{"repo":"davidahmann/fde-guide","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/davidahmann/fde-guide","clone":"git clone https://github.com/davidahmann/fde-guide.git","description":"Open-source forward deployed engineering guide for production AI systems: value, architecture, evals, security, deployment, and operations.","language":"JavaScript","stars":32,"topics":["agentic-ai","fde","forward-deployed-engineering","production-ai","software-architecture","value-engineering","ai-engineering","applied-ai","ai-agent-architecture","ai-agent-evaluation"],"license":"Apache-2.0","category":"deployment-docker-iac","readme_excerpt":"The FDE Guide Value engineering and production architecture for FDEs, applied-AI engineers, product teams, and operators An independent, open-source guide and engineering kit for forward deployed engineers (FDEs), internal applied-AI teams, and operators turning a real workflow into a measurable, operated AI-enabled service. Read on the web · Read the concise Guide · Use the value scorecard · Establish data readiness · Build FDE capability · Use the Handbook · Run the code · Browse solutions · Use with an agent Choose your depth This is one method at three levels. Start with only the depth your job requires. Layer Use it when Start here --- --- --- The Guide You want the mental model, core principles, complete FDE delivery loop, or a practical path for building capability Read the concise Guide or follow the FDE and AI engineer capability roadmap The Handbook You are qualifying, designing, delivering, transferring, or operating a real workflow Follow the lifecycle playbooks and human-readable library The Engineering Kit You need implementation artifacts, architecture, machine-readable contracts, release controls, executable examples, or tests Inspect the kit, controlled-write system, and hybrid system The Guide explains the method. The Handbook supports judgment. The Engineering Kit makes claims, authority, behavior, and changes inspectable and testable. They are not separate frameworks. New to the role or assessing a team? The capability roadmap compares adjacent responsibil","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/davidahmann","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/davidahmann/fde-guide/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}