From the Web Trio to AI-Era Pipeline Design

Information Asymmetry, Knowledge Representation, and an LLM-Enabled Framework

In this guide, you'll learn the core fundamentals, find the right starting point for your first AI application, and grab useful resources to hit the ground running.

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Dify has completed SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, and GDPR compliance for the second consecutive year, maintaining its consistently high standard of enterprise-grade security.

Dify uses workflow-based intent routing to automatically classify and assign support emails while keeping decisions controlled and auditable. This approach improves routing consistency and helps support teams scale operations without losing stability.

Dify built an auditable workflow that routes Mercury card transactions into QuickBooks with rule-based controls and exception review, cutting finance’s manual work to edge cases.

Learn how to design prompts as product specifications, so LLMs produce stable, auditable, and structured outputs in real-world workflows.

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Summary Index lets you attach summaries to chunks so related content is returned together.

How to integrate InfraNodus as an external knowledge base in Dify, enabling GraphRAG-powered retrieval without data migration. It covers graph setup, API configuration, and workflow integration to improve contextual and high-level question answering.

We toured 5 countries to witness a shift: builders across Europe are using Dify to turn AI novelty into practical, scalable, and real-world solutions.

This solution provides a complete hardware-to-application stack for building enterprise-grade private AI agents locally.

Dify’s Multimodal Knowledge Base unifies text and images into a single semantic space, enabling accurate multimodal RAG and vision-enabled reasoning.

With Agent Node workflows, Dify enables Agentic RAG: unlike one-shot retrieval‑then‑generation RAG, the agent iteratively analyzes intent, selects tools and sources, rewrites queries, evaluates evidence, and retries or falls back. This boosts grounding and reliability, but adds latency, cost, and complexity overall.

Dify recognized as the Social Impact Partner of the Year, one of many AWS Partners around the globe that help their customers drive innovation.

Dify Triggers unify scheduled execution, event-driven automation, and plugin integrations, enabling workflows to move from passive responses to fully automated, and scalable intelligence.

Kakaku.com adopted Dify Enterprise to turn scattered AI experiments into production-ready solutions in hours. Before long, 75% of employees had created nearly 950 internal apps, making AI a real force for company-wide innovation.

With Trigger, your Dify Workflows no longer have to wait for a manual click or API call. They can sit in the background, stay online, and automatically react to what’s happening in the outside world.

Rather than relying on manual clicks, we now subscribe to events.

The EdgeOne Pages plugin on the Dify Marketplace enables instant deployment of ZIP or HTML files as public URLs, no setup required. Powered by Tencent Cloud EdgeOne’s CDN, it delivers secure, low-latency performance and automatic versioning, streamlining rapid prototyping and MVP testing so developers can focus on innovation, not infrastructure.

Dify has integrated TiDB Vector into knowledge pipeline to support distributed semantic search, accelerate knowledge retrieval speed, and provide scalable context management functions for production-level AI applications.

Dify now integrates Qdrant, a high-performance Rust-based vector database, delivering faster retrieval, hybrid search, and scalable performance for building reliable, production-ready AI and knowledge-based applications.

Dify has partnered with Bright Data to launch the new Bright Data Web Scraper plugin, enabling direct access to real-time, structured web data through the Dify Marketplace and enriching the Knowledge Pipeline with external knowledge sources.

Dify now supports Tavily, a web search API for AI and RAG workflows, enabling users to fetch and embed live web data directly into their knowledge pipelines to enhance accuracy and keep content up to date.

OpenAI's AgentKit reflects what Dify has long pursued: visual, reliable orchestration as the future of building with intelligence. Dify embodies this vision — an open, model-neutral platform enabling everyone, not just developers, to create together.

On October 24, 2025, LangGenius will host IF Con Tokyo 2025 at Bellesalle Shiodome. The conference will launch the Japan Association for Dify, showcase AI adoption from PoC to scale, and offer panels, Q&A, and networking. Free admission with limited seats.

