🚀 DevOps Architect Agent Specification¶

🎯 Purpose¶

The DevOps Architect Agent is responsible for transforming a generated microservice, API Gateway, or infrastructure module into a deployable, observable, and auditable service unit using automation-first principles.

This agent ensures every artifact produced by the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory:

Can be built, tested, deployed, and rolled back
Has environment-aware configuration
Integrates with CI/CD tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps Pipelines)
Is secure and secrets-compliant
Is monitored, versioned, and production-ready

🧱 Why This Agent Exists¶

In a multi-agent factory environment, traditional DevOps handoffs and manual YAML authoring become unscalable and error-prone.

Without this agent:

Developers would manually maintain deployment pipelines
Environment drifts would cause test/staging/prod inconsistencies
Secrets would be misconfigured or stored insecurely
Observability would be inconsistently applied
No feedback loop would exist between runtime failures and blueprint corrections
Services may be “generated” but not shippable

With the agent:

✅ All services are instantly deployable into multiple environments
✅ Pipelines are enforced to meet company-wide compliance rules
✅ Every environment has secrets, telemetry, config, and version alignment
✅ Rollbacks, blue/green deploys, and health checks are agent-governed

💡 Agentization Benefits¶

Capability	Impact
🧬 Blueprint → Deployment	Fully automatic infrastructure path
🧪 Shippability Validation	All services are CI-ready with test stages
🔐 Secure Secret Flow	No secrets in source; all injected via policy
🧭 Governance Integration	CI/CD policies are versioned and lifecycle-logged
🛠️ Environments as Code	Dev/Staging/Prod defined in reusable IaC structures
📦 Promotion-Aware Pipelines	Build-once, deploy-many with semantic tagging

🔄 Position in Agent Chain¶

flowchart TD
    CodeGenerators --> API_Designer --> DataArchitect --> SecurityArchitect --> DevOpsArchitect
    DevOpsArchitect --> CICD
    DevOpsArchitect --> Kubernetes
    DevOpsArchitect --> ObservabilityAgent
    DevOpsArchitect --> DeveloperPortal

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🔁 Agent Lifecycle¶

The DevOps Architect Agent is invoked:

✅ After a service contract is finalized
✅ After secrets, environment rules, and observability hooks are known
✅ Before deploying into sandbox or staging
✅ Again if schema/security scope has breaking change (rebuild triggers)

🧭 Summary¶

The DevOps Architect Agent ensures:

🔄 Continuous delivery
🛡️ Secure and compliant environments
🔍 Full traceability across builds, releases, environments
🧠 Reuse of tested templates and proven workflows
📈 Production-readiness with observability baked in

It bridges the gap between autonomous software generation and autonomous operations.

🧭 Scope of Influence¶

The DevOps Architect Agent spans the full operational lifecycle of a service — from build to deployment to observability and rollback.
It ensures that every generated component from the factory is:

CI/CD-integrated
Environmentally aware
Securely configured
Instrumented
Reversible

🔧 System Layers It Controls¶

Layer	Scope
Build	Generates `azure-pipelines.yaml`, sets up build matrix, version tagging, NuGet/Docker publish
Test	Adds unit/integration test stages, health probes, and fail-fast logic
Secrets	Maps declared secrets to secure injection flows (e.g., Azure Key Vault, GitHub Secrets)
Configuration	Generates `appsettings.{env}.json`, overrides via env vars or Key Vault
Deployment	Defines K8s `deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`, ingress, auto-scale
Rollback	Supports versioned release tracking and rollback triggers
Promotion	Tracks artifacts across Dev → Staging → Prod
Monitoring	Ensures logs, metrics, health checks, alerts are wired
Observability	Exposes OpenTelemetry spans for build, deploy, health, config injection
Documentation & Audit	Emits CI metadata and deployment logs to Developer Portal and Audit Stream

🌐 Targets Across Environments¶

Environment	Output
Development	CI validation, secret injection, Docker debug config
Staging	Full production parity with traffic control and policy enforcement
Production	Hardened rollout with canary/blue-green strategies
Sandbox/Test Agents	Event-mocked environment for generated tests or contract verifications
Hotfix / Emergency	Supports isolated rollback or fast patch with artifact reuse

📦 Affected Artifacts and Systems¶

Artifact	Managed By Agent
`azure-pipelines.yaml`	✅
`deployment.yaml`	✅
`pipeline-secrets.yaml`	✅
`appsettings.Production.json`	✅
`Dockerfile`, `container.yaml`	✅
`rollback-plan.yaml`	✅
`pipeline-events.json`	✅
`observability-metrics.yaml`	✅
`build-metadata.json`	✅

❌ Out of Scope¶

Area	Managed By
Manual approvals in promotion gates	Developer or platform governance
Authorization flow enforcement	Security Architect Agent
CI dashboard rendering	Observability Agent
Human-accessed log views	Ops tooling (e.g., Log Analytics, Grafana)

✅ Summary¶

Area	Controlled
CI/CD	✅ Pipelines, stages, triggers
Infra	✅ K8s YAML, Bicep, Helm
Secrets	✅ Injected from secure stores
Observability	✅ Health, telemetry, OpenTelemetry spans
Artifact promotion	✅ Tracks versions across environments
Rollback & recovery	✅ Reversible and changelog-auditable

📋 Core Responsibilities¶

The DevOps Architect Agent owns the automation and enforceability of the operational lifecycle for every service, API gateway, or infrastructure unit produced by the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory.

It ensures that every generated unit is:

Buildable
Deployable
Observable
Versioned
Rollback-safe

🛠️ 1. CI/CD Pipeline Generation¶

Task	Output
Define multistage Azure Pipeline (`build`, `test`, `publish`, `deploy`)	`azure-pipelines.yaml`
Inject test automation (unit, integration, contract, smoke)	`test-stage.yml`, pipeline stages
Configure build artifact versioning (`1.2.0+build.567`)	`build-metadata.json`
Include tags, changelogs, semantic version metadata	Auto-generated from Git or agent spec
Attach OpenTelemetry spans to stages for observability	`pipeline-span-map.yaml`

🚀 2. Deployment Strategy Definition¶

Task	Output
Emit `deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`, `ingress.yaml` for K8s	Production-grade manifests
Annotate services with health probes, replica counts, sidecars	Based on environment
Support rolling, blue/green, or canary deployment strategy	Driven by settings or policies
Emit Helm chart or Bicep module (if specified)	For multi-region or IaC environments
Versioned release spec with rollback hash	`rollback-plan.yaml`

🔐 3. Secure Configuration & Secret Injection¶

Task	Output
Generate `pipeline-secrets.yaml`	Maps secrets to secure references
Wire `appsettings.{env}.json` to use env vars or Key Vault paths	Secrets are never stored in code
Enforce `no-plaintext-token` rule in pipelines and configs	Block on violation
Apply default time-based rotation policies	E.g., `JWT_SIGNING_KEY: expires in 90d`

🌎 4. Environment-aware Deployment¶

Task	Output
Render `appsettings.Development.json`, `Staging.json`, `Production.json`	Environment-specific config
Inject telemetry/observability agents per environment	Dev = verbose logs, Prod = structured tracing
Validate infra bindings (e.g., storage, DB, API hostnames) per env	Emits `env-validation.yaml`

📈 5. Observability and Rollback Hooks¶

Task	Output
Wire OpenTelemetry, health checks, startup probes into `deployment.yaml`	Default per service template
Emit `pipeline-span-map.yaml`	Links all CI/CD stages to spans
Generate rollback spec (`rollback-plan.yaml`)	Captures artifact version, timestamp, fallback hash
Emit `DevOpsPolicyPublished`	Includes deployment method, version, trace_id

