Major rework of both presentation decks based on leadership feedback.
Addresses: story arc, concept clarity, scope clarification, more visuals,
appendix for detail-heavy slides, and a complete Road to the North Star.
6 new mermaid diagrams:
- platform-works-03-scope-boundary (Upstream → Contract → ACDL → AWS)
- developer-experience-01b-scope-boundary (both consumer paths + scope)
- platform-works-04-confidence-signal (6 inputs → score → gate → decision)
- platform-works-05-attestation-flow (deploy → gate → approver → evidence)
- developer-experience-04-promotion-journey (dev → qa → prod → dr)
- road-to-north-star (v1.0 demo → v1.9 → v1.10 → v2.0 → North Star)
Both Marp decks restructured to 10 main + 6 appendix slides:
PW deck (17 slides):
1. Title
2. The Problem & The North Star (anti-goals moved to slide 3)
3. Where ACDL Sits in Your World (NEW — scope boundary, infra only)
4. The Contract-Driven Model (image: removed, infra inputs instead)
5. The End-to-End Flow
6. Zero-Trust by Default
7. Safety is Computed (NEW confidence signal diagram)
8. Security by Construction
9. Accountability & Audit (NEW attestation flow diagram, QA clarification,
badge reclassification: dev=Testing, qa/prod/dr=Planned)
10. Testing vs. Planned (summary, full inventory in appendix)
11. The Vision Realized
+ Appendix: TOC, Platform-Managed Environments, Observability, Road to
North Star, Full Inventory, Glossary
DX deck (16 slides):
1. Title
2. Where ACDL Sits in Your World (REPLACES Two Consumer Surfaces — scope
boundary with both consumer paths)
3. The Contract — The Entire Consumer Surface (image: removed)
4. The Developer Feedback Loop
5. Versioned, Predictable Releases
6. Friendly Onboarding
7. Safe Promotion Path (NEW promotion journey diagram, rising bar
annotated: dev=Testing, qa/prod/dr=Planned)
8. Safe Decommission
9. Self-Service Module Catalog
10. The Desired Outcomes
+ Appendix: TOC, Citizen Developer Experience, No Platform Code, Local
Reproducibility, Road to North Star, Glossary
Story arc: every slide has an italic 'Story beat' line connecting it to
the narrative progression.
Scope clarification: ACDL is infrastructure only. Upstream is anything
(IDE, agentic SDLC, citizen dev vibe coding). ACDL provisions and governs
AWS resources; application deployment is upstream. Contract examples now
show infrastructure inputs (cpu, memory, desired_count, port) not image:.
QA attestation reclassification: 'Design tested' → 'Planned'. QA attests
to infrastructure readiness (contract + Terraform plan + evidence), not
application code. Dev is autonomous (Testing); qa/prod/dr are Planned.
Road to the North Star: phased timeline (v1.0 → v1.9 → v1.10 → v2.0 →
North Star), annotated 'proposed phasing, not formally planned.'
Also: scripts/sync_to_gl.sh added (GitLab mirror sync utility).
---ci---
phase: 51
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
Create two talking points markdown files — one per deck — distilling the
source of truth (speaker notes + content) into presenter-ready cues indexed
by the Marp deck's 10-slide structure.
Each file has:
- One section per Marp slide (## Slide N — Title), matching the Marp deck
- 3-6 talking point bullets per slide — punchy, actionable cues distilled
from the source markdown's speaker notes
- A key takeaway per slide — the one memorable thing the audience should
walk away with
The talking points are the middle layer between the source of truth (full
detail + speaker notes) and the Marp deck (what the audience sees). They
give the presenter a cue sheet for delivery without repeating either layer.
README updated:
- 3-step → 4-step process (added Step 4: talking points)
- Process diagram updated with the 4th step
- Directory layout updated with the two new files
- 'Adding a new presentation' checklist updated with step 6 (distill talking
points)
- Current decks table updated with a talking points column
---ci---
phase: 50
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
9 requirements implemented across presentation decks and project docs:
1. DX closing slide: added 'Infrastructure as a utility, not a craft' bullet
to convey the full vision (infrastructure consumed, not maintained;
platform compounds value over time).
