--- title: Integrating AI into Your Java Applications: Spring AI... description: A deep-dive conference talk by Christian Tzolov, lead of the Spring AI project, covering core patterns for building AI applications in Java using Spring AI.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-ai-into-your-java-applications-spring-ai-deep-dive-with-rag-by-christian-tzolov-swwa2zrua twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Integrating AI into Your Java Applications: Spring AI Deep Dive with RAG by Christian Tzolov | daily.dev og:description: A deep-dive conference talk by Christian Tzolov, lead of the Spring AI project, covering core patterns for building AI applications in Java using Spring AI.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-ai-into-your-java-applications-spring-ai-deep-dive-with-rag-by-christian-tzolov-swwa2zrua og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/swwA2zrUa.png og:image:alt: Integrating AI into Your Java Applications: Spring AI Deep Dive with RAG by Christian Tzolov og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Integrating AI into Your Java Applications: Spring AI Deep Dive with RAG by Christian Tzolov **[Devoxx](https://daily.dev/sources/devoxx)** · 99 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A deep-dive conference talk by Christian Tzolov, lead of the Spring AI project, covering core patterns for building AI applications in Java using Spring AI. Topics include the advisor/interceptor pattern for pre/post LLM call hooks, chat memory for stateful conversations, RAG with vector stores, structured output with self-correction, tool calling and the tool-search advisor for progressive disclosure, guard rails, LLM-as-judge evaluation, explainable agents with inner-thought augmentation, agent skills (progressive disclosure of instructions), to-do task tracking for long-running agents, user clarification questions, and sub-agent orchestration patterns. All patterns are shown to build on the same primitives: context stuffing, LLM completion, and intercepting input/output. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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