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AI and Platform Engineering: From Assistants to Industrialized Flows
AI is not a magic button. In a platform, it becomes useful when it reduces diagnosis, decision, and execution time—at the right place in the workflow.
Most "AI" initiatives fail because they are added alongside the work, rather than in the flow.
1) Where AI Brings Real Gains
In Platform Engineering, the most robust gains are:
- conversational authoring: drafting module workflows (nodes + edges) from natural language,
- schema-driven configuration: making inputs/outputs explicit and repeatable,
- governance at the entry point: routing across providers with quotas, filters, and auditability,
- industrialized execution: turning repeatable actions into versioned golden paths.
This isn't "threat detection." It's operational flow optimization.
2) AI Must Be Governed
To remain useful, it must:
- be traceable (sources, versions, decisions),
- integrate with governance (approval policies, audit logs),
- respect roles (RBAC),
- leave the final decision where necessary.
3) The Future: LLM Gateway + Modules
The best model is hybrid:
- modules encapsulate the "how" (reliable execution),
- the LLM Gateway governs the "who/what/how much" (providers, quotas, filters, audit),
- the Studio assistant accelerates authoring without bypassing governance.
Conclusion
AI becomes a multiplier when connected to an operating layer.
Argy positions AI as a governed platform capability: an LLM Gateway for control and auditability, and Module Studio to build versioned workflows and governed agents.
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