N.23

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Infrastructure

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7 min read

Where your data lives when an agent runs.

Tom Hale, Lead engineer at Operand

Tom Hale

Lead engineer

The data path of a single agent run

FIG. N.23 — The data path of a single agent run

Field note

Number

N.23

Category

Infrastructure

Read time

7 min read

Author

Tom Hale

Every agent run touches three places: the tool the work arrives in, the model that reasons about it, and the log that proves what happened. We draw all three before we write a line of code.

01 — Regions first

Data stays in the region you already use. EU customers run on EU infrastructure end-to-end, including the model endpoint and the audit log.

02 — Nothing trains on your data

Model providers are contracted for zero retention. Prompts and outputs are stored only in your own log, for as long as your policy says.

“If we can’t show you the full path on one sheet, the agent doesn’t ship.”

03 — Permissions follow people

Agents inherit the permissions of the systems they read. If a person can’t open a document, neither can the agent answering them.

Let’s draw your
first agent.

Book a free 45-minute survey. You’ll leave with a process map and a costed plan — whether you build with us or not.

Let’s draw your
first agent.

Book a free 45-minute survey. You’ll leave with a process map and a costed plan — whether you build with us or not.

Let’s draw your
first agent.

Book a free 45-minute survey. You’ll leave with a process map and a costed plan — whether you build with us or not.

Let’s draw your
first agent.

Book a free 45-minute survey. You’ll leave with a process map and a costed plan — whether you build with us or not.

Studio

Operand

AI agents, engineered like infrastructure.

Field notes — monthly

One teardown of a real automation, every month.

Drawn by Operand Studio

Scale 1 : 1

Rev. 2026-09

Sheet 10 / 10

© 2026

Studio

Operand

AI agents, engineered like infrastructure.

Field notes — monthly

One teardown of a real automation, every month.

Drawn by Operand Studio

Scale 1 : 1

Rev. 2026-09

Sheet 10 / 10

© 2026

Studio

Operand

AI agents, engineered like infrastructure.

Field notes — monthly

Drawn by Operand Studio

© 2026

Studio

Operand

AI agents, engineered like infrastructure.

Field notes — monthly

Drawn by Operand Studio

© 2026

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