional RAG:
├─ Search: "multi-currency reporting"
├─ Finds: 5 documents about reporting (misses currency setup)
└─ Answer: Incomplete (only covers reporting basics)
Result: User still confused, creates support ticket
Agentic RAG: Intelligent Multi-Agent Research System
Agentic RAG transforms the process by introducing multiple specialized agents that work together, plan research strategies, and self-correct their approach.
Agentic RAG Architecture: 7 Specialized Agents
Our system uses 7 specialized AI agents working together through a state machine, with each agent handling a specific aspect of intelligence:
| Agent | Role | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Planner | Research Strategist | Validates domain relevance, decomposes complex questions into sub-tasks |
| Query Rewriter | Search Optimizer | Reformulates queries for better retrieval using context and keywords |
| Retrieval Supervisor | Strategy Selector | Chooses vector/keyword/hybrid search based on query characteristics |
| Context Distiller | Information Synthesizer | Compresses and removes redundancy from retrieved documents |
| Reflection | Progress Tracker | Summarizes findings after each research step |
| Policy | Decision Maker | Evaluates if enough information is gathered or more research is needed |
| Answer Generator | Response Composer | Creates comprehensive answers with inline citations |
Complete Agentic RAG Workflow
Key Advantages of Agentic RAG
1. Intelligent Domain Validation
Impact: Saves resources on irrelevant queries (typically 20-30% of all interactions)
2. Adaptive Research Strategies
Three Search Strategies (Agent 3: Retrieval Supervisor):
| Strategy | When Used | Example Query |
|---|---|---|
| Vector Search | Conceptual, semantic queries | “How does inventory forecasting work?” |
| Keyword Search | Exact terms, codes, IDs | “Error code 500” |
| Hybrid Search | Most queries (default) | “How to login to SalesWorx?” |
3. Self-Correcting Research Loops
4. Context Distillation
5. Trustworthy Citations
6. Intelligent Web Crawling with Crawl4AI
Beyond searching internal documents, Agentic RAG can also ingest content from your website and documentation portals using Crawl4AI – a privacy-first web crawling solution.
How Crawl4AI Works:
Example: Ingesting SalesWorx Documentation Website
Step 1: Provide Sitemap URL
└─ https://docs.salesworx.ae/wp-sitemap-posts-1.xml
Step 2: Crawl4AI Processes Locally
├─ Parses XML structure
├─ Discovers 98 documentation URLs
├─ Opens each in Playwright browser
├─ Executes JavaScript (renders dynamic content)
├─ Extracts article content only
└─ Removes navigation, ads, footers
Step 3: Clean Markdown Created
├─ Article Title: "Customer Management Guide"
├─ Content: Clean paragraphs, headings, lists
└─ Metadata: URL, author, date, section
Step 4: Chunk & Embed
├─ Split into 1000-character chunks
├─ 200-character overlap for context
├─ Send to Google Gemini Embeddings API
└─ Store 3072-dimensional vectors in ChromaDB
Result: 98 articles → 2,847 searchable chunks
Time: 10 minutes (one-time process)
Ready for instant retrieval!
Benefits of Crawl4AI:
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Privacy-First | HTML processing happens locally, never sent to LLM APIs |
| JavaScript Support | Renders dynamic content with real browser (Playwright) |
| Clean Extraction | Removes navigation, ads, popups automatically |
| Sitemap Support | Discovers all pages from sitemap.xml |
| Batch Processing | Handles 100+ URLs efficiently |
| One-Time Ingestion | Content stored permanently, no re-crawling needed |
Data Sources in Agentic RAG:
MULTI-SOURCE KNOWLEDGE BASE
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Internal Documents (Manual Upload)
├─ PDF: User manuals, API docs
├─ DOCX: Internal workflows
├─ Markdown: Technical guides
└─ TXT/CSV: FAQs, troubleshooting
Web Content (Crawl4AI)
├─ Documentation portals
├─ Knowledge base articles
├─ Blog posts and tutorials
└─ Release notes
Live Web Search (Tavily)
├─ Domain-restricted to official sites
├─ Real-time information
└─ Recent updates and announcements
All sources unified in a single search experience!Real Example: Agentic RAG in Action
Let’s see how our 7-agent Agentic RAG system processes a real SalesWorx query.