📦 Summary of Outputs¶

Area	Artifacts
CI/CD	`azure-pipelines.yaml`, `build-metadata.json`, `test-stage.yml`
Deployments	`deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`, `ingress.yaml`, `rollback-plan.yaml`
Config & Secrets	`pipeline-secrets.yaml`, `appsettings.{env}.json`, `config-map.yaml`
Observability	`pipeline-span-map.yaml`, `otel-agent-config.yaml`, `DevOpsPolicyPublished`

✅ Responsibility Map¶

Responsibility	Required?	Source
Build pipeline	✅	From service blueprint and test map
Deploy configs	✅	Based on environment + schema
Rollback metadata	✅	Tracked by trace_id and semantic version
Secrets injection	✅	From Security Agent + key vault refs
Runtime health & probes	✅	Based on service spec or fallback
Logging & telemetry	✅	Aligned with Observability Agent policies

📥 Core Inputs¶

The DevOps Architect Agent consumes cross-agent artifacts, platform policies, and service-specific metadata to generate:

CI/CD pipelines
Deployment descriptors
Secret injection flows
Observability configuration
Environment-aware configuration

These inputs ensure that infrastructure is reproducible, compliant, and cloud-agnostic where required.

📂 Required Input Artifacts¶

Artifact	Source Agent	Purpose
`service-manifest.yaml`	Service Generator / Orchestrator	Identifies service name, type, runtime, target platform
`field-retention-map.yaml`	Data Architect Agent	Drives secrets + encryption needs in config
`api-security.yaml`	Security Architect Agent	Determines token flows, secrets, trust zones
`deployment-strategy.yaml`	Solution Architect Agent	Specifies blue/green, rolling, or canary deployment policies
`application-architecture.md`	Application Architect Agent	Describes hosting, zones, cross-service dependencies
`secrets.yaml`	Security Agent / Vault Agent	Required secrets and expected runtime injection format
`observability-policy.yaml`	Observability Agent	Defines span coverage, health probes, alerts
`schema.yaml`	Data Architect Agent	Validates storage dependencies + config injection
`test-plan.yaml`	Test Generator Agent	Required test stages: unit, integration, contract

🧾 Sample `service-manifest.yaml`¶

service:
  name: ClientService
  type: microservice
  language: dotnet
  hosting: Kubernetes
  environments:
    - Development
    - Staging
    - Production

🔐 Sample `secrets.yaml`¶

secrets:
  - name: jwt_signing_key
    type: rsa
    source: AzureKeyVault
    path: /connectsoft/auth/jwt
    required: true
  - name: connection_string
    source: Vault
    path: /connectsoft/db/client

📑 Sample `deployment-strategy.yaml`¶

strategy: blueGreen
healthProbe:
  path: /health
  interval: 5
  timeout: 2
rollback:
  enabled: true
  trigger: deployment-failure
  retention: 3 versions

🌐 `application-architecture.md` (excerpt)¶

- ClientService communicates with:
    - IdentityService (auth)
    - InvoiceService (billing)

- Hosted in: Kubernetes (East US cluster)
- Requires:
    - HTTPS termination at ingress
    - JWT validation
    - OpenTelemetry span support

✅ Input Validation Rules¶

Rule	Description
`service-manifest.yaml` must define environments and hosting	✅
Secrets without `source` are rejected	✅
If `deployment-strategy.yaml` is missing, default to `rollingUpdate`	✅
At least one health probe must be defined or auto-generated	✅
Config files must match environments defined in manifest	✅
Observability spec must define `startup`, `liveness`, and `readiness` probes	✅ (or fallback applies)

📦 Aggregated Input Prompt Example (for orchestrator)¶

assignment: generate-devops

project:
  service_name: InvoiceService
  bounded_context: Billing
  trace_id: trace-devops-44713

inputs:
  manifest_url: https://.../invoice/service-manifest.yaml
  api_security_url: https://.../invoice/api-security.yaml
  schema_url: https://.../invoice/schema.yaml
  observability_policy_url: https://.../invoice/observability.yaml
  deployment_strategy_url: https://.../platform/default-deployment.yaml
  secrets_url: https://.../invoice/secrets.yaml
  test_plan_url: https://.../invoice/test-plan.yaml

settings:
  generate_ci_pipeline: true
  include_canary_support: true
  rollback_on_failure: true
  output_format: [yaml, json, md]

📤 Core Outputs¶

The DevOps Architect Agent produces a complete DevOps specification bundle that automates the build, deployment, configuration, and observability of every ConnectSoft-generated service or component.

These outputs are:

Machine-readable and CI-ready
Cloud-native and environment-aware
Traceable and auditable
Secure and policy-compliant

📦 Output Artifact Summary¶

Artifact	Format	Purpose
`azure-pipelines.yaml`	YAML	CI/CD pipeline for build, test, deploy, rollback
`deployment.yaml`	YAML (K8s)	Deploy spec with readiness probes, labels, version
`service.yaml`, `ingress.yaml`	YAML	Service exposure and routing
`appsettings.{env}.json`	JSON	Environment-specific configuration files
`pipeline-secrets.yaml`	YAML	Secrets mapped to vault references
`rollback-plan.yaml`	YAML	Metadata to support version-based rollback
`build-metadata.json`	JSON	Artifact versioning, Git SHA, timestamps
`otel-agent-config.yaml`	YAML	OpenTelemetry injection template
`DevOpsPolicyPublished`	JSON	Event notification of published specs
`deployment-docs.md` (optional)	Markdown	Human-readable summary of deployment plan and trace links

🧾 Example: `azure-pipelines.yaml`¶

trigger:
  branches:
    include:
      - main
stages:
  - stage: Build
    jobs:
      - job: BuildApp
        steps:
          - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
            inputs:
              command: build
              projects: '**/*.csproj'
  - stage: Test
    dependsOn: Build
    jobs:
      - job: RunTests
        steps:
          - script: dotnet test
  - stage: Deploy
    dependsOn: Test
    condition: succeeded()
    jobs:
      - deployment: DeployToStaging
        environment: staging
        strategy:
          runOnce:
            deploy:
              steps:
                - script: kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml

🛠️ Example: `deployment.yaml` (Kubernetes)¶

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: client-service
  labels:
    app: client
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: client
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: client
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: client-service
          image: registry/connectsoft/client:1.2.0
          envFrom:
            - secretRef:
                name: client-secrets
          ports:
            - containerPort: 80
          readinessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /health
              port: 80
            initialDelaySeconds: 10
            periodSeconds: 5

🔐 Example: `pipeline-secrets.yaml`¶

secrets:
  - name: jwt_signing_key
    source: AzureKeyVault
    path: /connectsoft/auth/jwt
    environment_variable: JWT_SIGNING_KEY
  - name: db_connection
    source: Vault
    path: /connectsoft/db/client
    environment_variable: DB_CONNECTION_STRING

📊 Example: `build-metadata.json`¶

{
  "service": "ClientService",
  "version": "1.2.0",
  "git_sha": "ad12ef45b...",
  "build_id": 112,
  "trace_id": "trace-devops-99822",
  "build_time": "2025-05-02T00:23:00Z"
}

📈 Example: `otel-agent-config.yaml`¶

instrumentation:
  enabled: true
  exporters:
    - type: otlp
      endpoint: http://otel-collector:4317
  spans:
    - name: build
    - name: deploy
    - name: rollback

✅ Output Completeness Criteria¶

Rule	Description
Pipeline must include build, test, and deploy stages	✅
At least one health probe must be defined	✅
Secrets must be externalized and mapped via env vars	✅
All artifacts must include `trace_id`, `service_name`, `version`	✅
OpenTelemetry must be enabled for deployment traceability	✅
If rollback is enabled, `rollback-plan.yaml` must be included	✅

📢 Lifecycle Event: `DevOpsPolicyPublished`¶

{
  "event": "DevOpsPolicyPublished",
  "service": "ClientService",
  "trace_id": "trace-devops-99822",
  "version": "1.2.0",
  "artifacts": {
    "pipeline": "https://.../azure-pipelines.yaml",
    "deployment": "https://.../deployment.yaml"
  },
  "timestamp": "2025-05-02T00:23:00Z"
}

📚 Knowledge Base Overview¶

The DevOps Architect Agent leverages a curated and extensible knowledge base to:

Enforce DevOps best practices
Reuse deployment patterns and CI/CD templates
Adapt to environment constraints (e.g., local dev vs. staging)
Prevent security and pipeline drift
Enable seamless rollback and observability

This knowledge base blends static rules, semantic memory, and real-world pipeline blueprints accumulated across all services in the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory.

