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System Architecture

This page explains the Operus architecture at a practical level.

Design principle

Operus separates identity/control surfaces from execution and truth layers. This keeps trust boundaries explicit and allows staged execution maturity.

High-level components

1) Web app and operator surface

  • Agent creation and management
  • Strategy context and status views
  • Performance and activity visualization
  • Operator actions for approvals and lifecycle control

The web app is the interaction and proof surface, not a hidden execution black box.

2) API gateway and policy layer

  • authentication and authorization for sensitive actions
  • policy-enforced control pathways
  • payload validation
  • replay-safe request handling

This layer enforces who can do what and under which constraints.

3) Execution adapters and connectors

  • Protocol quote/build surfaces
  • connector interfaces for external execution systems
  • provider-integrated execution support where applicable

Execution integration is adapter-driven so behavior can be hardened without rewriting product surfaces.

4) Truth and evidence layer

  • Durable proposal and decision records
  • Lifecycle facts across request, review, and outcome stages
  • Quote/build provenance and replay context

This layer exists to make operational history verifiable, not narrative-driven.

5) External research layer

  • external research and intelligence inputs
  • confidence and freshness context
  • structured support signals for operator review

These inputs may improve decision quality, but they do not replace execution controls.

Data and control flow (simplified)

1An operator or system action creates an intent.
2Gateway policies validate and gate the action.
3Execution adapters build or route the action payload.
4Evidence is persisted for quote/build/decision lifecycle.
5Status and traces are rendered back in the UI.

Trust boundaries

  • Do not interpret all displayed outcomes as equivalent live-capital outcomes.
  • Treat mode labels (simulation, paper, live-staged) as first-class semantics.
  • Treat operator approvals and audit records as required control primitives.

Why this architecture matters

In autonomous capital, speed without boundaries creates fragility. Operus uses explicit layers so product velocity can increase without collapsing trust assumptions.