When a sales manager types 'Show me this quarter's pipeline by region' into WeChat Work, a complex sequence of events unfolds in milliseconds. Understanding this pipeline is essential for anyone deploying AI agents in production.
Step 1: Intent Recognition and Query Planning
The AI agent receives the natural language question and identifies the user's intent: they want sales pipeline data, grouped by region, for the current quarter. The agent consults the semantic layer to understand which metrics and dimensions are available, then generates a query plan.
Step 2: Semantic Layer Resolution
The semantic layer translates 'pipeline by region' into the technical query: which tables, which columns, which joins, which filters. It applies governance rules — does this user have permission to see regional breakdowns? — and generates the appropriate SQL or API call.
Step 3: Data Retrieval via MCP
The MCP server executes the query against the connected data source — whether that's a CRM database, a data warehouse, or an ERP system. 个结果 are returned in a structured format the AI can reason about.
Step 4: Response Generation and Visualization
The AI agent receives the raw data, generates a natural language summary ('Your Q3 pipeline is 12.4M CNY, up 18% from Q2. The eastern region leads with 4.2M.'), selects an appropriate chart type (bar chart for regional comparison), and renders the response in the user's IM client.
核心要点
- Step 1: Intent Recognition and Query Planning
- Step 2: Semantic Layer Resolution
- Step 3: Data Retrieval via MCP
- Step 4: Response Generation and Visualization
总结
The AI agent receives the raw data, generates a natural language summary ('Your Q3 pipeline is 12.4M CNY, up 18% from Q2. The eastern region leads with 4.2M.'), selects an appropriate chart type (bar ...
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