Fulcrum Documentation
Operational Insurance for the AI Workforce
Welcome to Fulcrum's official documentation. This is your single source of truth for understanding, implementing, and operating Fulcrum's cognitive AI governance platform.
Start Here (By Role)
👩💻 Developers
Building AI agents or integrating governance into your application.
| Goal | Document |
|---|---|
| 5-minute quickstart | getting-started/quickstart.md |
| Create your first policy | getting-started/first-policy.md |
| Integrate via MCP | getting-started/mcp-integration.md |
| SDK concepts | concepts/sdk.md |
| Python SDK reference | reference/python-sdk.md |
| TypeScript SDK reference | reference/typescript-sdk.md |
🔧 Operators
Deploying, monitoring, and maintaining Fulcrum in production.
| Goal | Document |
|---|---|
| Infrastructure truth | infra/TRUTH_MAP.md ⭐ |
| Deploy to production | runbooks/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md |
| Health checks | runbooks/HEALTH_CHECKS.md |
| Monitoring & alerting | runbooks/MONITORING.md |
| Credentials management | runbooks/CREDENTIALS.md |
| Disaster recovery | runbooks/disaster-recovery.md |
| Troubleshooting | guides/troubleshooting.md |
🏛️ Architects
Understanding system design and making technical decisions.
| Goal | Document |
|---|---|
| System overview | architecture/SYSTEM_OVERVIEW.md |
| Cognitive layer | architecture/COGNITIVE_LAYER.md |
| Data architecture | architecture/DATA_ARCHITECTURE.md |
| Multi-tenancy design | architecture/MULTI_TENANCY.md |
| Security model | security/SECURITY_OVERVIEW.md |
| ADR index | architecture/ADR_INDEX.md |
Documentation by Diátaxis Quadrant
📖 Tutorials (Learning-Oriented)
Step-by-step guides that teach through doing.
- Quickstart — Get running in 5 minutes
- Installation — Comprehensive setup guide
- First Policy — Create your first governance policy
- MCP Integration — Connect Claude Desktop
🔨 How-to Guides (Task-Oriented)
Practical guides for solving specific problems.
- Policy Authoring — Write and test policies
- Dashboard Guide — Navigate the admin UI
- Troubleshooting — Solve common problems
- Migration Guide — Upgrade between versions
- SDK Examples — Code patterns and recipes
💡 Explanations (Understanding-Oriented)
Conceptual content that builds understanding.
- Product Overview — What is Fulcrum?
- Envelopes — Execution envelope mechanics
- Policies — Policy engine design
- Cognitive Layer — Semantic Judge, Oracle, Immune System
- SDK Overview — SDK capabilities and patterns
📚 Reference (Information-Oriented)
Technical specifications and API documentation.
- API Overview — gRPC and REST endpoints
- gRPC Reference — Protocol buffer contracts
- Python SDK — Python API reference
- TypeScript SDK — TypeScript API reference
- MCP Tools Reference — MCP tool schemas
Operations Quick Links
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| TRUTH_MAP.md | Authoritative infrastructure state |
| Service Runbooks | Per-service operations guides |
| Health Checks | Verify service health |
| Credentials | Where secrets live |
External Resources
- Dashboard: fulcrumlayer.io
- API Endpoint:
https://api.fulcrumlayer.io - MCP Endpoint:
POST https://api.fulcrumlayer.io/mcp - PyPI:
pip install fulcrum-governance - npm:
npm install @fulcrum-governance/sdk
Document Index
See MANIFEST.md for the complete document inventory organized by Diátaxis quadrant.
Documentation Version: 1.2 Last Updated: February 1, 2026