Enterprise data processing requires specialized solutions beyond any single platform. Dify's Knowledge Pipeline serves 120+ countries including Fortune 500 companies through our open plugin architecture. We're now inviting data connectivity, document processing, and vector optimization specialists to join our partner ecosystem and build next-generation enterprise AI infrastructure together.

Dify now integrates with TrueFoundry’s AI Gateway, bringing enterprise-grade infrastructure to your existing workflows. Teams can gain real time cost visibility, enforce security and compliance controls, and access 250+ LLMs while keeping Dify’s drag and drop simplicity to scale AI automation with confidence.

Dify’s summer updates in v1.7–v1.8 bring secure OAuth integrations, smarter workflow tools, and faster, more reliable execution—paving the way for upcoming Visual RAG Pipelines.

At Dify, we’re committed to helping teams build reliable AI applications fast. To make it easier to evaluate, monitor, and improve agents, we’ve partnered with Arize to bring their observability tools—Phoenix and AX—into the Dify ecosystem.

Dify Enterprise is now officially available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace with streamlined acuiqisition, making AI application development platform accessible to enterprises worldwide.

Dify now integrates MCP natively, so you can use any MCP server as a tool or expose your Dify agents and workflows as MCP servers.

The Azure AI Content Safety Container Plugin brings seamless, real-time moderation to Dify apps, filtering harmful text and images with customizable controls. It offers robust, private deployment options and clear, actionable results to keep your platforms safe and compliant.

Dify 1.5.0 eliminates workflow debugging guesswork by saving what nodes produce and tracking variables live. Developers can now test individual steps instantly without expensive reruns or manual input, turning guesswork into precision.

We are proud to have surpassed 100,000 GitHub stars, a milestone made possible by our global open-source community.

Learn how to build a Deep Research workflow with Dify using three key components: loop variables, structured outputs, and Agent nodes.

From a single line of open-source code to defining our brand—two years on, we still embrace possibility and imagine the future together.

The addition of the PANW AI Security plugin enriches the Dify Marketplace ecosystem and provides Dify users with a crucial layer of enterprise-grade security.

InfraNodus analyzes knowledge graphs to generate questions from structural gaps, enhancing Dify apps for insightful Q&A and idea generation.

With the mcp-server plugin, any Dify app can be turned into an MCP-compliant server endpoint, directly accessible by external MCP clients.

Integrate Zapier's thousands of apps into Dify AI agents using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Make AI accessible and affordable to every campus worldwide.

The DupDub AI audio plug-in is now available in the Dify Marketplace, providing voice translation, voice cloning, speaker recognition, and text-to-speech capabilities to help users build more engaging AI applications.

Integrating InfraNodus with Dify RAG enhances AI responses by providing contextual insights, improving retrieval accuracy, and enabling better handling of broad queries through topic mapping and metadata enrichment.

The new SSH plugin enables AI-driven server management, automating deployments, file handling, script execution, and troubleshooting via secure remote access.

Dify integrates Fish Audio from Open Audio, enabling AI apps with text-to-speech and voice cloning.

Agora’s Conversational AI Extension is now on Dify Marketplace, enabling developers to easily build real-time, low-latency voice AI agents.

Today, we’re launching Dify v1.1.0 featuring Metadata as a Knowledge Filter, which enhances accuracy, security, and efficiency by allowing precise filtering and access control of data, crucial for effective retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) management.

Dify will be at NVIDIA GTC 2025 from March 17th to March 21st at booth 3226 to showcase our latest innovations.

Dify's Agent Node acts like a brain within workflows, letting LLMs make decisions and handle tasks autonomously. Customizable "Agent Strategies" are plug-in logic modules that dictate how the LLM thinks and uses tools. This setup offers both flexibility and control.

Traditional translation struggles with technical articles, often producing unnatural "translationese." This article introduces an AI-driven workflow using multi-round reviews and rewriting techniques. It uses multiple LLMs to create high-quality, accessible Chinese technical content.