2. PW Problem slide: 'moving a merged change' → 'promoting a change'.
3. PW Problem slide: added 'Red tape' and 'Scalability without increasing
headcount' bullets (4 frictions, not 2).
4. PW Roadmap slide: redesigned with side-by-side HTML table layout
(Testing | Planned), 16px font, no overflow.
5. PW deck: added new slide 'What This Platform Is — and Isn't' after North
Star (sovereign boundary, infrastructure as utility, 4 anti-goals).
PW deck now 16 slides (was 15).
6. Maturity nomenclature: 'Available today'/'shipped' → 'Testing' across
both decks + source markdown. New .testing badge (blue/teal #DBEAFE).
Roadmap title: 'Testing vs. Planned'. The platform has 0 consumer
adoption — 'shipped' was inaccurate.
7. Global: 'substrate' → 'engine' across entire project (88 matches, 30+
files including .ciagent/, docs/, modules/, adapters/, schemas/, code).
8. Presentation files only: 'forge' → 'VCS' / 'version control system'
(6 occurrences in 4 files). 'forge' retained in all technical docs and
code as the industry-standard term.
9. New .agentic badge (purple/violet #EDE9FE) appended to agentic features
in both decks: confidence signal, autonomous dev, pattern recognition,
dynamic module creation, citizen developer surface, auto-promotion.
Also: Change Request ID format changed from 'CR-2026-001' to 'CHG0678912'
across presentation files, consumer guide, and test fixtures.
HTML re-rendered. PPTX rendered for release upload.
---ci---
phase: 48
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
Presentation changes (both Marp decks + source markdown):
1. Title slide: deck title as H1 (slightly bigger), 'Agentic Cloud Delivery
Platform' as H3 subtitle — cleaner title hierarchy
2. DX deck: removed Local Reproducibility slide (not beneficial for DX)
3. DX deck: Safe Promotion Path slide redesigned with side-by-side layout
for Approaches A and B (HTML table, two columns)
4. DX deck: 'an agent' → 'an AI agent' (slide 2 + Citizen Developer slide)
5. DX deck: What a Developer Does — diagram floated to the right side
6. Header simplified to just the deck name (subtitle now on title slide)
HIPAA removal (25 files):
- Completely removed all HIPAA references from all markdown documentation,
presentation source files, module READMEs, and rendered HTML
- Removed HIPAA from compliance milestone lists (GDPR, SOX, SOC2, DORA remain)
- Removed HIPAA section references (§164.xxx) from compliance annotations
- Cleaned up empty parentheses and broken commas left by removal
- Re-rendered both HTML decks from updated Marp source
---ci---
phase: 47
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
Commit self-contained HTML renderings of both Marp presentation decks to
docs/presentations/ so they are viewable in any browser and on the git
forge. The HTML files embed all images as base64 data URIs and render
the full S&P Global Energy brand theme (#D6002A red-core, #1B1B1B grey-90,
Akkurat Pro font).
Updated the README to document the 3-step process with HTML as a
committed artifact (re-render when Marp source changes) and PPTX as a
Gitea release attachment (binary, not committed to git).
PPTX files are rendered and uploaded to the Gitea release as downloadable
attachments for stakeholders.
---ci---
phase: 46
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
Add two leadership-facing presentation decks for senior leadership
(CTO, Head of Cloud, Head of Infrastructure, Head of DevOps):
1. How the Platform Works — 14 slides covering the contract-driven model,
zero-trust, computed safety, policy enforcement, secure-by-default,
immutable audit, HITL, observability, platform-managed environments,
portability, and an honest shipped-vs-planned roadmap.
2. The Developer Experience — 14 slides covering two consumer surfaces,
the 5-line contract, no platform code, versioned releases, instant
feedback, deploy outputs, local reproducibility, friendly onboarding,
safe promotion (one contract + per-env CI jobs), safe decommission,
self-service module catalog, and the leadership outcome.
