Building the Context Layer — capability, context, event, control, and evidence layers stacked beneath an agent, on top of existing sources of truth

Building the Context Layer

Once an organization accepts that agents need governed, current context, the next question is unavoidable: what do we actually build? The answer is not an all-powerful agent platform that absorbs every system. It is a set of layers that make existing capabilities usable in a new way. The goal is to preserve domain ownership while giving agents a safe, observable path to information and action. Think of the context layer as connective tissue rather than a replacement for the systems that already hold the truth. ...

October 6, 2026 · 5 min · 887 words · Hugo Guerrero