What Integrations Would Make ASI Backbone More Useful?

[cdcavell]

As ASI Backbone develops, integration packages should remain optional rather than turning the core framework into a dependency-heavy platform.

I'm interested in which integrations would provide the most practical value.

Possible areas include:

Observability

• OpenTelemetry
• Azure Monitor
• Application Insights
• Structured audit/event exporters

Governance and data systems

• Microsoft Purview
• External policy stores
• Durable audit persistence
• SIEM integration

Identity and authorization

• ASP.NET Core authorization
• Microsoft Entra ID
• OpenID Connect
• Claims transformation
• External capability/token systems

AI and agent workloads

• Microsoft.Extensions.AI
• Semantic Kernel
• Agent frameworks
• Model gateway governance
• Tool/action approval boundaries

Infrastructure

• Message queues
• Background workers
• Kubernetes
• Distributed applications
• API gateways

The goal would not be to support integrations merely because they are popular.

A useful integration should provide a clear governance boundary or reduce the amount of application-specific glue required to use ASI Backbone correctly.

What integration would provide the greatest practical value to your application or architecture?