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Part I: Foundation Awakens

Building the bedrock: Protocols, policies, identity, and the agent runtime that makes everything possible.

The Journey Begins​

Before agents could think, before buildings could respond intelligently, we needed to build the foundation - the protocols, safety systems, and infrastructure that would make autonomous building management possible.

This is the story of:

  • Protocols that let systems speak a common language
  • Policies that keep agents safe and compliant
  • Identity that establishes zero-trust security
  • Runtime that brings agents to life

What You'll Learn​

Chapter 1: The Vision​

The dream of intelligent buildings and why CitadelMesh exists.

Chapter 2: Protocol Foundation​

CloudEvents, Protobuf, and gRPC - the communication layer.

Chapter 3: .NET Aspire Awakening​

Local development orchestration with hot reload and observability.

Chapter 4: OPA Guardian​

Open Policy Agent - the safety guardrails for autonomous agents.

Chapter 5: Identity Foundation​

SPIFFE/SPIRE - zero-trust identity for workloads.

Chapter 6: Agent Runtime Awakening​

LangGraph state machines and the agent execution framework.

The Foundation Complete ✅​

By the end of Part I, we had:

  • ✅ Type-safe protocols (Protobuf + CloudEvents)
  • ✅ Zero-trust safety (OPA policies)
  • ✅ Workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE)
  • ✅ Agent runtime (LangGraph + Python)
  • ✅ Development experience (.NET Aspire)

Ready? Let's begin → Chapter 1: The Vision