System Architecture

Planning is not
permission.

FORGE separates planning from execution and enforces governance at every boundary. In an agentic world, governance isn't a feature — it's the architecture.

Rule

No side-effects without a gate

Control proposes → Governance permits/denies → Execution runs in constrained sandboxes.

Outcomes

Allow / Deny / Regenerate

Every write, deploy, or secret access requires policy approval. Escalation is a first-class outcome.

Guarantee

Immutable audit trail

Every decision, prompt, and review hash is recorded. Enterprise compliance without human overhead.

Execution Pipeline

9-Phase Autonomous Pipeline

Each phase is owned by specialized agents. Context flows forward. Governance validates at every boundary.

01
Requirements Analysis
RequirementsAgent, PMAgent

Transforms natural language into structured specifications. Identifies entities, relationships, API contracts, and non-functional requirements.

02
Architecture Design
ArchitectAgent

Selects patterns, defines module boundaries, plans data flow. Outputs architecture decision records consumable by downstream agents.

03
Database Layer
DatabaseAgent

Generates schemas, migrations, indexes, and seed data. Enforces parameterized queries. No raw SQL permitted.

04
Backend Generation
BackendAgent, APIAgent

Generates endpoints, middleware, error handling, authentication. Each function constrained to cyclomatic complexity ≤ 10.

05
Testing
TestingAgent, QAAgent

Unit tests, integration tests, edge cases. Minimum 80% coverage enforced. Tests execute in isolated sandboxes.

◆ Governance Gate — 11 Heuristics Validated ◆
06
Frontend Generation
FrontendAgent, UIAgent

React components, state management, API integration. Responsive layouts and accessibility compliance.

07
Code Review
ReviewAgent, SecurityAgent

Automated code review with scoring. Security audit for vulnerabilities. OWASP Top 10 compliance check.

08
DevOps
DevOpsAgent

Dockerfile, docker-compose, CI/CD pipeline generation. Environment configuration and secret management.

09
Deploy + Document
DeployAgent, DocsAgent

Production deployment to sandboxed environments. OpenAPI spec and markdown documentation auto-generated.

Agent Fleet

24 Specialized Agents

Each agent is a domain expert. No agent has write access without governance approval.

Requirements
Agent
Product Mgr
Agent
Architect
Agent
Database
Agent
Backend
Agent
API
Agent
Frontend
Agent
UI/UX
Agent
Testing
Agent
QA
Agent
Security
Agent
Review
Agent
DevOps
Agent
Deploy
Agent
Docs
Agent
Config
Agent
Migration
Agent
Performance
Agent
Monitoring
Agent
Refactor
Agent
Integration
Agent
Data
Agent
Auth
Agent
Governance
Agent
Cost Optimization

Model Tier Escalation

Start cheap. Escalate only when needed. This is how we achieve $0.02 per project.

TIER 1 — DEFAULT
gpt-4o-mini

Handles 80%+ of generation tasks. Fast, cheap, sufficient for most code generation and documentation.

Cost: ~$0.001/task
TIER 2 — ESCALATION
gpt-4.1

Complex architecture decisions, security reviews, multi-file refactoring. Activated when Tier 1 fails governance.

Cost: ~$0.01/task
TIER 3 — CRITICAL
o4-mini

Reasoning-intensive tasks. Architecture repair, complex debugging, governance edge cases. Used sparingly.

Cost: ~$0.05/task

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