diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f66f60a4..aa101abf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Things we are currently working on:
   - [ ] App: Implement the process to vectorize one local file using embeddings
   - [ ] Runtime: Integration of the vector database [LanceDB](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb)
   - [ ] App: Implement the continuous process of vectorizing data
-  - [x] ~~App: Define a common retrieval context interface for the integration of RAG processes in chats (PR [#281](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/AI-Studio/pull/281), [#284](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/AI-Studio/pull/284))~~
+  - [x] ~~App: Define a common retrieval context interface for the integration of RAG processes in chats (PR [#281](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/AI-Studio/pull/281), [#284](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/AI-Studio/pull/284), [#286](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/AI-Studio/pull/286))~~
   - [ ] App: Define a common augmentation interface for the integration of RAG processes in chats
   - [x] ~~App: Integrate data sources in chats (PR [#282](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/AI-Studio/pull/282))~~
 
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ChatThread.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ChatThread.cs
index 7709db7e..d7dbf9a4 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ChatThread.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ChatThread.cs	
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using AIStudio.Components;
 using AIStudio.Settings;
 using AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
+using AIStudio.Tools.ERIClient.DataModel;
 
 namespace AIStudio.Chat;
 
@@ -150,4 +151,46 @@ public sealed record ChatThread
         // Remove the block from the chat thread:
         this.Blocks.Remove(block);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Transforms this chat thread to an ERI chat thread.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="token">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The ERI chat thread.</returns>
+    public async Task<Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ChatThread> ToERIChatThread(CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        //
+        // Transform the content blocks:
+        //
+        var contentBlocks = new List<Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentBlock>(this.Blocks.Count);
+        foreach (var block in this.Blocks)
+        {
+            var (contentData, contentType) = block.Content switch
+            {
+                ContentImage image => (await image.AsBase64(token), Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType.IMAGE),
+                ContentText text => (text.Text, Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType.TEXT),
+                
+                _ => (string.Empty, Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType.UNKNOWN),
+            };
+            
+            contentBlocks.Add(new Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentBlock
+            {
+                Role = block.Role switch
+                {
+                    ChatRole.AI => Role.AI,
+                    ChatRole.USER => Role.USER,
+                    ChatRole.AGENT => Role.AGENT,
+                    ChatRole.SYSTEM => Role.SYSTEM,
+                    ChatRole.NONE => Role.NONE,
+                    
+                    _ => Role.UNKNOW,
+                },
+                
+                Content = contentData,
+                Type = contentType,
+            });
+        }
+        
+        return new Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ChatThread { ContentBlocks = contentBlocks };
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs
index e9f51e54..75912e3e 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs	
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using AIStudio.Agents;
 using AIStudio.Components;
 using AIStudio.Provider;
 using AIStudio.Settings;
+using AIStudio.Tools.RAG;
 using AIStudio.Tools.Services;
 
 namespace AIStudio.Chat;
@@ -199,9 +200,30 @@ public sealed class ContentText : IContent
             //
             // Trigger the retrieval part of the (R)AG process:
             //
+            var dataContexts = new List<IRetrievalContext>();
             if (proceedWithRAG)
             {
-                
+                //
+                // We kick off the retrieval process for each data source in parallel:
+                //
+                var retrievalTasks = new List<Task<IReadOnlyList<IRetrievalContext>>>(selectedDataSources.Count);
+                foreach (var dataSource in selectedDataSources)
+                    retrievalTasks.Add(dataSource.RetrieveDataAsync(lastPrompt, chatThread, token));
+            
+                //
+                // Wait for all retrieval tasks to finish:
+                //
+                foreach (var retrievalTask in retrievalTasks)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        dataContexts.AddRange(await retrievalTask);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception e)
+                    {
+                        logger.LogError(e, "An error occurred during the retrieval process.");
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             //
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/IContent.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/IContent.cs
index 08e8817b..8ca94025 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/IContent.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/IContent.cs	
@@ -42,4 +42,15 @@ public interface IContent
     /// Uses the provider to create the content.
     /// </summary>
     public Task CreateFromProviderAsync(IProvider provider, Model chatModel, IContent? lastPrompt, ChatThread? chatChatThread, CancellationToken token = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the corresponding ERI content type.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType ToERIContentType => this switch
+    {
+        ContentText => Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType.TEXT,
+        ContentImage => Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType.IMAGE,
+        
+        _ => Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType.UNKNOWN,
+    };
 }
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs
index 328161e1..b591de00 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs	
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
 
 using AIStudio.Assistants.ERI;
+using AIStudio.Chat;
+using AIStudio.Tools.ERIClient;
 using AIStudio.Tools.ERIClient.DataModel;
+using AIStudio.Tools.RAG;
+using AIStudio.Tools.Services;
+
+using ChatThread = AIStudio.Chat.ChatThread;
+using ContentType = AIStudio.Tools.ERIClient.DataModel.ContentType;
 
 namespace AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
 
@@ -43,4 +50,85 @@ public readonly record struct DataSourceERI_V1 : IERIDataSource
     
