# Artifact Correlation API

*/Agents/Artifact_Correlation_API*

## Solution Overview

The Artifact Correlation API ingests raw operational data including pull requests, Jira tickets, Datadog alerts, and Slack incident threads to output a deterministic JSON graph mapping their causal relationships. It identifies the exact sequence of events connecting a specific code merge to an infrastructure failure. The system generates a machine-readable correlation map that links isolated data silos into a single chronologically sorted timeline.

Site reliability engineers and platform engineering teams integrate this API to eliminate the manual forensic data gathering required during incident response. Instead of engineers opening dozens of browser tabs to cross-reference timestamps between deployment logs and customer support tickets, the API returns the interconnected web of artifacts tied to a specific event ID. It resolves the blind spots caused by disconnected tooling ecosystems during severe production outages.

Sitting at the infrastructure layer of the reliability stack, the API consumes raw event streams from code repositories and observability platforms. It operates as a headless primitive consumed by higher-level incident-drafting agents and automated remediation workflows. Because declaring the definitive root cause of an outage carries high financial stakes for enterprise service level agreements, human engineers review the generated artifact graph before publishing the final post-mortem.

## Icp Opportunities

- [Automated Alert Triage](/Opportunities/Automated_Alert_Triage) — Headless SaaS
- [Managed SOC Service](/Opportunities/Managed_SOC_Service) — Service-as-Software
- [Pre-SIEM Log Router](/Opportunities/Pre-SIEM_Log_Router) — Agent
- [Telemetry Normalization Engine](/Opportunities/Telemetry_Normalization_Engine) — Headless SaaS
- [Autonomous Threat Hunter](/Opportunities/Autonomous_Threat_Hunter) — Agent

## Agent Definition

**Goals**:
- [Mean Time To Identify](/Metrics/Mean_Time_To_Identify)
- [Forensic Collection Time](/Metrics/Forensic_Collection_Time)
- [Correlation Match Rate](/Metrics/Correlation_Match_Rate)
**Tools**:
- [GitHub](/Products/GitHub)
- [Jira](/Products/Jira)
- [Datadog](/Products/Datadog)
- [Slack](/Products/Slack)
**Skills**:
- [Systems Analysis](/Skills/Systems_Analysis)
- [Complex Problem Solving](/Skills/Complex_Problem_Solving)
- [Troubleshooting](/Skills/Troubleshooting)
- [Data Analysis](/Skills/Data_Analysis)
**Contacts**:
- API
- Webhook
**Identity**: did:web:agents.infrastructure.example/artifact-correlator
**Core Tasks**:
- [Ingest Operational Event Streams](/Tasks/Ingest_Operational_Event_Streams)
- [Parse Deployment Logs](/Tasks/Parse_Deployment_Logs)
- [Link Pull Requests To Alerts](/Tasks/Link_Pull_Requests_To_Alerts)
- [Generate Correlation Graphs](/Tasks/Generate_Correlation_Graphs)
**Escalation**: Declarations of definitive root cause for production outages escalate to a site reliability engineer for review before final post-mortem publication.
**Memory Kind**: persistent
**Memory Note**: Retains previously verified service dependency maps and historical alert sequences to improve match confidence on recurring outage patterns.
**Autonomy Mode**: guarded
**Replaces Role**: [Incident Response Analyst](/JobTypes/Incident_Response_Analyst)
**Solves Problem**: [Incident Data Fragmentation](/Problems/Incident_Data_Fragmentation)
**Responsibilities**:
- Map Causal Relationships
- Consolidate Incident Timelines
- Trace Failures To Code Merges

