Command Router
Route every inbound command to the correct handler.
Design: ApprovedInside the operating system.
Explore the six runtime layers behind BOS Core, from the first request to a governed action. Follow each module into its responsibilities, components, and design decisions.
The Platform overview describes five business capabilities. This architecture shows the six engineering layers that support them.
Design approval is separate from delivery. Thirty software modules are approved; Robotics/IoT remains draft and deferred. Approval does not mean the runtime is built, deployed, or production-validated.
Public architecture overview
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Interface & Orchestration
Where work arrives and gets coordinated: requests come in, and multi-step work is sequenced and timed.
Event Manager
Carry commands and events across the runtime on a single bus, under the delivery contract each message class requires.
Design: ApprovedSession Management
Maintain the lifecycle and context of every active BOS session.
Design: ApprovedTask Scheduler
Determine when work runs and release it at the right time.
Design: ApprovedWorkflow Orchestrator
Coordinate multi-step work across the runtime and hold the state of every run.
Design: Approved02
Intelligence & Decision
Where the runtime works out what to do: goals, business rules, context, and the decision itself.
AI/ML Reasoning
Provide inference, prediction, and language understanding to the runtime, and propose calibrations from evaluated outcomes.
Design: ApprovedContext Engine
Assemble relevant context for requests and decisions, and surface what deserves notice unprompted.
Design: ApprovedDecision Engine
Select the course of action from the available options and evidence.
Design: ApprovedGoal & Plan Manager
Hold the goals of the runtime, rank them against each other, and produce the plans that pursue them.
Design: ApprovedRules & Policy Engine
Evaluate the deterministic business rules the business itself sets.
Design: Approved03
Execution & Automation
Where decisions become actions in the outside world.
Action Executor
Carry out the individual actions the runtime commits to.
Design: ApprovedIntegration Adapters
Connect the runtime to external systems and services.
Design: ApprovedRobotics/IoT Controller
Command and monitor physical devices and robotic systems.
Design: DraftScript & Code Runner
Execute scripts and code safely inside the runtime.
Design: ApprovedWorkflow Engine
Execute the steps of a defined workflow.
Design: Approved04
Data & Knowledge
What the runtime knows and remembers.
Cache Layer
Serve frequently used data quickly and reduce load on the source stores.
Design: ApprovedKnowledge Graph
Represent the entities of the business and the relationships between them.
Design: ApprovedMetadata Catalog
Describe what data exists, where it lives, and what it means.
Design: ApprovedOperational Data Store
Persist the runtime's operational data durably and consistently.
Design: ApprovedVector Store
Store and retrieve embeddings for similarity search.
Design: Approved05
Security, Safety & Governance
The limits on autonomous action, and the record of what was done.
Audit & Logging Service
Record an immutable account of what the runtime did.
Design: ApprovedAuthN / AuthZ (RBAC)
Establish who is acting and what they are permitted to do.
Design: ApprovedData Privacy & Encryption
Protect sensitive data at rest, in transit, and in use.
Design: ApprovedPolicy & Compliance Manager
Ensure runtime activity conforms to regulatory and organizational obligation.
Design: ApprovedSafety & Risk Manager
Keep autonomous action within safe and acceptable risk limits.
Design: Approved06
Infrastructure & Platform
The platform everything else runs on.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Ensure the runtime and its data can be restored after loss.
Design: ApprovedCI/CD & DevOps Pipeline
Build, test, and deliver runtime changes to their environments.
Design: ApprovedContainerization (Docker / K8s)
Package and run every runtime component in an isolated, reproducible container.
Design: ApprovedObservability (Metrics, Logs, Traces)
Show how the runtime is behaving, so engineers can diagnose it.
Design: ApprovedScalability & Auto Scaling
Match runtime capacity to demand.
Design: ApprovedService Mesh (Communication)
Move traffic between runtime components and secure it in transit.
Design: Approved