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public ERIVersion Version { get; init; } = ERIVersion.V1;
+    
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<IRetrievalContext>> RetrieveDataAsync(IContent lastPrompt, ChatThread thread, CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        // Important: Do not dispose the RustService here, as it is a singleton.
+        var rustService = Program.SERVICE_PROVIDER.GetRequiredService<RustService>();
+        var logger = Program.SERVICE_PROVIDER.GetRequiredService<ILogger<DataSourceERI_V1>>();
+        
+        using var eriClient = ERIClientFactory.Get(this.Version, this)!;
+        var authResponse = await eriClient.AuthenticateAsync(this, rustService, token);
+        if (authResponse.Successful)
+        {
+            var retrievalRequest = new RetrievalRequest
+            {
+                LatestUserPromptType = lastPrompt.ToERIContentType,
+                LatestUserPrompt = lastPrompt switch
+                {
+                    ContentText text => text.Text,
+                    ContentImage image => await image.AsBase64(token),
+                    _ => string.Empty
+                },
+                
+                Thread = await thread.ToERIChatThread(token),
+                MaxMatches = 10,
+                RetrievalProcessId = null, // The ERI server selects the retrieval process when multiple processes are available
+                Parameters = null, // The ERI server selects useful default parameters
+            };
+            
+            var retrievalResponse = await eriClient.ExecuteRetrievalAsync(retrievalRequest, token);
+            if(retrievalResponse is { Successful: true, Data: not null })
+            {
+                //
+                // Next, we have to transform the ERI context back to our generic retrieval context:
+                //
+                var genericRetrievalContexts = new List<IRetrievalContext>(retrievalResponse.Data.Count);
+                foreach (var eriContext in retrievalResponse.Data)
+                {
+                    switch (eriContext.Type)
+                    {
+                        case ContentType.TEXT:
+                            genericRetrievalContexts.Add(new RetrievalTextContext
+                            {
+                                Path = eriContext.Path ?? string.Empty,
+                                Type = eriContext.ToRetrievalContentType(),
+                                Links = eriContext.Links,
+                                Category = RetrievalContentCategory.TEXT,
+                                MatchedText = eriContext.MatchedContent,
+                                DataSourceName = eriContext.Name,
+                                SurroundingContent = eriContext.SurroundingContent,
+                            });
+                            break;
+                        
+                        case ContentType.IMAGE:
+                            genericRetrievalContexts.Add(new RetrievalImageContext
+                            {
+                                Path = eriContext.Path ?? string.Empty,
+                                Type = eriContext.ToRetrievalContentType(),
+                                Links = eriContext.Links,
+                                Source = eriContext.MatchedContent,
+                                Category = RetrievalContentCategory.IMAGE,
+                                SourceType = ContentImageSource.BASE64,
+                                DataSourceName = eriContext.Name,
+                            });
+                            break;
+                        
+                        default:
+                            logger.LogWarning($"The ERI context type '{eriContext.Type}' is not supported yet.");
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return genericRetrievalContexts;
+            }
+
+            logger.LogWarning($"Was not able to retrieve data from the ERI data source '{this.Name}'. Message: {retrievalResponse.Message}");
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        logger.LogWarning($"Was not able to authenticate with the ERI data source '{this.Name}'. Message: {authResponse.Message}");
+        return [];
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalDirectory.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalDirectory.cs
index 61c30d93..d81e30db 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalDirectory.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalDirectory.cs	
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using AIStudio.Chat;
+using AIStudio.Tools.RAG;
+
 namespace AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -27,6 +30,13 @@ public readonly record struct DataSourceLocalDirectory : IInternalDataSource
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public DataSourceSecurity SecurityPolicy { get; init; } = DataSourceSecurity.NOT_SPECIFIED;
     
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task<IReadOnlyList<IRetrievalContext>> RetrieveDataAsync(IContent lastPrompt, ChatThread thread, CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        IReadOnlyList<IRetrievalContext> retrievalContext = new List<IRetrievalContext>();
+        return Task.FromResult(retrievalContext);
+    }
+    
     /// <summary>
     /// The path to the directory.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalFile.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalFile.cs
index 571fb0a8..5788a2a6 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalFile.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceLocalFile.cs	
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using AIStudio.Chat;
+using AIStudio.Tools.RAG;
+
 namespace AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -27,6 +30,13 @@ public readonly record struct DataSourceLocalFile : IInternalDataSource
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public DataSourceSecurity SecurityPolicy { get; init; } = DataSourceSecurity.NOT_SPECIFIED;
     
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task<IReadOnlyList<IRetrievalContext>> RetrieveDataAsync(IContent lastPrompt, ChatThread thread, CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        IReadOnlyList<IRetrievalContext> retrievalContext = new List<IRetrievalContext>();
+        return Task.FromResult(retrievalContext);
+    }
+    
     /// <summary>
     /// The path to the file.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/IDataSource.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/IDataSource.cs
index 72f4ad3c..7ee47e1c 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/IDataSource.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/IDataSource.cs	
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
+using AIStudio.Chat;
 using AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
+using AIStudio.Tools.RAG;
 
 namespace AIStudio.Settings;
 
@@ -37,4 +39,13 @@ public interface IDataSource
     /// Which data security policy is applied to this data source?
     /// </summary>
     public DataSourceSecurity SecurityPolicy { get; init; }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Perform the data retrieval process.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="lastPrompt">The last prompt from the chat.</param>
+    /// <param name="thread">The chat thread.</param>
+    /// <param name="token">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The retrieved data context.</returns>
+    public Task<IReadOnlyList<IRetrievalContext>> RetrieveDataAsync(IContent lastPrompt, ChatThread thread, CancellationToken token = default);
 }
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/RAG/RetrievalContentTypeExtensions.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/RAG/RetrievalContentTypeExtensions.cs
index e591bf86..2f0bb7e0 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/RAG/RetrievalContentTypeExtensions.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/RAG/RetrievalContentTypeExtensions.cs	
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace AIStudio.Tools.RAG;
 
 public static class RetrievalContentTypeExtensions
 {
-    public static RetrievalContentType ToRetrievalContentType(Context eriContext)
+    public static RetrievalContentType ToRetrievalContentType(this Context eriContext)
     {
         //
         // Right now, we have to parse the category string along the type enum to