MuleSoft
The first week is in the org, reading what already exists. Slack, a browser, or a schedule can start the work. The gateway is the front door for every tool call and model call. The honest no: if the work is a software factory with a named delivery date, we are the wrong partner.
Architecture
The gold layer is the gateway. It is not optional.
Interaction
Slack · Email · Web · Scheduled
Agent runtime
Agentforce · Other runtimes on the same desk
Orchestration
Broker · Hooks · Deterministic routers
Tool calls
MCP servers · Knowledge · Search · Internal APIs
MuleSoft gateway
Client identity · Access control · MCP mapping · Rate limits · LLM proxy · A2A lane
Memory
Session · Graph · Decision traces
Systems of record
Salesforce · ERP · Policy-gated stores
flowchart TD
L1["1 Interaction: Slack, email, web, scheduled"] --> L2["2 Agent runtime: Agentforce and other runtimes"]
L2 --> L3["3 Orchestration: broker, hooks, routers"]
L3 --> L4["4 Tool calls: MCP servers"]
L4 --> L5["5 MuleSoft gateway: identity, policy, LLM proxy, A2A"]
L5 --> L6["6 Memory: session, graph, traces"]
L6 --> L7["7 Systems of record: Salesforce, ERP, files"]What to demand
If these are missing, you do not have a fabric. You have a demo.
How far
Moving a graph or a warehouse behind a new owner is a one-way door. Front first.
Questions
Next
The brief
We will mark which hops have no gateway, and which should.