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As autonomous AI agents take over more aspects of the software development lifecycle, formal security blueprints help teams establish appropriate boundaries and safeguards.
The release reflects an emerging need for standardisation in agent-based software delivery. By making the reference architecture community-driven, the authors invite critique and refinement from practitioners building autonomous development pipelines.
Ian Livingstone
@ianlivingstone · 13 October 2026
Today we're publishing the first draft of the Agent Baseline Software Factory Reference Architecture! An opinionated blueprint for securing increasingly autonomous software factories, built with folks across the community. It's open for feedback and contributions! t.co/R76oCALWar
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