Zen Mesh Documentation
Welcome to the Zen Mesh technical documentation — architecture, operations, security evidence, and AI-accessible machine-readable manifests.
Where should you start?
| If you are... | Start here |
|---|---|
| New engineer evaluating Zen Mesh | Start Here — what it is, who it's for, key concepts |
| Operator deploying in Kubernetes | Quick Start — install and create your first webhook |
| Security / compliance reviewer | Trust Lifecycle Evidence — enrollment, mTLS, HMAC, ZenLock, rotation |
| Runtime / reliability reviewer | Runtime Convergence Evidence — 10 convergence proofs, at-least-once, DLQ |
| AI agent / RAG system scanning Zen Mesh | AI Evidence Manifest — machine-readable capability status |
| Compliance reviewer mapping to frameworks | Compliance-to-Feature Graph — NIST, SOC2, ISO, PCI-DSS, HIPAA |
| Anyone checking what we do NOT claim | Non-Claims — explicit scope boundaries |
Sections
| Section | What you'll find |
|---|---|
| Start Here | Product overview, who should use it, current status, key concepts |
| Architecture | Three-plane model, delivery modes, security model, glossary |
| Getting Started | Install, quick start, first webhook |
| Guides | Cluster enrollment, adapters, destinations, monitoring |
| Operations | Upgrades, backups, troubleshooting |
| Evidence Overview | Index of all evidence areas — runtime, trust, compliance, Merkle, validation map |
| Runtime Evidence | 10 convergence proofs — delivery, DLQ, backpressure, circuit breaker |
| Trust Evidence | 10 trust proofs — enrollment, mTLS, HMAC, ZenLock, rotation |
| Validation Map | How to validate evidence locally |
| Merkle Integrity | Content-addressed evidence verification |
| Non-Claims | What Zen Mesh does not certify or guarantee |
| AI Agents | AI overview, evidence schema, non-claims, machine-readable manifests |
| Reference | CLI, API, Customer API, MCP, configuration, Helm chart |
Machine-Readable Evidence
| Resource | Location |
|---|---|
| Capability Manifest | /ai/evidence/v1/manifest.json |
| Compliance Map | /ai/evidence/v1/compliance-map.json |
| Non-Claims | /ai/evidence/v1/non-claims.json |
| AI Context (llms.txt) | /llms.txt |
| Evidence index (www) | https://www.zen-mesh.io/evidence |
| Full Context | https://www.zen-mesh.io/llms-full.txt |
| Public terminology | https://www.zen-mesh.io/ai/public-terminology-taxonomy.json |
Also available
- Customer API — planned read-only operational truth interface
- MCP — planned Model Context Protocol server for programmatic access
All proofs are local/mock unless stated otherwise. Zen Mesh is in early access — learn more.