Sovereign Architecture / IT Operations
Own the Stack
Every layer adopted without an exit path becomes structural. Years later the question 'can we move?' has no good answer, and the cost of finding out is a rewrite.
The problem
Every layer adopted without an exit path becomes structural. Years later the question 'can we move?' has no good answer, and the cost of finding out is a rewrite.
The agent loop
- Trigger
- A new capability is proposed — a model, a platform, a managed service.
- Context
- Current stack, data residency obligations, licence terms, integration contracts and the organisation's own capability.
- Agent
- Map the proposed component against the existing architecture and report what it would make structural.
- Policy
- Any component that cannot be replaced without a rewrite requires explicit sign-off.
- Human checkpoint
- Architecture review approves anything that reduces portability.
- Action
- Record the decision, its exit path, and the conditions that would trigger a move.
Implementation flow
Implementation flow / illustrative
- 01 / HumanCapability proposedArchitecture review
- 02 / AgentMap against current stackFramework M
- 03 / SystemCheck residency and licence termsPolicy engine
- 04 / AgentCompare open alternativesFramework M
- 05 / HumanApprove or reject portability impactArchitecture review
- 06 / SystemRecord decision and exit pathFramework M
STATUS / READY — Any component that cannot be replaced without a rewrite requires explicit sign-off.
- Tools the agent may call
- read_architectureread_data_residencycompare_alternatives
- Systems involved
- Framework MObject storageIdentity providerKubernetes
- Framework M DocTypes
- DecisionComponentDataResidencyRule
Reference architectures are illustrative; production design varies by system landscape, permissions, risk profile, data residency and model choice.
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