Zen Mesh Documentation

Status: PUBLIC_CONTRACT_DRAFT. Page status is noted per capability. Not a production-live claim.

Welcome to the Zen Mesh documentation. Zen Mesh delivers webhooks and events to private networks — no inbound ports, no VPN, no kernel modules.

Start Here

If you are...	Start here
New evaluator	Customer Journey — full onboarding map
First 15 minutes	First 15 Minutes — structured evaluator walkthrough
Deploying	Quick Start — UI-first setup in the dashboard
Checking status	Current Status — per-capability maturity matrix
Evaluating fit	Use Cases — see if Zen Mesh fits your needs

Learn the Model

Topic	Page
Runtime objects	Zen Mesh Concepts — template, blueprint, flow, endpoint, target, trace, evidence
Control surfaces	Control Surfaces — UI, Customer API, MCP, CLI, Git
Traffic lifecycle	Traffic Lifecycle — endpoint → flow → attempt → DLQ → retry → replay → trace → evidence
Evidence and trust	Evidence and Trust — Integrity receipts, trace/evidence relationship, non-claims

Build and Evaluate

Topic	Page
API deep dive	API Overview — all API surface groups, maturity, public-contract boundary
API status by group	API Status Matrix — per-group read/write maturity
UI to API map	Reference: UI/API Map — UI area to API route to status
Customer API	Customer API — programmable contract surface with endpoint-group-level read/write status
MCP	MCP Overview — AI agent and operator tool surface

Operate and Troubleshoot

Topic	Page
Delivery failures	Delivery Failures — failure classification, retry, recovery
DLQ	Dead Letter Queue — failed delivery preservation and recovery
Retry	Retry — single and batch retry
Replay	Replay — event replay from retained payload
Troubleshooting	Troubleshooting First Delivery — symptom → cause → action
Traces	Traces / Evidence Spine API — delivery trace spine
Saved Payloads	Test/template payloads (see Delivery section)

Trust and Evidence

Topic	Page
Non-claims	Non-Claims — explicit scope boundaries
Current Status	Current Status — single-source capability status matrix
Evidence overview	Evidence Overview — index of all evidence areas
Compliance	Compliance-to-Feature Graph — NIST, SOC2, ISO, PCI-DSS, HIPAA

Machine-Readable

Resource	Location
Capability Manifest	manifest.json
Compliance Map	compliance-map.json
Non-Claims	non-claims.json
AI Context	llms.txt
Evidence index (www)	https://www.zen-mesh.io/evidence
Full Context	https://www.zen-mesh.io/llms-full.txt

Also Available

• Customer API — programmable contract surface with endpoint-group-level read/write status
• MCP — Model Context Protocol server for programmatic access

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See Current Status for plan readiness by capability. All proofs are local/sandbox unless stated otherwise.