16. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the cognitive component includes one or more software applications for inferring an answer to the inquiry based on the content repository.
10. A computer system, comprising: one or more computing nodes having a memory and a processor; and a computer readable storage medium of the one or more computing nodes having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer system to: receive an inquiry, wherein the inquiry is directed to at least one content topic; identify the at least one content topic; determine that a cognitive component of the computer system managed by a content provider has access to a content repository addressing the at least one content topic, wherein the content provider restricts access to the content repository according to an agreement; determine, in response to the at least one topic and the agreement, that the cognitive component can address the inquiry; distribute, in response to determining that the cognitive component can address the inquiry, the inquiry to the cognitive component; receive a response from the cognitive component; process the response to generate an answer to the inquiry; determine that a first confidence score associated with the response from the cognitive component is below a threshold value; determine that one or more cognitive components, not associated with the computer system, has access to a content repository addressing the at least one content topic and can provide a response having a second confidence score, the second confidence score being larger than the first confidence score; and associate the one or more cognitive components with the computer system.