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Data products and a semantic layer for AI agents

Owned data products with contracts and a shared semantic layer, so people and AI agents get the same correct answer to the same question.

Typical timing
10–14 weeks
Engagement
Phased programme
Delivery framework
User researchDiscoveryAlphaBetaLive
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Objective

AI agents are only as reliable as the data definitions they query. This package turns key datasets into owned data products with schemas, tests and service levels, and publishes a semantic layer — business metrics and entities, with access enforced in the data layer — that analysts, dashboards and agents all use.

You may need this if

  • AI agents or text-to-SQL tools give inconsistent or wrong numbers
  • Every team defines revenue, customer or margin differently
  • Access control lives in dashboards, not in the data
How it runs

Activities, step by step

The plan follows our delivery framework. Steps that do not apply to this kind of work are left out rather than padded.

  1. 02 · Discovery2–3 weeks

    Domains and metrics

    • Priority domains, entities and metrics identified
    • Owners and consumers mapped
    • Semantic layer technology chosen
  2. 03 · Alpha4–5 weeks

    First data products

    • Data contracts with schemas, tests and service levels
    • Semantic model for metrics and entities
    • Row- and column-level access in the data layer
  3. 04 · Beta3–4 weeks

    Connect agents and tools

    • Semantic layer exposed to BI tools and agents via APIs or MCP
    • Agent answers evaluated against certified metrics
    • Audit logging of agent queries
  4. 05 · LiveOngoing

    Scale

    • Further domains onboarded
    • Contract breaches alerted before consumers notice
    • Product owners coached

Deliverables

What you keep at the end.

  • Data products with published contracts
  • Semantic layer with certified metrics
  • Agent and BI integrations
  • Evaluation results for agent answers
  • Data product operating model

Outcomes

What it is built to change.

  • One correct answer, whether a person or an agent asks
  • Agents that respect data access rules
  • Fewer private copies and conflicting numbers

Often combined with

Every engagement starts with a 45-minute working session with the SME who would own the work. No deck.

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