🧠 1. CI/CD Blueprint Library¶

Pattern	Description
`build → test → deploy`	Base template with required validation, retry, trace
`test-stage-classic`	Includes unit + integration + contract validation
`staging-gate`	Requires artifact promotion event or approval trigger
`build-on-pr`	Auto-trigger build on PR from feature/* branches
`rollback-pipeline-v1`	Fast reversion to previous container or schema state on failure

🔁 2. Deployment Strategy Memory¶

Strategy	Conditions
`rollingUpdate`	Default for stateless, zero-downtime upgrades
`blueGreen`	Enabled if `deployment-strategy.yaml` specifies, or high-traffic service
`canary`	Used if `canary.weight` or `telemetry-sampling-rules` detected
`manual-gated`	Required for Prod promotion or schema-breaking change
`hotfix-patch`	Triggered by `release:hotfix/*` branch or incident flag

🔐 3. Secret Handling Best Practices¶

Secret Pattern	Rule
`_KEY`, `_TOKEN`, `*_PASSWORD`	Must be injected via vault + env var
Token secrets	Require rotation TTL ≤ 90 days
DB secrets	Must match corresponding `schema.yaml` entity source
TLS/cert secrets	Should not be embedded in Dockerfile or pipeline
Missing secret source	Block generation, log `secrets-validation-error` event

🧪 4. Test Coverage Matrix¶

Test Type	Auto-Included If
Unit Tests	`*.Tests.csproj` present
Integration Tests	Schema or API call detected in test plan
Contract Tests	OpenAPI present and event streams are defined
Health Checks	Agent injects `/health`, `/live`, `/ready` probes if missing
Load Tests (optional)	If agent receives `load-plan.yaml` from QA agents

🌐 5. Environment & Configuration Rules¶

Rule	Enforcement
Each environment must have distinct `appsettings.{env}.json`	✅
Env-specific secrets must come from env-specific vault paths	✅
`ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT` must match file naming convention	✅
Docker image tags must include `semver + trace_id`	✅
Telemetry agents must differ by env (e.g., dev = verbose)	✅

🧭 6. Artifact Promotion & Rollback Patterns¶

Behavior	Outcome
Promote artifact from Staging → Prod	Triggers signed `DevOpsPolicyPublished`
Tag rollback as `rollback-to: <build-id>`	Agent emits `rollback-plan.yaml`
Drift in config → redeploy with diff patch	Logs to `devops-changelog.yaml`
Missed readiness check → halt deploy, emit span	`failed-readiness-check` span published

🧠 Semantic Memory Match Example¶

query: "Generate pipeline for service with API and DB"
memory_match:
  ci_template: build-test-deploy
  probes: /health, /ready, /live
  deployment_strategy: rollingUpdate
  rollback_enabled: true
  version: 1.2.0

📈 Knowledge Base Triggers (Auto-Suggestions)¶

Input Condition	Memory Output
`deployment-strategy.yaml` missing	Suggest `rollingUpdate` as default
No test plan present	Inject `dotnet test` + health checks only
`client-service` + external ingress	Add rate limit, TLS, mTLS span coverage
Environment count = 3+	Add config split: `Dev`, `Staging`, `Prod`

✅ Benefits of the Knowledge Base¶

Value	Result
Faster pipeline generation	Reuses proven .NET + Azure DevOps CI templates
Consistency across services	All services deploy with validated strategy
Rollback safety	Tracks artifact → release → rollback path
Zero drift in config	Environment, vault, and telemetry enforced
Observability-ready	Always injects health and trace spans

🔄 Agent Process Flow Overview¶

The DevOps Architect Agent follows a structured, traceable flow to transform service blueprints and platform policies into a deployable, secure, and observable DevOps bundle.

It operates via Semantic Kernel skills, reacts to environment type and deployment strategy, and ensures CI/CD completeness, rollback safety, and secrets isolation.

📋 Step-by-Step Process¶

Step	Description
1️⃣ Input Parsing & Manifest Validation	Load the necessary input files such as `service-manifest.yaml`, `deployment-strategy.yaml`, `test-plan.yaml`, `secrets.yaml`, and `observability-policy.yaml`. Validate the required environments (`Dev`, `Staging`, `Production`), secret injection strategies, and ensure that the target deployment platform (e.g., Kubernetes) is correctly set.
2️⃣ Pipeline Template Composition	Select base pipeline template to structure the build, test, and deployment process (`build → test → deploy`). Inject necessary steps such as `dotnet build`, `dotnet test`, `kubectl apply`, `helm upgrade`, etc. If a test plan is missing, auto-generate test stages. Attach semantic versioning, `trace_id`, and `build_id` for tracking. Emit pipeline files: `azure-pipelines.yaml`, `test-stage.yml`, and `build-metadata.json`.
3️⃣ Secrets & Config Scaffolding	Scan `secrets.yaml` to identify required secrets and their paths. Generate necessary configuration files like `pipeline-secrets.yaml` and `config/appsettings.{env}.json` with environment variable placeholders. Block or issue a warning if secrets have no source or are exposed. Inject Key Vault or Vault integration logic to handle secret management securely.
4️⃣ Deployment Descriptor Generation	Choose the deployment strategy (e.g., `rolling`, `blueGreen`, `canary`). Generate the corresponding deployment descriptors: `deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`, and `ingress.yaml`. Include health, liveness, and readiness probes, along with autoscaling annotations. Attach the container image in the format `image: registry/service:version+trace_id`.
5️⃣ Observability + Telemetry Injection	Inject OpenTelemetry sidecar or environment-based tracing configuration. Generate `otel-agent-config.yaml` to define span mappings for steps like `build`, `test`, `deploy`, `rollback`, and `failure`. Ensure that logs are directed to the appropriate monitoring platforms like stdout, OpenTelemetry, or Azure Monitor/ELK.
6️⃣ Rollback Planning & Changelog Diffing	Generate `rollback-plan.yaml` to ensure that a rollback strategy is in place, including the current release hash, environment, and previous successful deploy. If there are schema or configuration changes, log them in `devops-changelog.yaml`. Optionally, emit changelog to the Developer Portal or Governance Agent for further tracking.
7️⃣ Lifecycle Event Emission	Emit lifecycle events to track the state of the deployment process, including: - `DevOpsPolicyPublished` - `DeploymentPlanCreated` - `SecretsInjectedEvent` Each event should include relevant metadata such as `service_name`, `agent_version`, `trace_id`, artifact links, and the list of environments involved in the process.

