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Technical Architecture

AICP sits as a transparent gateway between your applications and LLM providers, providing complete audit trails, end-to-end lineage, and real-time policy enforcement.

Control Plane Coordination

AICP coordinates three execution planes—Data, Model, and Agent—through a centralized control plane that maintains metadata graphs, enforces policies, and creates immutable audit trails.

Control Plane Coordination - Three execution planes coordinated by control plane with metadata graph, policy engine, and audit trail

Data Plane

Manages datasets, features, and training data with full provenance tracking

Model Plane

Tracks models, prompts, and LLM configurations with version control

Agent Plane

Orchestrates AI agents with semantic context and policy awareness

Agentic Orchestration Flow

Every AI decision follows a propose→authorize→execute pattern with governance gates at each stage, ensuring compliance before execution.

Agentic Orchestration Flow - Propose, authorize, execute pattern with policy state loop

1. Propose

Agent proposes an action with full context and metadata

2. Authorize

Policy engine evaluates against governance rules and compliance requirements

3. Execute

Approved actions execute with full audit trail and decision record

Semantic Observability

When business KPIs drop, AICP's knowledge graph enables instant root cause analysis by traversing from outcome back through decisions, models, features, and datasets.

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KPI Drop

Business Outcome

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Decision

AI Action

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Model

LLM/Prompt

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Feature

Input Data

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Dataset

Root Cause

Example: Subscription renewal rate drops 3%

Graph traversal reveals: Dataset schema change → Feature drift → Model degradation → Poor recommendations → Lower renewals

Integration

AICP integrates with your existing infrastructure through a simple import change or API base URL update. No migration project required.

# Before
from openai import OpenAI
# After — one line change, full governance
from aicp import OpenAI

Technical Stack

Core Components

  • LiteLLM Router: Multi-provider LLM routing with semantic caching
  • Policy Engine: YAML-driven runtime governance with PII detection (Presidio)
  • TimescaleDB: Time-series storage for immutable decision records
  • Neo4j: Knowledge graph for end-to-end lineage tracking

Key Features

  • Deterministic Replay: Reproduce any past decision with exact context
  • Impact Analysis: Query "what breaks if I deprecate this model?"
  • Human-in-the-Loop: Approval workflows for high-stakes decisions
  • Cost Attribution: Track LLM costs by team, project, or feature