Each deck has two forms:
- Full markdown (source of truth) with speaker notes + mermaid code blocks
- Marp deck (lean, no speaker notes, embedded PNG diagrams) for presentation
Includes a README documenting the 3-step slide creation process:
(full markdown → Marp synthesis → PPTX export) with conventions, build
commands, and maturity framing rules.
---ci---
phase: 44
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 36
milestone: v1.8
status: execute
---/ci---
- schemas/README.md: how to write schemas, wire into platform, test in
CI, dependencies, existing catalog, adding a new schema.
- pipelines/README.md: how to write pipeline contracts, wire into
workflows, test, dependencies, existing catalog, adding a new pipeline.
- adapters/README.md: how to write adapters (Terraform + policy patterns),
wire into platform, test, dependencies, existing catalog, adding a new
adapter.
- tests/test_docs_coverage.py: 6 tests validating all 3 READMEs exist
with required sections.
Tests: +6 (344 -> 350). All pass.
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 32
milestone: v1.8
status: execute
---/ci---
- All 11 L1 primitives now have deletion_protection NFR (boolean, default true).
- Adapter emits `lifecycle { prevent_destroy = true }` when NFR is true;
omits it when false. Default is true when NFR is absent.
- L2 composition resolver propagates inputs.deletion_protection to all
children NFRs. When false, all resources get deletion_protection=false.
- Stack schema updated with optional features object (deletion_protection,
uptime_enabled).
- Contract schema description updated to document deletion_protection
and uptime_enabled inputs.
Tests: +5 (307 -> 312). All pass.
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 31
milestone: v1.8
status: execute
---/ci---
- New kms-key L1 primitive (aws:kms:key) with enable_key_rotation=true
(AWS-managed annual rotation, D-075). Registered in registry.json.
- Adapter TYPE_MAP expanded for aws:kms:key + aws:kms:alias.
- Adapter emits enable_key_rotation from NFR.
- S3 adapter emits server_side_encryption_configuration with KMS when
kms_key_arn provided; managed KMS fallback with stderr warning when not.
- All 10 existing L1 primitives now have encryption_enabled NFR (default true).
- s3, rds, ecr, ecs-service, ecs-cluster have kms_key_arn input.
- Both L2 compositions (static-assets, microservice) now include a kms-key
child + wires connecting kms_key_arn to children.
- L2 stack outputs include kms_key_arn.
Tests: +7 (300 -> 307). All pass. run_platform.sh --check-only green
(static-assets now resolves to 5 resources with the CMK).
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 30
milestone: v1.8
status: execute
---/ci---
P1-8: run_platform.sh now emits adapter output to $WORK/tf (per-run temp
dir), not the committed terraform/spike/ directory. The committed
terraform/spike/*.tf files are removed — they were scratch artifacts.
Deploy workflow artifact upload path updated to /tmp/acdl_platform_run_v18/tf/.
P1-9: contract_ingestor.py now reads GITHUB_API_BASE env for forge-agnostic
API URLs. _forge_type() detects GitHub vs Gitea. Search URL is branched
(GitHub uses /search/issues, Gitea uses /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues).
S1: Deploy workflow configure-aws-credentials step restructured as a single
conditional step. OIDC when no static key (role-to-assume), static-key
when ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID present (access-key-id/secret-access-key inputs).
Both deploy workflows remain byte-identical.
Tests: +8 (292 -> 300). All pass. run_platform.sh --check-only green.
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 29
milestone: v1.8
status: execute
---/ci---
P1-3: SSM publisher now raises RuntimeError when ACDL_KMS_KEY_ID is
unset. ACDL_ALLOW_DEFAULT_KMS=1 escape hatch for local testing.
P1-6: consumer_invoke_policy.json now uses ${account_id} and ${region}
placeholders. Terraform renders them via data.aws_caller_identity +
data.aws_region + replace() at apply time. No more hardcoded 000000000000.
Tests: +7 (285 -> 292). All pass.
Jon Chery