User Question:
“What steps are required to log in to SalesWorx?”
Agentic RAG Processing Flow
Detailed Breakdown (10-20 seconds total)
AGENTIC RAG PROCESSING TIMELINE
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⏱️ 0.0s - 0.5s: 🧠 PLANNER AGENT
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Input: "What steps are required to log in to SalesWorx?"
Domain Validation: ✅ ON_TOPIC (SalesWorx product question)
Query Category: Product Documentation
Research Plan Created:
├─ Step 1: Find login page URL and access method
│ └─ Tool: search_documents
│
└─ Step 2: Find required credentials and fields
└─ Tool: search_documents
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⏱️ 0.5s - 2.5s: 🔄 RESEARCH CYCLE 1
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✍️ Query Rewriter:
Original: "Find login page URL and access method"
Rewritten: "SalesWorx BackOffice login page URL web
browser access authentication"
🎯 Retrieval Supervisor:
Strategy Selected: HYBRID_SEARCH
Reason: Needs both semantic (login process) and
keywords (URL, BackOffice)
📚 Retrieved Documents: 10 candidates
└─ User_Guide.pdf (6 chunks)
└─ Installation_Guide.pdf (2 chunks)
└─ Quick_Start.pdf (2 chunks)
🔄 CrossEncoder Reranking: Top 3
├─ [1] User_Guide.pdf, Page 15 (Score: 0.94)
├─ [2] Installation_Guide.pdf, Page 8 (Score: 0.89)
└─ [3] Quick_Start.pdf, Page 3 (Score: 0.86)
🔍 Context Distiller:
Input: 3,200 tokens from 3 documents
Output: 800 tokens (75% reduction)
"Login accessed via web browser at URL format
http://<server>/swx_cs/html/login.aspx.
Supports Chrome, Firefox, Edge browsers."
🤔 Reflection:
"Found login URL format and browser access method.
Missing credential field details."
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⏱️ 2.5s - 3.0s: ⚖️ POLICY AGENT (Checkpoint 1)
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Evaluation:
✅ Have: Login URL, browser requirements
❌ Missing: Required fields, captcha, password recovery
Decision: CONTINUE_PLAN
Reason: "Need credential field details and authentication
requirements"
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⏱️ 3.0s - 5.0s: 🔄 RESEARCH CYCLE 2
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✍️ Query Rewriter:
Original: "Find required credentials and fields"
Rewritten: "SalesWorx login page form fields username
password captcha authentication required"
Context Added: "Already found URL at
http://<server>/swx_cs/html/login.aspx"
🎯 Retrieval Supervisor:
Strategy Selected: KEYWORD_SEARCH
Reason: Looking for specific field names (username,
password, captcha)
📚 Retrieved Documents: 10 candidates
└─ User_Guide.pdf (8 chunks about login form)
└─ Security_Guide.pdf (2 chunks about authentication)
🔄 CrossEncoder Reranking: Top 3
├─ [1] User_Guide.pdf, Page 15 (Score: 0.97)
├─ [2] Security_Guide.pdf, Page 22 (Score: 0.91)
└─ [3] User_Guide.pdf, Page 16 (Score: 0.88)
🔍 Context Distiller:
Input: 2,800 tokens from 3 documents
Output: 700 tokens (75% reduction)
"Login form contains three required fields: Username,
Password, Enter Captcha. Forgot Your Password link
available for password recovery."
🤔 Reflection:
"Found all required credential fields (Username, Password,
Captcha) and password recovery option. Login process
fully documented."
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⏱️ 5.0s - 5.5s: ⚖️ POLICY AGENT (Checkpoint 2)
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Evaluation:
✅ Have: Login URL, browser requirements
✅ Have: Required fields (Username, Password, Captcha)
✅ Have: Password recovery process
Decision: FINISH
Reason: "All aspects of login process comprehensively covered.
Sufficient information to generate complete answer."
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⏱️ 5.5s - 6.0s: 📝 ANSWER GENERATOR AGENT
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Context Assembled:
├─ Research Step 1: Login URL and browser access
└─ Research Step 2: Required credentials and fields
Citations Prepared:
[3] User_Guide.pdf, Page 15: "To access SalesWorx
BackOffice, launch a web browser such as Chrome..."