Introducing Dify’s new Endpoint, which lets Extension plugins handle custom HTTP requests and leverage reverse calls for greater flexibility. It enables features like custom web interfaces, OpenAI-compatible APIs, and asynchronous event triggers, expanding what’s possible within the Dify ecosystem.

Learn how to effortlessly integrate real-time search into your AI apps using the new Brave Search API plugin. Build intelligent agents, sophisticated workflows, and autonomous search capabilities—making your applications smarter and more responsive with Dify v1.0.0.

Dify will sponsor AWS Summit Japan 2025 at Makuhari Messe, demonstrating our latest features, including plugin system, Workflow Agent Node, and seamless AWS integration.

Dify's new plugin system enhances flexibility and customization by decoupling modules, enabling independent operation and external integrations. It addresses prior limitations with features like a plugin marketplace, "Endpoint" plugins, reverse calls, diverse runtimes (local, SaaS, enterprise), and robust security, improving both user and developer experiences.

DeepResearch automates multi-step searches and summarizes findings using LLMs. Built within Dify, "DeepResearch" uses nodes for iteration, search, and summarization, creating a workflow for efficient information gathering and report generation, saving time and effort.

Dify v1.0.0 sets the foundation for a thriving, open plugin ecosystem, enabling developers and enterprises to build, scale, and innovate with ease.

This article will leverage DeepSeek R1, combined with Dify, an open-source low-code development platform, to demonstrate how to quickly build an enterprise-level multilingual document translation tool.

On Dify, you can quickly build a bidirectional collaborative system based on DeepSeek R1 and multi-modal models through visual workflow design.

Dify provides robust access to DeepSeek-R1, even with API instability. Integrate via the official API, multiple MaaS options, or local deployment for reliable, flexible LLM application development and consistent performance.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to deploy a private AI assistant using Dify and DeepSeek, and build a local DeepSeek R1 + Web Search AI app on your own infrastructure.

Dify’s custom tool makes it easy to add Azure’s fast, AI-driven search via REST API.

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We're excited to announce the beta release of Dify Plugins - modular components that seamlessly extend your AI applications.

This article explores how to build an AI-powered product, “Twitter MBTI Receipt,” using Dify and Windsurf to analyze Twitter profiles and generate MBTI personality reports.

By automating research tasks through problem decomposition, parallel processing, and error handling, we can create faster, more reliable, and structured research reports.

We were selected for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024's Startup Battlefield 200 in SF. Our team showcased our enterprise AI development platform for three days, presented on the Builder Stage, and engaged with global developers to share our vision of simplifying LLM integration.

A leading consumer electronics company leverages Dify.AI to bridge technical and non-technical teams, streamlining AI integration. With Dify.AI, employees across all levels can create AI applications, boosting efficiency, enhancing customer insights, and driving real-world impact.

We’re launching the file upload feature today, with a demo on using it in an AI podcast application.

In Dify, not all nodes have a low entry threshold. Some nodes may be overlooked during the process of orchestrating flows, but combining them will unlock more possibilities for Dify in complex tasks. This blog will use the scenario of Cross-Platform Copywriting to demonstrate how to use template conversion nodes for type conversion, write session variables during iterations, accelerate flow processing in parallel, optimize streaming output experiences with multiple answer nodes, and explore more uses of code nodes.

OpenAI launches the o1 series models, excelling in complex reasoning. Dify.AI enables seamless integration of these models within an hour, offering developers efficient solutions. Check our documentation for detailed integration steps.

We’ve enhanced Workflow with parallel processing capabilities in Dify v0.8.0. It can now run multiple branches simultaneously, enabling the parallel execution of various tasks. This new model significantly improves execution efficiency, helping LLM applications handle complex tasks more quickly and flexibly.

We’re thrilled to share that Dify.AI has been selected to showcase at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 as part of the Startup Battlefield 200, a preeminent competition for startups worldwide.

We're excited to welcome Takin.ai, an innovative GenAI education startup, to be our education partner.

Conversation Variables are short-term memory units employed by Dify to provide temporary storage in multi-turn conversations within chatflows. These variables enable us to retain important details between chat interactions, resulting in more contextually relevant responses. In the following section, I will demonstrate how to utilize Conversation Variables to emulate OpenAI's Memory Features.

