Deconstructing Services: The Role of Functions in .do

Welcome to the .do developer portal, your gateway to building the future of business: Services-as-Software. In this new paradigm, your business logic isn't just code; it's a product, a reusable capability that can be built, deployed, and integrated with the ease of modern software. At the heart of this transformation lie Functions, the fundamental building blocks of Agentic Workflows and the fuel for your powerful Services-as-Software.

If you've ever thought about transforming your critical business processes into scalable, accessible, and intelligent software, you're in the right place. The .do platform is designed to help you do exactly that, by exposing these processes as consumable services driven by AI agents.

What are Services-as-Software on the .do Platform?

Think of your core business capabilities – onboarding a customer, processing an order, managing a support ticket. Traditionally, these might be manual processes or complex, tightly coupled internal systems. On the .do platform, we help you modularize this business logic into discrete, reusable Agentic Workflows. These workflows are then exposed as Services-as-Software with well-defined APIs, making your business capabilities programmatically accessible and consumable by other applications, services, or even other workflows.

Here's a simple representation of what a service definition might look like on .do:

{
  "serviceId": "svc_abc123",
  "name": "Customer Onboarding",
  "description": "Automates the customer onboarding process.",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "path": "/onboard",
      "method": "POST",
      "description": "Initiates the onboarding flow."
    }
  ]
}

This JSON doesn't represent all the underlying logic, but it defines the high-level structure of a 'Customer Onboarding' service, ready to be consumed via a POST request to the /onboard endpoint. This service, behind the scenes, is powered by an Agentic Workflow.

How do Agentic Workflows Relate to Services-as-Software?

Agentic Workflows are the engine of your Services-as-Software on .do. They are automated processes powered by AI agents designed to perform specific tasks. You define the steps of a workflow, often using our SDKs and APIs, and the .do platform takes care of orchestrating these agents, executing the steps, and managing the overall flow to perform complex business tasks as a cohesive service.

Imagine the customer onboarding workflow. It might involve verifying identity, setting up an account in a database, sending welcome emails, and assigning a sales representative. Each of these steps could be handled by a specialized agent within the Agentic Workflow. The Services-as-Software layer is the API (like the /onboard endpoint above) that triggers and manages the execution of this entire workflow.

Building and Deploying with .do

The .do developer portal provides you with the tools you need to Build, Deploy, and Integrate your Services-as-Software:

• SDKs and APIs: Define, build, and manage your services programmatically. This includes defining workflow steps, integrating external tools, and setting up the APIs that expose your services.
• Developer Portal: A centralized place to monitor your services, view logs, manage deployments, and explore the capabilities of the platform.

The process is designed to be seamless, allowing you to go from defining your business logic to having a fully functional, scalable service in minimal time.

Seamless Integration

One of the key advantages of Services-as-Software on .do is their inherent integrability. Once deployed, your services can be easily incorporated into:

• Your front-end applications
• Back-end systems
• Other services on the .do platform
• Third-party platforms and tools

This is achieved through standardized REST APIs and readily available SDKs, ensuring your business functions are accessible wherever they are needed, breaking down silos and fostering a more connected ecosystem.

Benefits for Developers

By leveraging the .do developer portal and embracing the Services-as-Software approach, developers gain significant advantages:

• Scalability: Build services that can scale automatically with demand, without complex infrastructure management on your part.
• Maintainability: Modularize your business logic into smaller, manageable services, making updates and maintenance easier.
• Reusability: Create reusable business capabilities that can be leveraged across multiple applications and workflows.
• Accelerated Development: Focus on defining the business logic and workflows, letting the platform handle the underlying infrastructure and agent orchestration.
• Leverage AI Automation: Easily integrate and orchestrate AI agents to automate core business processes, adding intelligence to your services.

Transforming your business logic into Services-as-Software with Agentic Workflows on the .do platform empowers you to build more robust, flexible, and intelligent applications. Explore the developer portal and start building today!