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The gateway: one door in
AI in a platform is only useful if you can trust what it does on your behalf. IntegraCI routes every model call and every tool an agent touches through one governed gateway. The gateway speaks an OpenAI-compatible API, so the clients and SDKs you already have point at it with a URL change. Because there is no side path that skips it, the policy, approvals, and budgets you set further down actually apply to every call. Key points:
- The AI gateway is cross-cutting: it runs across every SDLC stage, not as a feature bolted onto one corner.
- IntegraCI uses a model-agnostic LLM layer behind the gateway. You connect your own provider (OpenAI or Anthropic), and the caller keeps a stable contract while the gateway holds the keys and the routing.
- One door in is what makes the rest of governance real. If a call could go around the gateway, the controls would be advice, not enforcement.