From the field
Building agentic systems, in practice
Field notes on the protocols, architectures, and engineering patterns we use to ship enterprise AI products on Alis Build. Concrete code, real diagrams, no hype.
Protocols9 min read
Introduction to MCP - the Model Context Protocol
How MCP turns "LLM with tools" from bespoke glue code into a stable, language-agnostic contract you can build a platform on.
Mar 25, 2026 Read article
Protocols11 min read
Introduction to A2A - agent-to-agent over gRPC
The Agent-to-Agent protocol gives multi-agent systems the same transport story REST gave web services. A walkthrough with Go.
Apr 9, 2026 Read article
AI Engineering10 min read
Agent search - wiring retrieval into an LLM agent
Why "search" isn't one tool but three layers, and how to expose them to an agent via gRPC tools without leaking implementation details.
Apr 23, 2026 Read article
AI Engineering10 min read
Generative UI - letting Gemini 3 design the screen
When the model returns a component tree instead of a paragraph, the agent stops being a chatbot and starts being a designer. The plumbing, in Go and Vue.
May 13, 2026 Read article