1️⃣ Input Parsing & Manifest Validation¶

Load:
- service-manifest.yaml
- deployment-strategy.yaml
- test-plan.yaml
- secrets.yaml
- observability-policy.yaml
Validate:
- Required environments (Dev, Staging, Production)
- Secret injection strategies
- Target deployment platform (e.g., Kubernetes)

2️⃣ Pipeline Template Composition¶

Select base template: build → test → deploy
Inject:
- dotnet build, dotnet test, kubectl apply, helm upgrade, etc.
Auto-generate test stages if test plan is missing
Attach semantic versioning, trace_id, and build_id
Emit: azure-pipelines.yaml, test-stage.yml, build-metadata.json

3️⃣ Secrets & Config Scaffolding¶

Scan secrets.yaml for required secret names and paths
Generate:
- pipeline-secrets.yaml
- config/appsettings.{env}.json with env var placeholders
Block or warn if secrets have no source or are exposed
Inject Key Vault / Vault integration logic

4️⃣ Deployment Descriptor Generation¶

Choose deployment strategy: rolling, blueGreen, or canary
Generate:
- deployment.yaml, service.yaml, ingress.yaml
- Health, liveness, readiness probes
- Autoscaling annotations
Attach container image: registry/service:version+trace_id

5️⃣ Observability + Telemetry Injection¶

Inject OpenTelemetry sidecar or environment-based tracing config
Generate otel-agent-config.yaml with span mapping:
- build, test, deploy, rollback, failure
Add logs → stdout, OpenTelemetry, or Azure Monitor/ELK

6️⃣ Rollback Planning & Changelog Diffing¶

Generate rollback-plan.yaml:
- Current release hash
- Environment
- Previous successful deploy
If schema or config changes, log in devops-changelog.yaml
Optionally emit changelog to Developer Portal or Governance Agent

7️⃣ Lifecycle Event Emission¶

Emit:
- DevOpsPolicyPublished
- DeploymentPlanCreated
- SecretsInjectedEvent
Each event includes:
- service_name, agent_version, trace_id, artifact links, environment list

🧠 Flow Diagram¶

flowchart TD
    A[Parse Inputs] --> B[Generate CI/CD Template]
    B --> C[Inject Secrets and Config]
    C --> D[Build Deployment Descriptors]
    D --> E[Add Telemetry and Observability]
    E --> F[Emit Rollback + Metadata]
    F --> G[Publish Events + Artifacts]

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🧪 Internal Safety & Retry Rules¶

Condition	Fallback
No `test-plan.yaml`	Inject `dotnet test` and `/health` probe stage
Secret without source	Emit warning, default to Azure Key Vault
Missing `deployment-strategy.yaml`	Default to `rollingUpdate`
Observability config incomplete	Inject default `/live`, `/ready`, `/health` +
otel spans

📈 Spans Emitted¶

Span	Description
`ci_pipeline_generated`	Pipeline YAML + test plan
`secret_injection_complete`	All secrets sourced + injected
`deployment_spec_emitted`	K8s YAML generated
`rollback_plan_ready`	Rollback file finalized
`devops_policy_published`	Final success marker with full trace metadata

🛠️ Semantic Kernel Skills¶

The DevOps Architect Agent is modularly composed of Semantic Kernel (.NET) skills, each handling a critical DevOps function.
These skills operate with built-in observability, error recovery, and cross-agent compatibility — enabling the DevOps blueprint to adapt per environment, strategy, or platform.

🔧 1. CI/CD Pipeline Skills¶

Skill	Purpose
`PipelineBuilderSkill`	Composes multistage Azure Pipelines with trace metadata
`TestStageInjectorSkill`	Adds unit, integration, contract test stages
`BuildMetadataWriterSkill`	Generates `build-metadata.json` with semver, trace_id, git info
`VersioningStrategySkill`	Applies SemVer + trace-based version tags
`PipelineSpanEmitterSkill`	Emits OpenTelemetry span mappings for pipeline stages

🔐 2. Secret & Config Management Skills¶

Skill	Purpose
`SecretMapperSkill`	Parses `secrets.yaml`, validates source, TTL, and env var mapping
`VaultReferenceWriterSkill`	Emits `pipeline-secrets.yaml` with Key Vault / Vault integration
`AppSettingsScaffolderSkill`	Generates `appsettings.{env}.json` with secure placeholders
`NoSecretInCodeEnforcerSkill`	Scans all outputs and fails if any secrets are exposed

🚀 3. Deployment Blueprint Skills¶

Skill	Purpose
`DeploymentStrategySelectorSkill`	Chooses between `rolling`, `blueGreen`, or `canary`
`KubernetesDescriptorGeneratorSkill`	Emits `deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`, `ingress.yaml`
`HealthProbeInjectorSkill`	Adds `/health`, `/ready`, `/live` endpoints with probes
`RollbackPlanWriterSkill`	Creates `rollback-plan.yaml` with build references and undo metadata

📈 4. Observability Skills¶

Skill	Purpose
`TelemetryConfiguratorSkill`	Configures OpenTelemetry exporters, tracing levels
`OtelSidecarInjectorSkill`	Adds tracing container to `deployment.yaml`
`PipelineSpanMapWriterSkill`	Outputs `otel-agent-config.yaml`
`ObservabilityFallbackSkill`	Ensures probes and spans exist if observability is missing

📡 5. Event and Metadata Publication¶

Skill	Purpose
`DevOpsEventPublisherSkill`	Emits `DevOpsPolicyPublished`, `DeploymentPlanCreated`, `SecretsInjected`
`DeploymentChangelogGeneratorSkill`	Compares last known state to current and emits `devops-changelog.yaml`
`DeploymentDocsWriterSkill` (optional)	Renders `deployment-docs.md` with human-readable summary

🧠 Example Skill Execution Trace¶

{
  "trace_id": "trace-devops-77829",
  "skill": "KubernetesDescriptorGeneratorSkill",
  "status": "success",
  "duration_ms": 108,
  "output": "deployment.yaml written with version 1.2.0-rc.5"
}

🔁 Retry Behavior by Skill¶

Skill	Retry Condition	Recovery
`SecretMapperSkill`	Secret missing source	Fallback to Azure Key Vault and emit warning
`TestStageInjectorSkill`	No test plan	Inject default `dotnet test` and `/health`
`OtelSidecarInjectorSkill`	Observability policy missing	Use default OpenTelemetry template
`RollbackPlanWriterSkill`	No prior build version found	Use image tag as rollback anchor only

📈 Skill-Level Metrics Emitted¶

Metric	Description
`pipeline_build_time_ms`	Time to generate full pipeline
`deployment_spec_coverage`	Percent of probes + scaling + version tags applied
`secrets_injected_total`	Number of unique secrets injected via vault
`rollback_ready`	Boolean indicator on whether rollback metadata was published
`span_tracing_coverage`	% of pipeline stages with span mapping enabled

🧰 Core Technologies¶

The DevOps Architect Agent is built atop a battle-tested cloud-native stack. It seamlessly integrates with Azure, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, and modern IaC tooling to generate and enforce DevOps blueprints for each generated service.

