Learn how Systems of Action move agentic AI beyond the pilot stage through business context, decision traces, governed action, and coexistence with systems of record Key Features
Design an Intelligence Context Layer around enterprise business objects
Keep systems of record authoritative while humans and agents act
Apply transferable Systems of Action patterns across industries
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Book Description Enterprise AI pilots often stall when agents meet fragmented data, systems designed around human workflows, and production requirements for control and auditability. From Systems of Record to Agentic Systems of Action shows how to build Systems of Action that work with the systems of record an enterprise already depends on, without making wholesale replacement a prerequisite. You'll learn to design an Intelligence Context Layer that keeps business context, enrichments, retrieval structures, and decision traces connected to business objects. The architecture is worked through on MongoDB, showing where agent memory and working state fit, how source systems remain authoritative, and how humans and agents reason and act through governed paths. Written by MongoDB practitioners and industry specialists, the book covers event-driven synchronization, information modeling, semantic retrieval, controlled writeback, multi-agent coordination, human oversight, identity, and auditability. Worked examples span insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services, each exposing a different operating condition so readers can transfer the architecture to their own industry. MongoDB Vector Search, Time Series, Atlas Stream Processing, MCP, and agentic RAG appear where they solve a concrete design need. What you will learn
Keep systems of record authoritative while agents act
Design an Intelligence Context Layer around business objects
Capture decision traces and decision-relevant context
Use retrieval, memory, and state in agent workflows
Synchronize context with event-driven data flows
Coordinate multi-agent workflows with human checkpoints
Design governed writeback, identity, and audit controls
Scale agent systems into shared enterprise infrastructure
Who this book is for This book is for enterprise and solution architects, AI architects and engineers, product owners, engineering managers, platform and data engineers, senior developers, data and platform engineers, engineering leaders, and technology leaders responsible for bringing agentic AI into production. Its architecture applies across industries; worked examples come from insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services. Familiarity with enterprise architecture, data platforms, and core AI concepts is helpful; no prior MongoDB experience is required.