Dify v0.7.0 tackles LLM memory limitations with Conversation Variables and Variable Assigner nodes. These features give Chatflow-built apps precise memory control, boosting LLMs' ability to handle complex scenarios in production.

We're phasing out the N-to-1 retrieval strategy on September 1, 2024, and introducing a more flexible Multi-path retrieval strategy. We recommend switching to this new approach to boost your application's retrieval efficiency.

Today, we're proud to announce that we've made DifySandbox open source for greater code transparency.

This blog thoroughly outlines the rationale, design principles, and implementation mechanisms that guided the development of DifySandbox.

With simple configuration, you can now access detailed application data, making it easier to evaluate the cost, latency, and quality of LLM applications created on Dify.

Dify v0.6.11 has just been released! We've integrated Firecrawl as our web data source solution, which greatly enhances the knowledge base of Dify.

Compare Dify.AI and LangChain for enterprise AI application development. Learn about their scalability, flexibility, and efficiency to choose the best platform for your needs.

Since launching workflow v0.6.0, it has been popular among our users, with over 90% needing it for AI applications in business scenarios. Dify v0.6.9 introduces publishing workflows as tools, iteration nodes, parameter extractors, and enhanced node capabilities. We also offer a showcase to demonstrate their use, automating batch processing of your emails.

We’re thrilled to launch our new feature: AI Workflow. It enables predictable outputs with multi-step logic through an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface.

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Explore how to leverage Google's Gemma, an open-source LLM, for integration with Dify. Discover tips for enhancing AI applications responsibly.

Ever wondered how to leverage the latest AI technology for travel planning? This comprehensive guide on Dify.AI showcases how to build an AI travel consultant, making your trip planning effortless and efficient.

Discover the step-by-step guide on constructing a sophisticated AI investment analysis assistant with Dify. Master the art of integrating AI into your financial analysis for smarter, data-driven decisions.

With Dify, you can create an AI Agent using any LLMs. Simply use instructions and combine various tools with additional knowledge bases to create a custom Assistant that's just right for you.

We've totally revamped Dify's core architecture, moving to a more modular approach. Our latest Beehive architecture allows each module to stand on its own, enabling developers to adjust parts without affecting the overall structure.

We're rolling out a brand new Model Runtime architecture, replacing the pre-existing model interface built on LangChain.

This article introduces how to use Dify.AI's Annotation Reply feature to improve Chatbot reply quality and Reduce LLM token Costs.

Dify.AI‘s v0.3.34 introduces features such as Annotation Reply, providing enhanced Q&A capabilities and more.

Jina AI's jina-embeddings-v2, with a unique 8,192 token context, enhances RAG applications in Dify.AI's platform. It outperforms standard 512-token models, enabling richer, context-aware AI solutions and simplified development.

OpenAI's Assistants API marks a shift in application engineering towards advanced AI use, emphasizing orchestration services. Dify, an open-source leader in this field, offers self-hosting for data security, multi-model support, and a flexible RAG engine. It enables privacy, compliance, customizable data processing, and team collaboration, enhancing AI application development and integration.

Dify.AI's latest update enhances its RAG technology, boosting QA efficiency in LLMs. It introduces hybrid search, a semantic rerank model, and multi-path retrieval, demonstrating significant performance improvements and a notable edge over OpenAI's Assistants API.

This article discusses enhancing RAG systems with Hybrid Search and Rerank technologies, focusing on improving retrieval accuracy and efficiency using LLMs for more comprehensive and precise search results.

This update officially supports the multimodal capabilities of the GPT4-Vision model, integrating images into conversations to create a unique interactive experience, making conversations more engaging.

v0.3.29 Feature Highlights: - GPT-4 Turbo & Vision model support - External data API tools - Moderation for sensitive content

Dify.AI introduces a new "Expert Mode" in its prompt orchestration page, offering advanced customization and control for professional developers and prompt engineers over prompt orchestration. While "Basic Mode" simplifies application creation, "Expert Mode" provides a wide range of tools and options for designing complex prompt orchestrations, enabling users to fine-tune AI applications for optimal performance. It includes features like customized prompts, different models (CHAT and COMPLETE) for various requirements, and a 'Log View' feature for debugging.