🛠️ CI/CD Infrastructure¶

Technology	Purpose
Azure Pipelines	Default build and release engine for CI/CD
YAML Pipeline DSL	Declarative multi-stage build/test/deploy config
Semantic Kernel (.NET)	Agent orchestration, skill execution, prompt handling
Git (via Azure Repos)	Artifact traceability and semantic version inference
OpenTelemetry	Build, deploy, and observability spans across pipelines

🚀 Deployment & Infrastructure as Code¶

Tool	Purpose
Kubernetes (K8s)	Target platform for containerized service deployment
Helm	Optional templating for multi-tenant clusters
Bicep	Azure-native IaC used for infra provisioning (e.g., storage, secrets)
Terraform (optional)	For multi-cloud deployment abstraction
kubectl, `deployment.yaml`	Declarative service manifests with probes, autoscaling, mTLS annotations

🔐 Secrets & Configuration¶

Tool	Function
Azure Key Vault	Default secrets store (JWT keys, DB creds, API tokens)
HashiCorp Vault (optional)	For hybrid/multi-cloud environments
pipeline-secrets.yaml	Secure vault-to-pipeline injection mapping
appsettings.{env}.json	Auto-generated .NET config files per environment
K8s SecretRef / EnvFrom	Used in `deployment.yaml` for runtime secret injection

🧪 Testing Integration¶

Tool	Function
dotnet test	Default .NET testing entrypoint
SpecFlow	BDD framework auto-injected into test stages if present
Test Plan Agent	Input to define mandatory test stages (unit, integration, contract)
WireMock / Postman (optional)	For generated integration/contract test simulation

📈 Observability & Telemetry¶

Tool	Purpose
OpenTelemetry Collector	Default export target for trace data
Application Insights	Azure-native logs and metrics pipeline
Prometheus + Grafana (optional)	Custom observability dashboards
otel-agent-config.yaml	Span template and endpoint configuration per service
OpenTelemetry SDK (.NET)	Instrumented into pipeline stages and deploy YAML

📑 Metadata & Audit Infrastructure¶

Artifact	Use
`build-metadata.json`	Includes: Git SHA, trace_id, semver, pipeline version
`DevOpsPolicyPublished`	Lifecycle event emitted to Event Grid or CI/CD listeners
`rollback-plan.yaml`	Tracks release version, artifact path, safe revert point
`devops-changelog.yaml`	Captures deployment-impacting changes between spec versions
`deployment-docs.md`	Optional documentation for team leads, QA, or governance teams

🧠 Semantic Memory & Artifact Caching¶

Feature	Use
`version-cache.json`	Tracks last known CI/CD version per service
`build history cache`	Prevents redeployment of same artifact version
`secret map memory`	Suggests reuse of known secure reference patterns
`rollback registry`	Tracks successful deployments for fallback selection

✅ Platform Compliance & Security Alignment¶

Standard	Coverage
SOC 2	Tracing, audit events, rollback plans
ISO 27001	Secure config, vault-only secrets, version controls
Zero Trust Ops	No default access, enforced mTLS, per-env config
SDLC Traceability	From source → build → deploy → rollback via `trace_id`, `agent_version`, and artifact tags

📜 System Prompt (Bootstrapping Instruction)¶

This system prompt governs how the DevOps Architect Agent initializes, interprets input prompts, applies default behaviors, and generates secure, observable, and shippable DevOps specifications for all generated services.

✅ Full System Prompt (Plain Text)¶

You are the **DevOps Architect Agent** in the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory.

Your role is to take a generated service or infrastructure module and output a complete DevOps specification bundle that enables build, test, deploy, rollback, secrets injection, and observability in all environments (Dev, Staging, Production).

---

## Your Responsibilities:

1. Parse:
   - `service-manifest.yaml`
   - `test-plan.yaml`
   - `deployment-strategy.yaml`
   - `secrets.yaml`
   - `observability-policy.yaml`

2. Generate:
   - `azure-pipelines.yaml` with Build → Test → Deploy stages
   - `deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`, `ingress.yaml` for Kubernetes
   - `pipeline-secrets.yaml` mapped to Key Vault or Vault paths
   - `rollback-plan.yaml` based on release history
   - `build-metadata.json` with trace_id, version, git_sha
   - `otel-agent-config.yaml` with span instrumentation

3. Inject:
   - Config via `appsettings.{env}.json` with secure env vars
   - Observability hooks (e.g., `/health`, OpenTelemetry exporter)
   - Rollback strategies based on `deployment-strategy.yaml`

4. Publish:
   - `DevOpsPolicyPublished` event with full artifact metadata
   - `devops-changelog.yaml` if config or schema changes occurred

---

## Validation Rules:

- All secrets must include source, path, and injection method
- All deployment descriptors must include liveness/readiness probes
- Pipelines must include test validation (unit, integration, or fallback)
- Observability configuration must include trace_id propagation
- All artifacts must include metadata: `trace_id`, `version`, `agent_version`, `build_time`

---

## Observability Spans:

Emit OpenTelemetry spans for:

- `ci_pipeline_generated`
- `secrets_injected`
- `deployment_spec_emitted`
- `rollback_ready`
- `devops_policy_published`

Each span includes full trace metadata.

---

## Rollback Strategy:

If rollback is enabled:
- Always write `rollback-plan.yaml` with version references
- Link current deploy to previous successful release
- Support instant revert by pipeline or agent

---

## Versioning:

- Use SemVer with optional suffix (`-rc.1`, `+trace123`)
- Do not re-deploy same artifact version unless forced
- Track last known version in `version-cache.json` for delta comparison

---

## Trigger Conditions:

- Always run after Security and Data Architect Agents
- Re-run if config, schema, or secret maps change
- Must pass all validations to emit policy event

🧠 Summary¶

The System Prompt ensures the DevOps Architect Agent:

Automates full CI/CD generation
Secures config and secrets
Enables telemetry and rollback
Publishes traceable lifecycle events
Produces outputs that are safe, compliant, and shippable

📥 Input Prompt Template¶

The DevOps Architect Agent is activated by a structured YAML prompt sent from the ConnectSoft orchestrator.
This prompt defines:

Service context and trace metadata
Required input files from upstream agents
Pipeline generation flags
Deployment strategy and observability expectations
Output customization options

✅ Example Input Prompt (YAML)¶

assignment: generate-devops

project:
  trace_id: "trace-devops-44292"
  project_id: "connectsoft-saas"
  service_name: "InvoiceService"
  bounded_context: "Billing"
  agent_version: "1.4.2"

inputs:
  service_manifest_url: "https://.../invoice/service-manifest.yaml"
  test_plan_url: "https://.../invoice/test-plan.yaml"
  secrets_url: "https://.../invoice/secrets.yaml"
  deployment_strategy_url: "https://.../invoice/deployment-strategy.yaml"
  observability_policy_url: "https://.../invoice/observability-policy.yaml"
  field_retention_map_url: "https://.../invoice/field-retention-map.yaml"
  previous_devops_spec_url: "https://.../invoice/devops-v1.2.0.yaml"

settings:
  environments: ["Development", "Staging", "Production"]
  generate_ci_pipeline: true
  enable_rollbacks: true
  allow_blue_green: true
  include_human_readable_docs: true
  telemetry_enabled: true
  rollback_retention: 3

📂 Required Fields¶

🔷 `project`¶

Field	Description
`trace_id`	Execution ID for traceability across all outputs
`service_name`	Target service (must match service manifest)
`bounded_context`	Domain context for routing and classification
`agent_version`	Version of the DevOps Architect Agent in use

📁 `inputs`¶

Artifact	Required	Description
`service_manifest_url`	✅	Declares service name, type, runtime, environments
`secrets_url`	✅	Lists secrets and their sources
`deployment_strategy_url`	✅	Describes rollout type, probe config, rollback rules
`observability_policy_url`	Optional	Provides span and probe expectations
`test_plan_url`	Optional	Used to build CI test stages (fallback available)
`previous_devops_spec_url`	Optional	Enables diffing for changelogs, rollback planning

⚙️ `settings`¶

Key	Function
`generate_ci_pipeline`	Emit `azure-pipelines.yaml` and `test-stage.yml`
`enable_rollbacks`	Emit `rollback-plan.yaml`, track rollback lineage
`allow_blue_green`	Enables Helm/strategy injection for staging safety
`include_human_readable_docs`	Generate `deployment-docs.md`
`telemetry_enabled`	Inject OpenTelemetry spans + config
`rollback_retention`	Number of successful versions to retain metadata for revert safety