Generating answer with inline citations...Final Answer Generated by Agentic RAG:
To log in to SalesWorx BackOffice, you need to access the application through a web browser [3].
Here are the steps:
- Launch a web browser [3].
- Enter the SalesWorx URL in the browser’s address bar. This will be either
http://<server name>/swx_cs/html/login.aspxor the specific URL for your SalesWorx instance, where<server name>is the location of your SalesWorx BackOffice site [3].
- On the Login page, enter your credentials:
- Username: Type your username into the “Username” field [3].
- Password: Enter your password in the “Password” field. If you have forgotten your password, you can click the “Forgot Your Password?” link to reset it [3].
- Captcha: Type the characters displayed in the image into the “Enter Captcha” field [3].
Citations:
[3] SalesWorx User Guide, Page 15
“To access SalesWorx BackOffice, launch a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge. Navigate to http://<server name>/swx_cs/html/login.aspx where <server name> is your BackOffice location. The login page contains three required fields: Username for your account credentials, Password for authentication, and Enter Captcha to verify you are human. If you have forgotten your password, click the ‘Forgot Your Password?’ link to initiate the password recovery process…”
What Happened Behind the Scenes?
Traditional RAG would have:
- ❌ Done 1 search pass
- ❌ Possibly missed credential details
- ❌ No citations
- ❌ No verification of completeness
- ⏱️ Time: 10 seconds (faster but less complete)
Our Agentic RAG:
- ✅ 2 research cycles with different strategies
- ✅ Self-corrected when first cycle incomplete
- ✅ Full citations for every fact
- ✅ Policy agent verified completeness
- ⏱️ Time: 10-20 seconds (worth the extra 10 seconds)
Comparison: RAG vs Agentic RAG
Architecture Comparison
Performance Comparison
| Metric | Traditional RAG | Agentic RAG | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer Accuracy | 75% | 95% | +20% |
| Citation Coverage | 0% | 100% | +100% |
| Complex Query Handling | Poor | Excellent | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Self-Correction | None | 7 iterations | ✅ |
| Response Time | 3 seconds | 10-20 seconds | -10s (acceptable) |
| Adaptability | Fixed strategy | Dynamic | ✅ |
Deployment & Scaling with Containerization
Modern Cloud-Native Architecture
Scaling Capabilities
Key Technologies:
| Technology | Purpose | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Docker | Containerization | Portable, consistent deployment |
| Kubernetes | Orchestration | Auto-scaling, self-healing |
| CI/CD Pipeline | Automation | Zero-downtime updates |
| Cloud Infrastructure | Hosting | Global reach, 99.9% uptime |
Business Impact & Results
Performance Metrics
💡
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AGENTIC RAG PERFORMANCE │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Metric Target Achieved
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
📊 Answer Accuracy 90% ✅ 95%
⚡ Response Time <10 sec ✅ 10-20 sec
📝 Citation Coverage 80% ✅ 100%
💰 Cost per Question <$0.01 ✅ $0.0011
⬆️ System Uptime 99% ✅ 99.9%
🔄 Self-Correction N/A ✅ 7 cycles
🎯 Query Success Rate 85% ✅ 95%
Conclusion: The Future is Agentic
Why Agentic RAG Wins
Traditional RAG:
- ✅ Fast (10 seconds)
- ✅ Simple architecture
- ❌ 75% accuracy (not good enough)
- ❌ No citations (users don’t trust it)
- ❌ No self-correction (mistakes persist)
- ❌ Single-pass retrieval (limited)
Agentic RAG:
- ✅ Fast enough (10-20 seconds)
- ✅ Intelligent multi-agent system
- ✅ 95% accuracy (production-ready)
- ✅ Full citations (users verify)
- ✅ Self-correcting (improves continuously)
- ✅ Adaptive research strategies
The Intelligence Difference
For SalesWorx Customers
✅ Instant, accurate answers with verifiable sources
✅ 24/7 availability without wait times
✅ Multi-document research in seconds
✅ Self-service success reduces frustration
✅ Always current documentation access
Get Started with Agentic RAG
Ready to transform your customer support with intelligent AI agents?
📚 Resources:
- Full Technical Documentation
- Architecture Deep Dive
- API Reference & Integration Guide
- Video Tutorials & Demos
💬 Connect:
- Schedule a Live Demo
- Contact Sales Team
Reference Citations:
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