Architecture
How It Works
Forward Deployed Agents operate within your infrastructure, following a governed lifecycle that ensures control, transparency, and measurable outcomes.
The Pharos Operating Model
Forward-deployed agents embedded in your departments, coordinated through a central orchestrator, operating within governed autonomy levels.
Forward Deployed Agents
A complete lifecycle for governed, embedded AI agents
Observe
Agent monitors workflow data streams and system state within your environment
Recommend
Agent surfaces recommendations with full reasoning transparency and confidence scores
Act
Agent executes approved actions within permission-scoped boundaries
Govern
Every action logged with deterministic audit trail and human oversight
Semantic Agent Layer
Agents connect to your enterprise systems through a semantic abstraction layer that understands your data models, APIs, and workflows.
Deployment Options
- •On-Premise: Full control within your data center
- •Private Cloud (VPC): Isolated deployment in your cloud environment
- •Hybrid: Distributed across on-premise and cloud
Integration Patterns
- •REST API integration with existing systems
- •Database connectors for direct data access
- •Event stream processing for real-time workflows
- •IAM integration for permission scoping
Control Plane Architecture
The governance infrastructure that manages agent permissions, audit trails, and human oversight.
Permission Scoping
Agents operate within defined boundaries. Each agent has explicit permissions that limit what data it can access and what actions it can take. No agent has blanket access to your systems.
Human Approval Gates
High-risk actions require explicit human approval before execution. Confidence thresholds determine when an agent should escalate to human review. You maintain control over critical decisions.
Autonomy Model
Agents can operate autonomously for low-risk, routine tasks. As risk increases, the system requires more human oversight. This balance enables efficiency while maintaining safety.
Forward-Deployed Agents
Each FDA is purpose-built for a specific operational domain, observing signals, detecting risk, and recommending actions within governed boundaries.
Finance FDA
Financial Risk & Control Intelligence
Continuously observes financial signals across spend, forecasts, controls, and transactions to detect anomalies, drift, and emerging risk. Surfaces explainable insights and recommended interventions to help finance teams act early and consistently. Where approved, routine controls can be applied automatically within predefined financial policies.
Customer Support FDA
Service Quality & Resolution Intelligence
Monitors customer support activity—including volume, sentiment, SLA risk, and escalation patterns—to identify issues before they impact customers. Recommends prioritization, routing, and resolution strategies with full reasoning. In low-risk scenarios, predefined actions may be triggered to maintain service levels.
Supply Chain FDA
Operational Continuity & Disruption Detection
Observes supply chain signals across inventory, logistics, suppliers, and demand to detect bottlenecks, delays, and emerging disruptions. Recommends mitigation strategies and alternative paths to preserve continuity. Where permitted, standard adjustments can be initiated automatically within operational guardrails.
RevOps / Sales Ops FDA
Revenue Signal & Performance Intelligence
Observes pipeline activity, deal progression, pricing behavior, and customer engagement to identify revenue leakage and execution gaps. Recommends targeted interventions to improve conversion, retention, and forecast accuracy. With explicit approval, routine workflow adjustments can be applied within agreed revenue policies.
Security / IT FDA
Infrastructure Health & Risk Monitoring
Continuously observes infrastructure health, access patterns, and security signals to detect anomalies and operational risk. Surfaces recommended remediation or containment steps aligned with security policy. Where pre-approved, responses can be initiated automatically within tightly scoped controls and full audit visibility.
Legal / Compliance FDA
Policy Adherence & Regulatory Intelligence
Observes activity across workflows, contracts, and data usage to detect potential policy violations and compliance risk. Recommends corrective actions with full traceability and rationale. Where allowed, standardized enforcement steps can be applied automatically in line with regulatory and internal governance frameworks.
All FDAs operate under human-defined policies and can progress from observation to action only when explicitly approved.