✅ Validation Rules¶

Rule	Description
All URLs must return valid YAML or JSON	✅
`secrets_url` must define `name`, `source`, `path` for each secret	✅
`deployment_strategy_url` must include at least one health probe	✅
If `rollback_enabled: true`, at least one previous version must be known	✅
`environments[]` must match the ones declared in `service-manifest.yaml`	✅

📦 Minimal Input Prompt Example¶

assignment: generate-devops
project:
  trace_id: "trace-9988"
  service_name: ClientService

inputs:
  service_manifest_url: https://.../client/service-manifest.yaml
  secrets_url: https://.../client/secrets.yaml

settings:
  generate_ci_pipeline: true

📤 Output Expectations¶

The DevOps Architect Agent emits a comprehensive and versioned DevOps specification bundle for each generated service.
These outputs are:

Ready for CI/CD execution
Configurable per environment
Secure with secrets externalized
Instrumented for observability
Traceable and rollback-safe

📦 Artifact Overview¶

Artifact	Format	Purpose
`azure-pipelines.yaml`	YAML	Full CI/CD pipeline: build, test, deploy
`deployment.yaml`	YAML (K8s)	Deployment descriptor with probes, env vars, image version
`service.yaml` / `ingress.yaml`	YAML	Internal or external service exposure
`appsettings.{env}.json`	JSON	Per-environment config scaffold
`pipeline-secrets.yaml`	YAML	Maps secrets to vault-sourced env vars
`rollback-plan.yaml`	YAML	Reversion metadata: previous versions, strategy
`build-metadata.json`	JSON	CI versioning, trace_id, git commit
`otel-agent-config.yaml`	YAML	OpenTelemetry spans and exporter configuration
`devops-changelog.yaml`	YAML	Summary of changes since last deploy (optional)
`DevOpsPolicyPublished`	JSON	Lifecycle event for CI/CD and governance tracking
`deployment-docs.md`	Markdown	Optional human-readable deployment and pipeline summary

🧾 Output Example: `azure-pipelines.yaml`¶

trigger:
  branches:
    include: [main]
stages:
  - stage: Build
    jobs:
      - job: DotNetBuild
        steps:
          - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
            inputs:
              command: 'build'
              projects: '**/*.csproj'
  - stage: Test
    dependsOn: Build
    jobs:
      - job: RunTests
        steps:
          - script: dotnet test
  - stage: Deploy
    dependsOn: Test
    jobs:
      - deployment: DeployToStaging
        environment: staging
        strategy:
          runOnce:
            deploy:
              steps:
                - script: kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml

🛡️ Output Example: `pipeline-secrets.yaml`¶

secrets:
  - name: jwt_signing_key
    source: AzureKeyVault
    path: /connectsoft/auth/jwt
    environment_variable: JWT_SIGNING_KEY
  - name: db_connection
    source: Vault
    path: /connectsoft/db/client
    environment_variable: DB_CONNECTION_STRING

♻️ Output Example: `rollback-plan.yaml`¶

rollback:
  current_version: "1.2.0"
  rollback_to: "1.1.9"
  trace_id: "trace-devops-99123"
  conditions:
    - probe_failure
    - latency_spike
    - schema_drift

📡 Output Example: `DevOpsPolicyPublished`¶

{
  "event": "DevOpsPolicyPublished",
  "trace_id": "trace-devops-88292",
  "service": "InvoiceService",
  "version": "1.2.0",
  "agent_version": "1.4.2",
  "artifacts": {
    "pipeline": "https://.../azure-pipelines.yaml",
    "deployment": "https://.../deployment.yaml",
    "rollbackPlan": "https://.../rollback-plan.yaml"
  },
  "timestamp": "2025-05-02T01:07:00Z"
}

✅ Output Requirements & Validation Rules¶

Rule	Enforcement
All artifacts must include `trace_id`, `agent_version`, `service_name`	✅
Pipelines must include test validation unless `test_plan` explicitly omitted	✅
Deployment YAML must define liveness + readiness probes	✅
Secrets must be injected only from approved vault sources	✅
Rollback metadata must track version lineage and artifact hashes	✅
If changelog is emitted, it must be semver-diff aware	✅
All outputs must be CI-ready and deployable without manual patching	✅

📘 Optional Output: `deployment-docs.md`¶

# ClientService Deployment Plan

**Version:** 1.2.0  
**Trace ID:** trace-devops-77188  
**Strategy:** Blue-Green  
**Environment:** Staging → Production  
**Rollback Enabled:** Yes  
**Probes:** /health, /ready, /live  
**Telemetry:** Enabled via OpenTelemetry Collector

🧠 Memory Strategy Overview¶

The DevOps Architect Agent maintains short-term session memory and long-term semantic memory to:

Preserve artifact lineage and rollback safety
Ensure pipeline, secrets, and deployment consistency
Detect and respond to configuration or policy drift
Reuse proven deployment strategies and observability patterns
Enforce version promotion rules and prevent unsafe redeployments

🕐 Short-Term (In-Session) Memory¶

Memory Key	Purpose
`trace_id`	Identifies the current execution flow and audit path
`environments[]`	All environments requested for generation
`generated_artifacts[]`	Tracks YAMLs, JSONs, events emitted in this run
`secrets_injected[]`	All vault-bound secrets mapped and validated
`rollback_candidates[]`	Valid previous builds (hash, semver, image tag)
`telemetry_hooks[]`	Tracks OpenTelemetry spans and agent config
`changed_components[]`	Flags which components were changed from prior spec (e.g., deployment, config, version)

📚 Long-Term Semantic Memory¶

1. 🧱 Pipeline Template Memory¶

Pattern	Auto-Applied When
`build-test-deploy`	Default unless overridden
`build-test-publish-deploy`	If a NuGet or Docker publish is detected
`rollingUpdate.yaml`	Default deployment fallback
`blueGreen.yaml`	Reused when target environment = "production" and traffic load > threshold

2. 🔐 Secrets Registry¶

Stored Data	Used For
Known secret names, sources, TTLs	Auto-validation and fallback on missing path
Environment-based secret overrides	Inject correct vault reference per env
Secrets marked deprecated or rotated	Flag outdated usages in `secrets.yaml`

3. 📦 Version History and Artifact Tracking¶

Memory Use	Purpose
`version-cache.json`	Prevents redeployment of identical artifacts
`last_successful_deploy.json`	Tracks rollback anchor
`build-metadata` → `rollback-plan.yaml`	Restores prior state with full lineage
`devops-changelog.yaml`	Captures what changed (e.g., probes updated, config added)

4. 📘 Observability & Probe Memory¶

Memory	Purpose
Default probe templates	Inject `/health`, `/ready`, `/live` with known configs
Span mapping history	Ensures build/test/deploy/rollback are always traced
Known collector endpoints	Reuses agent config for OpenTelemetry injection
Alert thresholds	Restores memory of service-specific telemetry rules

📑 Example: Memory-Aware Redeployment Prevention¶

version: 1.2.0
build_id: 1441
status: published
already_deployed_to:
  - Staging
  - Production
action: skip-deploy
reason: no changes detected in config, secrets, or schema

🧠 Memory-Based Drift Detection Example¶

diff:
  appsettings.Staging.json:
    - logging.level changed: info → debug
  deployment.yaml:
    - probe timeout increased: 5s → 10s
action_required: regenerate pipeline + revalidate probes

✅ Memory Benefits¶

Benefit	Result
🚫 Redundant deployment prevention	Avoids duplicate artifacts
♻️ Reuse of secure configurations	Auto-injects safe defaults
📉 Drift correction	Detects deviation from prior validated state
🔁 Safe rollback lineage	Enables controlled reversion to past good state
📈 Continuous observability propagation	Maintains telemetry integrity across versions

✅ Validation and Correction Overview¶

The DevOps Architect Agent applies rigorous, multi-phase validation to ensure that all CI/CD and deployment artifacts are:

Safe (no broken or insecure outputs)
Complete (nothing required is missing)
Traceable (all artifacts have metadata)
Deployable (no runtime failure risk)
Reversible (rollback is always possible)

If any validations fail, the agent applies auto-corrections, fallbacks, or emits blocking events.

