Nova Backbone
The reusable backbone behind every Nova agent-first workflow.
Nova Backbone is the foundation every Nova build, vertical product and Lab exploration runs on. It brings workflow mapping, structured intake, connectors, agent orchestration, human review, memory, logs and deployment playbooks together in one architecture — so your team spends its time on what should be unique to your business, not on rebuilding the same AI infrastructure from scratch.
Nova Backbone
What the backbone gives you
Eight components, grouped into inputs, core runtime and operations. Every Nova build reuses the same ones, which is why the second workflow is faster to ship than the first.
Workflow mapping
Roles, steps, decisions, exceptions and handoffs.
Intake flows
Requests, forms, documents, files, messages and structured inputs.
Connectors
Email, documents, CRMs, spreadsheets, databases, dashboards and APIs.
Agent orchestration
Prompts, tools, rules, model calls and task routing.
Human review
Approval points, corrections, exceptions and supervised decisions.
Memory & context
Project state, client context, domain knowledge and reusable patterns.
Logs & traceability
What happened, why, what was reviewed and what was changed.
Deployment playbooks
Repeatable patterns for moving from MVA to production-ready workflows.
Nova Backbone
From Minimal Viable Agent to production
Most AI pilots stall between a promising prototype and a system people trust. The backbone is what makes that path repeatable instead of a rebuild — the review points, logs and connectors are already there.
- 01
Map the workflow
Roles, steps, decisions, exceptions and handoffs — turned into something agents can execute and humans can supervise.
- 02
Ship a Minimal Viable Agent
The smallest useful version that proves value, data access and where human review belongs.
- 03
Put it in front of real users
Measure whether it earns trust and adoption from the people who do the work, and fix what it gets wrong.
- 04
Move to production
Connectors, permissions, logs, dashboards and deployment playbooks are already part of the foundation, not a rewrite.
Nova Backbone
Control is a property of the system, not a promise
Control only matters if the system is secure, observable and governable. The backbone is built around human checkpoints, permissioning, traceability and modular provider choice — you keep the decisions that carry judgment, risk or client trust.
- 01Human review points where judgment, risk or client trust are involved.
- 02Logs and traceability: what happened, why, what was reviewed and what changed.
- 03Model and provider choice, so you are not locked to one vendor.
- 04Permissions and scoped access to your real systems and data.
Nova Backbone
One backbone, three routes
The same foundation carries a custom implementation, a configurable vertical product and a Lab exploration. That reuse is what lowers the cost and the architectural risk.
Nova Build
A custom implementation on the backbone, for companies with a validated workflow and their own requirements.
Explore Nova Build02Nova Lab
Vertical products validated with design partners, configurable around your own rules, models and checkpoints.
Explore Lab03Solon by Nova
The first Lab exploration to become a full vertical product — agent-first workflows for consulting and expert firms.
Explore Solon