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AI-native platform

Models from the portal, agent teams on golden paths, and why engineers still sign off.

AI on the platform
  1. Models from the portalsame approvals, same cost tracking
  2. Agent teamson golden paths
  3. Code-review agentson every pull request
  4. Engineers sign offevery change to production
01

AI makes the platform matter more, not less

More change now comes from assistants and agents. It meets the same templates, gates and approvals as human work.

Where change comes fromWhat reaches production
Golden paths + policy as codeone route to production

Point at a source to see what it feeds, or at a result to see where it comes from.

02

AI on the platform

What an AI-native platform adds on top of a self-service platform.

03

Who does what in an AI-native SDLC

Agents draft; engineers decide. The platform enforces the same rules for both.

Stage
Engineers
Agents
Platform
01Plan & design
Engineers
  • Set scope and priorities
  • Approve the architecture
Agents
  • Architect agent drafts design notes in Git
  • Reads tickets through MCP
Platform
  • Repository from a golden path
02Build & test
Engineers
  • Own the code
Agents
  • Backend and test agents write code and tests
Platform
  • Tests, scans and quality gates
03Review
Engineers
  • Decide what merges
Agents
  • Code-review agent on every pull request
Platform
  • Policy as code blocks non-compliant change
04Release
Engineers
  • Approve production
Agents
  • Generate pipeline, SLO and alert config for review
Platform
  • One-click promotion with approvals
Engineers sign off

Agents draft code, tests and configuration. Engineers review, approve and own every change that reaches production, and the platform records who approved what.

AI on the platform: questions

The questions this part raises, and their answers.

No. The platform makes their output safe to ship at scale: the same templates, scans, policies and approvals apply whoever wrote the change.

SourcesNGT Platform Engineering deck v1.2 (Sep 2026)NGT Platform Engineering Service Offering v1.0 (2025)NGT Service Offering v3.2 (Jul 2026)NGT Service Offering v2.0 (Mar 2025)NGT FinOps Service Offering (Mar 2025)