🔍 Validation Phases¶

1️⃣ Artifact Structure Validation¶

Artifact	Rule
`azure-pipelines.yaml`	Must include `Build`, `Test`, and `Deploy` stages
`deployment.yaml`	Must include `readinessProbe`, `image`, and `replicas`
`appsettings.{env}.json`	All environments must be represented
`pipeline-secrets.yaml`	Secrets must include `name`, `source`, and `env var`
`rollback-plan.yaml`	Must reference a valid previous version

2️⃣ Security & Compliance Checks¶

Rule	Action
Secrets must never appear in plaintext in any config	Scan → fail + redact
Vault source must be valid (Azure Key Vault, Vault)	Validate URL and path
Token/key rotation policy must be ≤ 90 days	Enforce or warn
All probe paths must be HTTPS if ingress is public	Enforce fallback injection or fail if missing

3️⃣ Observability Requirements¶

Rule	Enforced
Spans for `build`, `test`, `deploy`, `rollback` must be defined	✅
`otel-agent-config.yaml` must reference export endpoint	✅
`trace_id` must be present in all spans	✅
Missing `observability-policy.yaml` → inject defaults	✅

4️⃣ Versioning & Drift Checks¶

Condition	Action
Redeploy of same version without changes	Block or warn
Configuration differs from last deploy	Trigger `devops-changelog.yaml` diff
Deployment strategy changed (e.g., from `rollingUpdate` to `blueGreen`)	Flag and require rollback plan update
Rollback disabled but last deploy failed	Escalate and emit `RollbackSafetyViolation`

🔁 Correction Behaviors¶

Failure	Correction
Test stage missing	Auto-inject `dotnet test` stage
Health probe missing	Inject `/health` default with retry
Invalid secret source	Default to Azure Key Vault + emit warning
Missing OpenTelemetry exporter	Inject default collector and spans
Rollback not possible (no valid version)	Emit `DevOpsContractBlocked`, halt deploy

🧪 Example: Correction Event¶

{
  "trace_id": "trace-devops-99412",
  "skill": "SecretMapperSkill",
  "issue": "Secret 'db_password' missing source",
  "correction_applied": "source=AzureKeyVault, path=/connectsoft/db/client"
}

📈 Validation Metrics Emitted¶

Metric	Meaning
`secrets_validated_total`	Total secrets checked across environments
`rollback_ready`	Boolean: rollback spec present + valid
`pipeline_test_stage_coverage`	% of pipelines with test enforcement
`telemetry_span_completeness`	% of lifecycle stages traced
`devops_drift_detected_total`	Diff-based redeploy warnings triggered

🛑 Blocking Triggers¶

Condition	Action
Missing secrets with no fallback	Block artifact generation
Probe timeout > threshold	Fail validation or emit `ProbeFailureRisk`
Observability disabled for production	Warn or block via policy
Drift detected on protected environment (e.g., Production)	Requires manual override or governance approval

🤝 Collaboration Interfaces¶

The DevOps Architect Agent interacts with multiple upstream and downstream agents to gather critical deployment context and to propagate operational policies across the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory.

It ensures all generated services are buildable, deployable, testable, and traceable by integrating seamlessly with the platform's agent mesh.

🔼 Upstream Input Providers¶

Agent	Artifacts Provided
Service Generator Agent	`service-manifest.yaml` (service name, type, environments)
Security Architect Agent	`api-security.yaml`, `pipeline-secrets.yaml`, token models
Application Architect Agent	`application-architecture.md`, trust zones, routing info
Test Generator Agent	`test-plan.yaml` (unit, integration, contract coverage)
Data Architect Agent	`field-retention-map.yaml`, schema-based env bindings
Observability Agent	`observability-policy.yaml` (spans, health probes, alerts)
Compliance Architect Agent (optional)	Rollback and approval requirements per environment

🔽 Downstream Consumers¶

Agent	Purpose
CI/CD Orchestrator	Consumes `azure-pipelines.yaml` to initiate builds and deployments
Kubernetes / Helm / IaC Runner	Applies `deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`, `bicep`, `terraform` artifacts
Vault Injector Agent	Pulls `pipeline-secrets.yaml` and injects into runtime environment
Telemetry Processor Agent	Parses `otel-agent-config.yaml` and enriches trace spans
Rollback Executor Agent	Consumes `rollback-plan.yaml` and listens to rollback events
Developer Portal Generator Agent	Renders `deployment-docs.md` and version summaries
Compliance & Governance Dashboards	Monitors drift, deployment frequency, rollback usage via published events

📢 Events Emitted¶

Event	Description
`DevOpsPolicyPublished`	Standard signal that CI/CD specs are complete and validated
`DeploymentPlanCreated`	Includes rollout method, probe config, traceability, rollback
`RollbackPlanReady`	Issued only if rollback metadata is safely computed
`DevOpsContractBlocked`	Published when validation fails (e.g., secrets missing, unsafe drift)
`DevOpsDriftDetected`	When environment, strategy, or secret diverges from previous version
`BuildFailureEvent` (via CI orchestrator)	Optionally attached to `trace_id` for investigation in observability tooling

🔁 Inter-Agent Traceability¶

Every artifact produced includes this metadata block:

metadata:
  trace_id: trace-devops-88428
  agent_version: 1.4.2
  service_name: ClientService
  environment: Staging
  schema_version: v2.1.0
  generated_on: 2025-05-02T01:17:00Z

Downstream agents use this to correlate logs, deployments, spans, and alerts to a specific execution chain.

🔄 Interaction Flow Diagram¶

flowchart TD
    ServiceGenerator --> DevOpsArchitect
    SecurityArchitect --> DevOpsArchitect
    DataArchitect --> DevOpsArchitect
    ApplicationArchitect --> DevOpsArchitect
    ObservabilityAgent --> DevOpsArchitect
    TestGenerator --> DevOpsArchitect

    DevOpsArchitect --> CIOrchestrator
    DevOpsArchitect --> VaultInjector
    DevOpsArchitect --> RollbackExecutor
    DevOpsArchitect --> DeveloperPortal
    DevOpsArchitect --> ComplianceDashboard

Hold "Alt" / "Option" to enable pan & zoom

✅ Coordination Outcomes¶

Objective	Enabled by DevOps Architect Agent
Full build-test-deploy lifecycle	✅ `azure-pipelines.yaml`
Secrets managed securely	✅ `pipeline-secrets.yaml`
Telemetry pre-wired and traced	✅ `otel-agent-config.yaml`
Drift detection and rollback safety	✅ `rollback-plan.yaml`, `devops-changelog.yaml`
Governance-ready policy publication	✅ `DevOpsPolicyPublished` with full trace context

📡 Observability & Oversight¶

The DevOps Architect Agent is fully instrumented to emit telemetry and governance signals for every artifact it produces.
Its observability strategy spans:

CI/CD pipeline events
Build/test/deploy trace spans
Secret injection & validation logs
Rollback metadata tracking
Drift detection and changelogs

This ensures end-to-end operational visibility across all ConnectSoft environments.

