# Architecture

Cross-layer artifacts. Phase 1 produced the vision and the autonomy and learning scales; Phase 4 produced the rest, after all 14 layer research tracks completed.

Author: Murali Sid (https://linkedin.com/in/muralisid)
Source: https://www.agenticarchitectureskills.com/library/architecture
Published: 2026-09-18
Updated: 2026-10-15
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Cite as: Murali Sid. Architecture. Agentic Architecture Skills. https://www.agenticarchitectureskills.com/library/architecture

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## Architecture chapters [#architecture-chapters]

These are the guide's core chapters. Read in this order.

| Artifact                                                                  | What it settles                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/vision-and-target-state)      | What an agentic enterprise is, what stays human, and how the founding metaphor survived being tested                                |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/maturity-model)               | The autonomy and learning scales, including the oversight-capacity gate on A4 and above                                             |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/archetype-grid)               | The size-by-gravity enterprise archetypes every other chapter writes against                                                        |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/master-target-state)          | Three complete architectures (global regulated, mid-market, digital native) over seven common capabilities                          |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/concerns-by-layers-matrix)    | Who owns, who enforces, and who inherits each of the ten cross-cutting concerns, plus seven invariants and the open gaps            |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/memory-pipeline-architecture) | The pipeline that converts enterprise data into agent memory across five kinds of memory, with governance for each kind             |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/economics-model)              | Two levels: cost per run for control, cost per resolved outcome for decisions, with supervision labour counted                      |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/sovereignty-matrix)           | The five-level deployment spectrum, classification-routed deployment, and why derived artifacts are where residency actually breaks |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/identity-security-model)      | Identity levels by permissions, the delegation chain, and the rule that models may take permission away, never grant it             |
| [Related explanation](/library/architecture/learning-loops-map)           | Which loop operates at which layer, the corrected promotion gate, and how instance memory promotes into the flywheel                |