Architecture radar
What to build, pilot or deliberately avoid now
An assessment for architecture and platform decisions — from proven to deliberately avoid. Each entry gives a brief rationale and links to the relevant mission.
As of June 2026 · editorial assessment, not a product recommendation
Establish now
Proven — should be the standard today.
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AI & agent inventory
Without a complete registry, neither risk nor value can be managed.
Mission 001 · Target Vision and Operating Model -
Dedicated identities for agents
Only with a dedicated identity can actions be attributed and bounded.
Mission 004 · Identity limits scope of action -
Separated rights: Read · Propose · Execute
Prevents a read-only pilot from quietly growing into write actions.
Mission 004 · Identity limits scope of action -
Continuous evals
Probabilistic systems need ongoing quality measurement rather than one-off tests.
Mission 005 · Quality becomes measurable -
Tool-call tracing
Traceability down to the individual action — that is where real damage occurs.
Mission 005 · Quality becomes measurable -
Context Provenance
Statements must be traceable back to their source, otherwise they cannot be verified.
Mission 002 · Data Becomes Context -
Model Gateway
A single controlled point for model selection and switching keeps dependencies manageable.
Mission 006 · Dependencies remain steerable -
Cost measurement per business outcome
Economic viability shows in the outcome, not in the token count.
Mission 006 · Dependencies remain steerable
Pilot deliberately
Promising — pilot in a controlled way.
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MCP behind a controlled enterprise gateway
Standardizes tool integration — but expose it only bundled and authorized.
Mission 003 · APIs Become Tools -
A2A for clearly bounded agent collaboration
Interoperability between agents; verify maturity and version on every mention.
Mission 003 · APIs Become Tools -
Policy as Code
Enforce permitted actions centrally instead of merely describing them in the prompt.
Mission 004 · Identity limits scope of action -
Portable agent state
Do not tie state to proprietary services — this preserves the ability to switch.
Mission 006 · Dependencies remain steerable -
Curated long-term memory services
Memory with provenance and authorization instead of uncontrolled recording.
Mission 002 · Data Becomes Context -
Automated architecture & security checks
Fitness functions maintain quality as the volume of generated code grows.
Mission 007 · AI changes software engineering
Scrutinize critically
Appealing, but risky — weigh the benefit carefully.
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Dynamic multi-agent systems
Emergent behavior is hard to test and to bound.
Mission 005 · Quality becomes measurable -
Autonomous software changes
Speed without quality gates accrues technical debt faster.
Mission 007 · AI changes software engineering -
Self-optimizing workflows
Changing behavior without a stable reference is barely auditable.
Mission 005 · Quality becomes measurable -
Agent-to-agent marketplaces
Questions of trust, identity, and liability are still unresolved.
Mission 004 · Identity limits scope of action -
Autonomous incident remediation
Acting on its own in production requires hard limits and rollback.
Mission 005 · Quality becomes measurable
Avoid
Concrete risks — deliberately don't do this.
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Shared, long-lived API keys
Make actions unattributable and damage unbounded.
Mission 004 · Identity limits scope of action -
Unrestricted production access for agents
Shifts the risk from “wrong answer” to “unwanted action”.
Mission 004 · Identity limits scope of action -
Autonomous write access without approval / rollback
Errors become irreversible before a human can intervene.
Mission 004 · Identity limits scope of action -
Memory without a deletion, provenance & authorization concept
Creates permission leaks and unverifiable statements.
Mission 002 · Data Becomes Context -
Agent decisions without a trace
Incidents can neither be traced nor reconstructed.
Mission 005 · Quality becomes measurable -
Direct dependence on proprietary provider memory
Ties state and cost down with no realistic way out.
Mission 006 · Dependencies remain steerable
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