🛰️ Span Emission Model¶

Span Name	Description
`ci_pipeline_generated`	Triggered when `azure-pipelines.yaml` is complete
`deployment_spec_emitted`	Emitted after `deployment.yaml` creation
`rollback_plan_ready`	Linked to `rollback-plan.yaml`
`devops_policy_published`	Final validation and policy promotion event
`drift_detected`	If changes in config, probes, or secrets are found

Each span includes:

trace_id
agent_version
service_name
environment
duration_ms
status

📢 Lifecycle Events Published¶

Event	Purpose
`DevOpsPolicyPublished`	Signals downstream agents that artifacts are complete and validated
`DeploymentPlanCreated`	Full description of strategy, environment, telemetry hooks
`RollbackPlanReady`	Links to valid rollback version, triggers safe revert path
`DevOpsDriftDetected`	Highlights policy or artifact delta from previous generation
`DevOpsContractBlocked`	Indicates generation failure due to compliance or safety

📊 Dashboard Integration¶

Dashboard Tile	Source
🟢 Pipeline Coverage	`azure-pipelines.yaml`, span events
🟡 Deployment Health	From readiness probes and OTel spans
🔐 Secrets Status	Parsed from `pipeline-secrets.yaml`
🧠 Drift Changelog	Computed via `devops-changelog.yaml`
🧬 Rollback Readiness	`rollback-plan.yaml` + metadata linkage

🧪 CI/CD Oversight Hooks¶

Checkpoint	Trigger
`pipeline contains tests`	If not → inject fallback test stage
`build version is unique`	If duplicate → warn or block
`secret injection validated`	If source missing → emit `ContractBlocked`
`observability complete`	If probes or spans missing → inject defaults or fail

🔁 Rollback & Version Lineage¶

Rollback planning includes:

Last known good version
Artifact image tag (Docker/NuGet)
Associated trace ID
Reason for rollback (e.g., latency spike, deployment failure)
Recovery path (rollback-plan.yaml)

rollback:
  from_version: 1.2.1
  to_version: 1.2.0
  trace_id: trace-devops-99833
  method: blueGreen revert

✅ Outcomes of Agent Execution¶

Outcome	Benefit
🧪 Fully testable service	CI-ready, with safety and trace hooks
🔐 Secure config and secrets	Never exposed, always mapped
🚀 Deployable in all environments	Infra, telemetry, rollback all pre-configured
📈 Observable lifecycle	Every step traced and exportable
♻️ Drift-aware and reversible	Rollbacks and deltas are always captured
🧭 Auditable in real time	Via dashboards, span exports, event streams

🧭 Final Artifact Recap¶

Artifact	Description
`azure-pipelines.yaml`	Full CI/CD pipeline
`deployment.yaml`, `service.yaml`	Deployment descriptors
`appsettings.{env}.json`	Environment-specific configuration
`pipeline-secrets.yaml`	Vault-bound secrets map
`rollback-plan.yaml`	Safe version fallback reference
`otel-agent-config.yaml`	Tracing config for deploy lifecycle
`build-metadata.json`	Traceable version + git + timestamp
`DevOpsPolicyPublished`	Final lifecycle promotion event
`deployment-docs.md`	Optional readable summary for QA/dev leads

🚀 DevOps Architect Agent Specification¶

🎯 Purpose¶

🧱 Why This Agent Exists¶

💡 Agentization Benefits¶

🔄 Position in Agent Chain¶

🔁 Agent Lifecycle¶

🧭 Summary¶

🧭 Scope of Influence¶

🔧 System Layers It Controls¶

🌐 Targets Across Environments¶

📦 Affected Artifacts and Systems¶

❌ Out of Scope¶

✅ Summary¶

📋 Core Responsibilities¶

🛠️ 1. CI/CD Pipeline Generation¶

🚀 2. Deployment Strategy Definition¶

🔐 3. Secure Configuration & Secret Injection¶

🌎 4. Environment-aware Deployment¶

📈 5. Observability and Rollback Hooks¶

📦 Summary of Outputs¶

✅ Responsibility Map¶

📥 Core Inputs¶

📂 Required Input Artifacts¶

🧾 Sample service-manifest.yaml¶

🔐 Sample secrets.yaml¶

📑 Sample deployment-strategy.yaml¶

🌐 application-architecture.md (excerpt)¶

✅ Input Validation Rules¶

📦 Aggregated Input Prompt Example (for orchestrator)¶

📤 Core Outputs¶

📦 Output Artifact Summary¶

🧾 Example: azure-pipelines.yaml¶

🛠️ Example: deployment.yaml (Kubernetes)¶

🔐 Example: pipeline-secrets.yaml¶

📊 Example: build-metadata.json¶

📈 Example: otel-agent-config.yaml¶

✅ Output Completeness Criteria¶

📢 Lifecycle Event: DevOpsPolicyPublished¶

📚 Knowledge Base Overview¶

🧠 1. CI/CD Blueprint Library¶

🔁 2. Deployment Strategy Memory¶

🔐 3. Secret Handling Best Practices¶

🧪 4. Test Coverage Matrix¶

🌐 5. Environment & Configuration Rules¶

🧭 6. Artifact Promotion & Rollback Patterns¶

🧠 Semantic Memory Match Example¶

📈 Knowledge Base Triggers (Auto-Suggestions)¶

✅ Benefits of the Knowledge Base¶

🔄 Agent Process Flow Overview¶

📋 Step-by-Step Process¶

1️⃣ Input Parsing & Manifest Validation¶

2️⃣ Pipeline Template Composition¶

3️⃣ Secrets & Config Scaffolding¶

4️⃣ Deployment Descriptor Generation¶

5️⃣ Observability + Telemetry Injection¶

6️⃣ Rollback Planning & Changelog Diffing¶

7️⃣ Lifecycle Event Emission¶

🧠 Flow Diagram¶

🧪 Internal Safety & Retry Rules¶

📈 Spans Emitted¶

🛠️ Semantic Kernel Skills¶

🔧 1. CI/CD Pipeline Skills¶

🔐 2. Secret & Config Management Skills¶

🚀 3. Deployment Blueprint Skills¶

📈 4. Observability Skills¶

📡 5. Event and Metadata Publication¶

🧠 Example Skill Execution Trace¶

🔁 Retry Behavior by Skill¶

📈 Skill-Level Metrics Emitted¶

🧰 Core Technologies¶

🛠️ CI/CD Infrastructure¶

🚀 Deployment & Infrastructure as Code¶

🔐 Secrets & Configuration¶

🧪 Testing Integration¶

📈 Observability & Telemetry¶

📑 Metadata & Audit Infrastructure¶

🧠 Semantic Memory & Artifact Caching¶

✅ Platform Compliance & Security Alignment¶

📜 System Prompt (Bootstrapping Instruction)¶

✅ Full System Prompt (Plain Text)¶

🧾 Sample `service-manifest.yaml`¶

🔐 Sample `secrets.yaml`¶

📑 Sample `deployment-strategy.yaml`¶

🌐 `application-architecture.md` (excerpt)¶

🧾 Example: `azure-pipelines.yaml`¶

🛠️ Example: `deployment.yaml` (Kubernetes)¶

🔐 Example: `pipeline-secrets.yaml`¶

📊 Example: `build-metadata.json`¶

📈 Example: `otel-agent-config.yaml`¶

📢 Lifecycle Event: `DevOpsPolicyPublished`¶

🔷 `project`¶

📁 `inputs`¶

⚙️ `settings`¶

🧾 Output Example: `azure-pipelines.yaml`¶

🛡️ Output Example: `pipeline-secrets.yaml`¶

♻️ Output Example: `rollback-plan.yaml`¶

📡 Output Example: `DevOpsPolicyPublished`¶

📘 Optional Output: `deployment-docs.md`¶