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Avoid a backend until state or trust requires one
Prefer native, then automation glue, then owned backend.
Avoid a backend until state or trust requires one ready.
Predict
Inspect
Verify
Many tool connections need only a trigger, mapping and destination action. A backend becomes necessary when you must own durable state, custom authentication, complex branching, high throughput or strict correctness.
Use the lightest supported path.
Secrets need a trusted boundary.
Retries and observability are not optional.