CLIO is the agent layer of IOWarp, GRC's platform for managing scientific data and context for AI. In February 2026 it had two parts, a storage runtime and a tool kit. By November 13 it had six, each with its own release schedule, and together they had published more than 300 tagged releases on GitHub this year. This is a tour of what each part does and how it got there.
On February 17, 2026, Anthony Kougkas spoke at the monthly meeting of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) on context engineering for environmental data systems. His argument, first made at an Illinois Tech seminar six days earlier, was that AI agents in science fail or succeed on the quality of the context they receive, not on the size of the model.
On August 5, 2024, the National Science Foundation awarded the collaborative Frameworks grant "IOWarp: Bending the I/O Fabric for Advancing AI-Infused Scientific Workflows". GRC leads the project, with the University of Utah as partner institution.