# Developer Platform

<h2 align="center">Runtime Governance for Modern Applications</h2>

<p align="center">Govplane is a control plane for application governance — designed to help engineering, operations, and compliance teams define, manage, and enforce runtime policies across distributed systems.</p>

<p align="center">This documentation will guide you through everything you need to build, configure, and operate Govplane within your organization — from basic setup to advanced policy governance scenarios.</p>

<p align="center"><a href="https://app.govplane.com/signup" class="button primary">Sign up</a> <a href="https://app.govplane.com/auth/login" class="button secondary">Log in</a></p>

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### Get started in minutes

Start with the Getting Started guide to:

1. Create your first organization
2. Set up your first project
3. Define your first policy
4. Generate a runtime key
5. Integrate Govplane into your application

By the end of the Quick Start, you’ll have a working policy governance workflow running in your environment.

<a href="https://app.gitbook.com/s/9j8BoaOdXvFjMqtxvrwF/getting-started/quickstart" class="button primary" data-icon="rocket-launch">Quickstart</a> <a href="https://app.gitbook.com/s/9j8BoaOdXvFjMqtxvrwF/" class="button secondary" data-icon="terminal">Documentation</a>
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```typescript
// JavaScript
import { RuntimeClient } from "@govplane/runtime-sdk";

const client = new RuntimeClient({
  baseUrl:    "<YOUR-RUNTIME-ENDPOINT>",
  runtimeKey: "<YOUR-RUNTIME-KEY>",
});

await client.warmStart();           // block until the first bundle is cached
client.start();                     // start background polling (every 5 s by default)

const result = client.evaluate({
  target:  { service: "api", resource: "documents", action: "read" },
  context: { user: { role: "viewer" } },
});

console.log(result.decision);       // "allow" | "deny" | "throttle" | "kill_switch" | "custom"
```

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