Features

Semantic Layer

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Eden's semantic layer turns infrastructure metadata into compact, governed context for operators, applications, LLMs, and agents. It discovers schemas, entities, attributes, relationships, lineage, and operational signals without requiring teams to move their source data into a new system first.

What it provides

  • Schema and entity discovery for supported data systems
  • Relationship and lineage graphs
  • Entity resolution and curated descriptions
  • Lexical, vector, lineage, provenance, and operational retrieval signals
  • Token-budgeted context briefs for LLM and agent requests
  • Policy-aware scoping and sensitive-sample redaction
  • Search tools for approved schema context

How it works

Endpoint collectors gather metadata using the access available to the current identity. Eden curates that metadata into a catalog, builds retrieval documents, and assembles a scoped brief only when an operator, application, model, or agent requests context.

The semantic layer does not grant access to underlying data. Endpoint policy, role-based access, and database permissions remain authoritative.

Availability

The semantic layer is feature-gated and disabled by default. Deployments must enable both the compile-time feature and runtime configuration before collection or retrieval begins.

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View on GitLab Updated July 27, 2026