Integration·Task 3.7·Bloom: understand·Difficulty 2/5·8 min read·Updated 2026-07-14

Compliance Constraints Filter Entry Point Options First

Evaluate connection protocols and select the appropriate integration mechanism (MCP, API/CLI, agent-to-agent)

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Regulatory and policy constraints, such as BAA coverage, FedRAMP authorisation, data-residency pinning, or approved-vendor lists, eliminate entry point options before any other integration decision is made. The correct sequence is to identify the governing constraint, determine which entry points survive it, then choose the integration pattern within that surviving set. Skipping the compliance filter risks building a technically sound integration on an entry point that fails a later legal or security review.

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