The recent updates to Dify.AI's dataset management tools introduce a "Citations and Attributions" feature for easier documentation referencing, and a new Dataset API for efficient data management. Support for multiple file formats and document segmentation enhances data handling. Additionally, integration with GPT-3.5-turbo-instruct and various Hugging Face embedding models provides users with more model options for specific applications, improving overall user experience.

Dify now supports popular open-sourced large language models like Llama2 and Qwen. Users can easily access these cutting-edge models by entering API keys on Dify, and build high-performance AI applications within minutes. Dify opens the gateway to the latest innovations in natural language processing. Try out top-notch models like Llama2 for free on Dify today, and unleash their power to enhance your AI solutions.

Embedding is a vital technique in AI applications, representing concepts as numerical sequences to enable better comprehension of relationships.

Dify.AI V0.3.12 introduces improved data retrieval with Q2Q matching and 'Chat' capability for online interactions with AI. Chat supports web browsing, Google search, and Wikipedia queries, enhancing productivity. Join our collaborative exploration of large model capabilities.

Dify V0.3.9 Release: Integration of Antropic's Claude2 and Claude-instant models, supporting ultra-long conversations with up to 100K tokens. Now, you can embed AI applications on your web pages, swiftly creating personalized AI customer support for your official website. Additional features include bulk result exporting for text-based applications and the community version supporting member invitations through invitation links. Moreover, the Service API now includes conversation deletion functionality. Experience the superpowers of Dify today!

Since the official launch of the Cloud version on May 9th, Dify.AI has been well-received and widely shared by developers. In less than a week, over 4,000 applications have been created, and even before we went open source, our GitHub Star count had exceeded 700+. This makes us deeply feel the power of the community! At the same time, we are extremely honored and excited that Dify can bring such powerful creativity to developers.

With the emergence of various capabilities of large language models (LLMs), the scenarios for AI applications have become much broader. However, for most developers, developing AI applications based on large language models such as GPT and technology frameworks like Langchain is still a challenging task. Developers must spend a lot of time learning various obscure concepts and technical research, and they cannot carry out continuous operations of AI applications.

Developers utilizing OpenAI's GPT API may often find that the AI doesn't produce the desired output or seems "uncooperative." To address these challenges and improve GPT's performance, there are three crucial steps to follow：

LLMOps is a specialized area within the broader MLOps landscape, focusing on the deployment, management, and improvement of AI applications built on top of Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4. In this article, we will explore the concept of "Ops" in LLMOps and how Dify caters to this space.

At Dify, we are dedicated to providing our users with seamless and flexible solutions for creating and deploying AI-native applications. We understand the importance of a user-friendly and open platform to foster innovation, and that's where Dify WebApp and Dify WebApp Template come into play.

At Dify, we are passionate about making AI technology more accessible and user-friendly. As we began our journey, we identified several key challenges that developers and users face when working with AI-native applications, especially with the advanced large language models provided by OpenAI. In this blog post, we will discuss the reasons behind the creation of Dify and our mission to simplify the AI development process.

The combination of LLM embeddings and datasets has dramatically transformed the MLOps landscape, unlocking new capabilities and driving innovation in AI applications. Dify's dataset functionality simplifies the process of integrating proprietary data with LLMs, empowering developers to build more intelligent, domain-specific AI solutions. As LLMs continue to evolve, we can expect even more exciting possibilities and advancements in the world of AI and MLOps.

ChatGPT plugins provide a powerful way to extend the capabilities of AI clients by integrating additional functionalities through APIs. In this blog post, we'll guide you through the process of creating a ChatGPT plugin and discuss some potential business use cases. Finally, we'll touch upon how Dify supports the integration of both in-house and third-party plugins for seamless AI application orchestration.