Architecture View

The Explorer wheel answers what can be attacked. This page explains how the agentic system operates and where trust boundaries and controls belong.

Agentic System Architecture Diagrams

ASE Agentic System Overview

This view shows how users, agents, orchestration, memory, models, tools, enterprise systems, and TrustOps controls relate to each other.

flowchart LR
  User[User / Business Process] --> Agent[Agent]
  Agent --> Orchestrator[Orchestrator]
  Orchestrator --> Memory[Memory / Context]
  Orchestrator --> Model[Model]
  Orchestrator --> Tools[Tool Calling]
  Tools --> Enterprise[Enterprise Systems]
  Tools --> External[External Services]
  TrustOps[TrustOps Controls] --> Orchestrator
  TrustOps --> Tools
  TrustOps --> Memory
  Identity[Identity & Authorization] --> Agent
  Identity --> Tools

Runtime Layer Flow

The runtime layer is where planning, sub-agent execution, memory, retrieval, tool calling, and sandboxed execution work together.

flowchart TB
  Orchestrator --> SubAgents[Sub-Agents]
  Orchestrator --> Memory[Memory]
  Orchestrator --> RAG[Retrieval / RAG]
  Orchestrator --> Tools[Tool Calling]
  Tools --> Sandbox[Execution Sandbox]

Interaction Layer Flow

The interaction layer shows how users, prompts, files, external services, and outputs enter or leave the agentic ecosystem.

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  Users[Users] --> Inputs[Prompts / Files / Requests]
  Inputs --> Agent[Agent Interface]
  External[External Services] --> Agent
  Agent --> Outputs[Responses / Actions / Messages]

TrustOps Control Flow

The TrustOps view highlights policy, authorization, approvals, monitoring, audit evidence, and governance review.

flowchart TB
  Policy[Policy] --> Authorization[Agent Identity & Authorization]
  Authorization --> Actions[Agent Actions]
  Monitoring[Runtime Monitoring] --> Audit[Audit Evidence]
  Approvals[Human-in-the-Loop] --> Actions
  Audit --> Governance[Governance Review]