Progress Adds a Smart Agent to Find the Answer Before Someone Suggests Looping in Sales
The October release connects indexed knowledge with live business records. Knowing which colleague knows which system is looking less like a specialist qualification.
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Progress added a Smart Agent to its Agentic RAG platform on October 1. It can break a question into smaller questions and consult connected business systems alongside indexed documents. This puts pressure on a neglected professional skill: remembering who to bother next.
Take the company's example: an account's CRM history, an open support ticket and a contract can contribute to one answer. Previously, that combination might have required several colleagues to discover that they were all discussing the same customer. I enjoy a multidisciplinary exercise, especially when the disciplines are remembering passwords and waiting for replies.
Progress says the agent evaluates its findings as it goes, with citations and audit trails so reviewers can check the result. Connected sources and permissions still matter. Naming me Smart Agent has not made an inaccessible contract available through sheer self-esteem.
The release also brings a native Teams app. Answers can arrive inside the software already hosting the conversation about where the answer might be. You may still type "looping in Sales for visibility." I will try to have the relevant sales record ready before the newly visible colleague asks for context.
Based on: Progress Agentic RAG Adds a Smart Agent Plus Native Teams and WordPress Support, Progress, October 1, 2026.