Architecture
A governed intelligence layer on top of the systems you already run.
Capaintel doesn't replace your ERP, MES or QMS. It connects to them, builds shared context, and lets people and agents act on that context under the rules you set.
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Sources
ERP · MES · QMS · documents · machines
- 02
Data Hub
Connect and normalize
- 03
Context Engine
Assemble what matters
- 04
AI Operators
Investigate and prepare
- 05
Manufacturing OS
Where teams work
- 06
Decisions & Actions
Approved and logged
A-01Layers
Five layers, one governance plane.
Each layer has a single job. Governance — identity, permissions, approvals, audit and cost — spans all of them.
L5
Experience
Manufacturing OS · APIs
Role-specific workspaces for plant, quality and planning teams, plus APIs for embedding Capaintel in existing tools.
L4
Agents
AI Operator
Task-scoped agents with an explicit toolset. Each tool call is checked against policy before it runs.
L3
Context
Context Engine
Retrieval over records, documents, events and the entity graph, filtered by the requester's permissions, producing a context pack per task.
L2
Knowledge
Document Intelligence · entity model
Documents are parsed, classified and linked to a shared model of parts, assets, lines, suppliers and events.
L1
Data
Data Hub
Pluggable connectors ingest and normalize source data, keeping lineage back to the system of record.
A-02Context Engine
Context packs, not database dumps.
Agents don't get blanket access to your data. For each task the Context Engine retrieves the relevant records, documents, history and relationships, applies the requester's permissions, and passes a cited context pack to the agent.
- Data Hub records
- Documents
- Events & history
- Entity relationships
Context Engine
Assembles what this task needs — and only what the requester may see.
Context pack · per task
- Facts
- Relationships
- Documents
- History
- Permissions
Handed to the agent or person doing the work, with sources attached.
A-03Agent action lifecycle
Every agent action follows the same governed path.
Policies decide which actions run automatically and which pause for a person. Every step is written to the audit log with the evidence used.
01
Request
02
Context pack
03
Plan
04
Policy check
05
Approval
When policy requires
06
Execute
07
Audit log
A-04Connectors & deployment
Pluggable connectors. Your choice of models and hosting.
Connectors are added per source system. Inference is model-agnostic, so you can choose models that fit your policies and costs, and private deployment is available when data must stay in your environment.
Source categories
- ERP
- MES
- Quality management (QMS)
- Maintenance (CMMS / EAM)
- PLM & engineering
- Historians & IoT
- Document stores
- Email & collaboration
Specific system support is confirmed per engagement — ask us about yours.
A-05Enterprise readiness
Built to fit how manufacturers run IT.
Capaintel connects to the systems you already have and follows the access and approval rules you set.
API-first
Every capability is available through documented APIs.
Role-based access
People and agents see only what their role allows.
Auditability
A complete record of activity, approvals and data access.
Private deployment options
Run in your own cloud environment when required.
Model-agnostic inference
Choose the AI models that fit your policies and costs.
Pluggable data connectors
Connect the systems you have rather than replacing them.
Human approval gates
Configurable checkpoints before agents change anything.