> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://comunity.gitbook.io/learning.comunitynexus/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://comunity.gitbook.io/learning.comunitynexus/readme.md).

# ComUnity

ComUnity is a composable and autonomous business foundation. It connects infrastructure, identity, metadata, data, workflows, integrations, configuration, observability, and reusable services into one governed digital backbone. Composable applications and autonomous agents run on the same backbone.

### Build more than applications

ComUnity replaces isolated applications, disconnected workflows, and standalone AI assistants with a governed operating environment. In it, developers compose services, expose data, orchestrate workflows, connect systems, and let human and AI actors operate inside real business processes, without rebuilding the same infrastructure, integration, governance, and observability patterns on every project.

### Give agents and applications the same operational backbone

Autonomous agents cannot act safely inside a business unless they can access the right context, follow the right permissions, trigger the right workflows, use the right data, and leave behind an observable execution trail. Composable applications need the same foundation. ComUnity brings these capabilities together so teams can:

* Model business data and metadata.
* Connect APIs, systems, services, and communication channels.
* Compose reusable application and workflow capabilities.
* Configure platform behaviour centrally.
* Govern identity, policy, access, and execution.
* Observe runtime behaviour across applications, services, and agents.
* Extend the platform through reusable services and reference implementations.

### How ComUnity works

ComUnity works through three connected platform experiences: the Backbone that provides the shared runtime foundation, Nexus that helps teams compose and evolve workloads, and Central that helps teams operate and govern live services.

This documentation covers ComUnity Nexus.

### Who it is for

Platform and delivery teams building and running digital services, from developers composing applications in ComUnity Nexus to the operators who run them in production.

### Where to go next

* [Getting Started](/learning.comunitynexus/getting-started/comunity-developer-toolkit.md): set up your instance and find your way around.
* [Platform Engineering Approach](/learning.comunitynexus/readme/platform-engineering-approach.md): how the foundation is architected.
* [Azure Marketplace Deployment Guide](/learning.comunitynexus/readme/azure-marketplace-reference.md): deploy a ComUnity instance.