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Ecosystem Map

The ecosystem map shows every platform in the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory and the primary relationships between them. It is the canonical "you are here" diagram for the whole final-state architecture.

Final ecosystem map

flowchart TB
    Human["Human / Customer"]

    subgraph experience [Experience Plane]
        Studio["Factory Studio"]
        Marketplace["Marketplace"]
    end

    subgraph controlplane [Control Plane Plane]
        CP["Factory Control Plane"]
    end

    subgraph workplane [Work Plane]
        Mesh["Agent Mesh"]
        Knowledge["Knowledge Platform"]
        Templates["Template & Library Platform"]
    end

    subgraph deliveryplane [Delivery & Runtime Plane]
        DevOps["DevOps / GitOps"]
        Runtime["Runtime Cloud"]
        Generated["Generated SaaS Products"]
    end

    subgraph crosscutting [Cross-Cutting Plane]
        Governance["Governance / Security / Compliance"]
        Observability["Observability & Feedback"]
        Integration["Integration Platform"]
    end

    Human --> Studio
    Human --> Marketplace
    Studio --> CP
    Marketplace --> Templates

    CP --> Mesh
    CP --> Templates
    Mesh --> Knowledge
    Mesh --> Templates
    Templates --> DevOps
    Mesh --> DevOps
    DevOps --> Runtime
    Runtime --> Generated
    Generated --> Observability
    Runtime --> Observability
    Observability --> Knowledge

    Governance -.governs.-> CP
    Governance -.governs.-> Mesh
    Governance -.governs.-> DevOps
    Integration -.external systems.-> CP
    Integration -.LLM providers.-> Mesh
    Integration -.git & cloud.-> DevOps
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Plane responsibilities

Plane Platforms Owns
Experience Factory Studio, Marketplace Human interaction, design, review, governance surfaces, asset distribution.
Control Control Plane Orchestration, project lifecycle, policy enforcement, routing, durable state.
Work Agent Mesh, Knowledge Platform, Template & Library Autonomous production grounded in knowledge and templates.
Delivery & Runtime DevOps / GitOps, Runtime Cloud, Generated SaaS Shipping and operating real cloud-native systems.
Cross-cutting Governance, Observability & Feedback, Integration Trust, insight, and connectivity applied everywhere.

Primary inter-platform contracts

From To Contract
Studio Control Plane BFF commands/queries; review decisions; SignalR event streams.
Control Plane Agent Mesh Agent task contract assignment.
Agent Mesh Knowledge Platform Context package build requests; artifact ingestion.
Agent Mesh Template & Library Template execution, compatibility evaluation.
Agent Mesh / Templates DevOps / GitOps Validated artifacts → commits, PRs, pipelines.
DevOps / GitOps Runtime Cloud Deployment manifests, IaC provisioning (Pulumi).
Runtime Cloud Observability & Feedback Traces, metrics, logs, incidents.
Observability & Feedback Knowledge Platform Runtime signals, feedback items.
Governance all production platforms Policy decisions, approvals, audit.
Integration Control Plane / Mesh / DevOps External systems: Azure DevOps, LLM providers, cloud, vendors.

All inter-platform communication uses the canonical event envelope for async flows and authenticated REST/gRPC for synchronous calls.