## Agent Function Cascade

**Ai Role**: The AI runs the forensic investigation loop end-to-end by ingesting logs, correlating alerts to code merges, and mapping causal relationships, halting only for a site reliability engineer to explicitly approve definitive root cause declarations before post-mortem publication.
**Cascade**:
- Kind: Code · Note: Automatically consumes deployment logs and monitoring webhooks from Datadog. · Step: Ingest Operational Streams · Verb: ingest · Realizes: Monitor System Performance · Oversight: none
- Kind: Agentic · Note: Iteratively queries GitHub and Jira to link system alerts to specific pull requests. · Step: Correlate Alerts To Commits · Verb: correlate · Realizes: Consolidate Incident Data · Oversight: none
- Kind: Generative · Note: Synthesizes fragmented event streams into a unified causal dependency graph. · Step: Draft Causal Timeline · Verb: map · Realizes: Determine Root Cause · Oversight: none
- Kind: Human · Note: A site reliability engineer must review and approve any definitive root cause declaration. · Step: SRE Root Cause Approval · Verb: approve · Realizes: Approve Technical Reports · Oversight: approves
- Kind: Code · Note: Posts the final approved forensic timeline and graphs to Slack. · Step: Publish Incident Post-Mortem · Verb: publish · Realizes: Distribute Technical Documentation · Oversight: none
**Optimizes**:
- [Mean Time To Identify](/Metrics/Mean_Time_To_Identify)
- [Forensic Collection Time](/Metrics/Forensic_Collection_Time)
- [Correlation Match Rate](/Metrics/Correlation_Match_Rate)

## Agent Representative Offer

**Warranty**: Guarantees 99.9% API ingestion uptime and commits to delivering correlation graphs within 60 seconds of receiving a verified alert trigger.
**Price Band**: ~$0.10 to $0.50 per triggered incident analysis, depending on the volume of operational event streams and deployment logs parsed
**Pricing Kind**: UsageMeter
**Deliverables**:
- Consolidated incident timeline reports
- Causal relationship correlation graphs
- Code-merge to failure trace payloads
- Structured incident summaries delivered via Slack
**Delivery Mode**: The buyer configures API credentials and webhook subscriptions through a self-serve portal, instantly provisioning the agent to ingest logs and begin correlation.
**Business Function**: ProvideService
**Agent Checkout Support**:
- agentic-commerce-protocol
- stored-credential

## Agent Composes Headless Saas

- [Telemetry Event Stream](/Software/Telemetry_Event_Stream) — Observability
- [Source Control API](/Software/Source_Control_API) — VCS
- [Graph Correlation Engine](/Software/Graph_Correlation_Engine) — Data Analytics
- [Log Parsing Pipeline](/Software/Log_Parsing_Pipeline) — Data Processing
- [Issue Tracking Webhook](/Software/Issue_Tracking_Webhook) — Ticketing

## Agent Sequence Diagram

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant Trigger
    participant Agent as Artifact Correlation API
    participant TES as Telemetry Event Stream
    participant LPP as Log Parsing Pipeline
    participant SCA as Source Control API
    participant GCE as Graph Correlation Engine
    participant SRE as Human: Site Reliability Engineer
    participant ITW as Issue Tracking Webhook

    Trigger->>Agent: Webhook Alert Payload
    activate Agent
    Agent->>TES: Query operational event stream
    TES-->>Agent: Recent metrics and alerts
    Agent->>LPP: Parse deployment logs
    LPP-->>Agent: Structured log events
    Agent->>SCA: Trace failures to code merges
    SCA-->>Agent: Linked pull requests
    Agent->>GCE: Generate correlation graphs
    GCE-->>Agent: Mapped causal relationships
    
    alt definitive root cause for production outage
        Agent->>SRE: Request post-mortem review
        SRE-->>Agent: Approved final post-mortem
    end
    
