# Connected Systems overview
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Connected System is the product term for one governed vendor or platform integration. Integrators configure system-level manifest sections (system.*) before modeling individual Business Entities.
Finishing this phase gets you a scaffolded Connected System with authentication, roles, subscriptions, and AI interfaces configured — ready for Business Entities to be modeled on top of it.
Who this is for
Integrators and agents configuring authentication, roles, subscriptions, AI interfaces, and lifecycle for one systemKey.
Prerequisites
- Get started — scaffold a Connected System
- Builder CLI authenticated (
aifabrix auth status) - Edit Connected Systems with Builder API when using Builder API help topics
Where it lives
| Artifact | Location |
|---|---|
| System manifest | integration/<systemKey>/<systemKey>-system.json |
| Application manifest | integration/<systemKey>/application.yaml |
| Secrets | env.template with kv:// references |
| Dataplane UI | Connected Systems → select system → tabs (Overview, Business Entities, Authentication, …) |
Manifest section keys map to UI tabs — see UI terminology map.
Configure pages (system manifest)
| Topic | Configure page | Manifest keys |
|---|---|---|
| Identity and kind | Basics and kind | system.basics, system.kind |
| Entity list | Business Entities in this system | system.businessEntities |
| Auth | Configure authentication | system.authentication |
| Non-secret config | Configure system configuration | system.configuration |
| RBAC | Configure roles and permissions | system.rolesPermissions |
| Event subscriptions | Configure subscriptions | system.subscriptions |
| MCP / OpenAPI exposure | Configure AI interfaces | system.aiInterfaces |
| Download / repair | Lifecycle, download, and repair | system.lifecycle |
Each configure page includes a Builder MCP table (section key, UI tab, help topics). Use help topic section with the section key before patching.
How to set
Scaffolding, authentication, and validate/upload steps are covered in full on their own how-to pages — start at Create a Connected System and Configure authentication, then use the configure pages above in order.
Limits
Policy management and optional UI modules vary by tenant. Confirm live tabs with help topic connectedSystemUi.
Next: Business Entities.