How to build an agent-ready IDP with open source tools | OpenChoreo
Most internal developer platforms skip the middle layer that separates developers and agents from the underlying tools, and adding AI agents only turns that messy middle into a bigger problem. In this session, Sameera Jayasoma and Lakmal Warusawithana, both VP and Distinguished Engineer at WSO2 and co-maintainers of the CNCF project OpenChoreo, share the right shape of an agent-ready IDP, how to treat agents as both workloads and users, and what building on open source looks like in practice. Try OpenChoreo for yourself: OpenChoreo: https://openchoreo.dev OpenChoreo and Backstage: https://wso2.com/engineering-platform/openchoreo/backstage And go deeper with the white paper on building an agent-ready IDP, created with Weave Intelligence: https://weaveintelligence.io/research/building-an-agent-ready-internal-developer-platform-with-open-source-tools 0:00 Meet the speakers 1:40 The real goal of an IDP 2:23 Three ways to lose your platform's return 3:21 Build from scratch, adopt, or buy SaaS? 7:19 Why architecture matters more than tools 8:22 The three-layer shape of an IDP 10:08 Why most platforms miss the middle 12:24 What happens when agents join the messy middle 14:05 Engineering platforms like software 15:53 The platform contract layer 18:45 The return path and the Go compiler analogy 21:27 Agents' dual role: workloads and users 23:28 Agents as workloads 26:03 Agent Sandbox and Agent Substrate 29:27 An agentic platform is still an IDP 30:00 Agents as actors in your platform 31:38 Your platform becomes the agent's harness 32:20 More abstractions, fewer tokens 34:02 When abstractions leak 34:52 Recap: what an agent-ready IDP needs 36:09 Build from scratch or adopt open source? 37:02 Introducing OpenChoreo 39:14 OpenChoreo's architecture 40:51 Demo: OpenChoreo on AKS 43:03 Agents talking to the platform through MCP 48:05 Troubleshooting with the portal's AI assistant 49:35 Component types: golden paths for humans and agents 50:51 Running agents with Agent Sandbox 52:03 Q&A: IDPs and software factories 53:36 Q&A: token cost or human cost? 55:13 The agent-ready IDP white paper 56:25 Wrap-up Ready to build it right? 🚀 Get your copy of the book, Thinking in Platforms, and learn how to design the platform contract that keeps both developers and agents on the golden path: https://weaveintelligence.io/thinking-in-platforms-book And keep the momentum going! Continue your platform engineering journey with Platform Engineering University, where you'll build the skills to architect platforms that are ready for whatever agents throw at them: https://university.platformengineering.org/ #PlatformEngineering #AIAgents #OpenSource