    Agent->>ITW: Consolidate incident timeline
    ITW-->>Agent: Ticket updated with graph links
    Agent-->>Trigger: Correlation analysis complete
    deactivate Agent
```

## Neighborhood

### Composed into

- [Indexrow](/Startups/Indexrow) — composes · Startups

### What it does

- [Match Build Hashes Across Registries](/Tasks/Match_Build_Hashes_Across_Registries) — performs · Tasks
- [Resolve Artifact Lineage Queries](/Tasks/Resolve_Artifact_Lineage_Queries) — performs · Tasks
- [Serve Provenance Lookup Requests](/Tasks/Serve_Provenance_Lookup_Requests) — performs · Tasks
- [Generate Correlation Graphs](/Tasks/Generate_Correlation_Graphs) — performs · Tasks
- [Ingest Operational Event Streams](/Tasks/Ingest_Operational_Event_Streams) — performs · Tasks
- [Link Pull Requests To Alerts](/Tasks/Link_Pull_Requests_To_Alerts) — performs · Tasks
- [Parse Deployment Logs](/Tasks/Parse_Deployment_Logs) — performs · Tasks

### Uses tool

- [SBOM Database](/Products/SBOM_Database) — uses tool · Products
- [GraphQL Gateway](/Products/GraphQL_Gateway) — uses tool · Products
- [Artifact Registry](/Products/Artifact_Registry) — uses tool · Products
- [Hash Matching](/Action/Hash_Matching) — uses tool · Action

### Realizes

- [Provenance Lookup Service](/Services/Provenance_Lookup_Service) — realizes · Services
- [Build Traceability Service](/Services/Build_Traceability_Service) — realizes · Services

### What it uses

- [Atlassian JIRA](/Products/Atlassian_JIRA) — uses · Products
- [GitHub](/Software/GitHub) — uses · Software
- [Datadog](/Software/Datadog) — uses · Software
- [Slack](/Software/Slack) — uses · Software

### Optimizes

- [Forensic Collection Time](/Metrics/Forensic_Collection_Time) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Mean Time To Identify](/Metrics/Mean_Time_To_Identify) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Correlation Match Rate](/Metrics/Correlation_Match_Rate) — optimizes · Metrics

### Replaces this role

- [Incident Response Analyst](/JobTypes/Incident_Response_Analyst) — replaces · JobTypes

### Required skills

- [Complex Problem Solving](/Skills/Complex_Problem_Solving) — requires skill · Skills
- [Data Analysis](/Skills/Data_Analysis) — requires skill · Skills
- [Systems Analysis](/Skills/Systems_Analysis) — requires skill · Skills
- [Troubleshooting](/Skills/Troubleshooting) — requires skill · Skills

### What it addresses

- [Incident Data Fragmentation](/Problems/Incident_Data_Fragmentation) — addresses · Problems

### Latent gaps

- [Autonomous Threat Hunter](/Opportunities/Autonomous_Threat_Hunter) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Managed SOC Service](/Opportunities/Managed_SOC_Service) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Telemetry Normalization Engine](/Opportunities/Telemetry_Normalization_Engine) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Pre-SIEM Log Router](/Opportunities/Pre-SIEM_Log_Router) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Automated Alert Triage](/Opportunities/Automated_Alert_Triage) — latent gap · Opportunities

### Composed of

- [Source Control API](/Software/Source_Control_API) — composes · Software
- [Telemetry Event Stream](/Software/Telemetry_Event_Stream) — composes · Software
- [Log Parsing Pipeline](/Software/Log_Parsing_Pipeline) — composes · Software
- [Issue Tracking Webhook](/Software/Issue_Tracking_Webhook) — composes · Software
- [Graph Correlation Engine](/Software/Graph_Correlation_Engine) — composes · Software

### Problems this exposes

- [Vendor Log Integration](/Problems/Vendor_Log_Integration) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Undetected Advanced Threats](/Problems/Undetected_Advanced_Threats) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Outage SLA Breaches](/Problems/Outage_SLA_Breaches) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Runaway SIEM Storage](/Problems/Runaway_SIEM_Storage) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Analyst Burnout Turnover](/Problems/Analyst_Burnout_Turnover) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Audit Trail Fragmentation](/Problems/Audit_Trail_Fragmentation) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Manual Alert Triage](/Problems/Manual_Alert_Triage) — exposes problem · Problems

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