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title: "Atlan App Framework: Build Apps on Atlan, the Context OS for AI"
url: "https://atlan.com/app-framework/"
description: "The Atlan App Framework is foundational infrastructure that enables developers, partners, and customers to build apps that make context shareable across the AI-native enterprise."
keywords: "app framework, atlan, atlan product"
---

> Atlan is hosting Context Conference, bringing together the leaders and builders at the frontier of giving AI the context it needs to understand their business. It runs online on October 28, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET. Atlan co-founder Prukalpa Sankar opens and closes the day. Leaders from AstraZeneca, BNY and Verizon share why they invest in context and what they get from it. Registrants get early access to The AI Context Gap, a new study from MIT Technology Review Insights. Register: https://atlan.com/context-conference/

**Atlan App Framework: build AI-native apps on Atlan, the Context OS for AI.** The Atlan App Framework is foundational infrastructure that enables developers, partners, and customers to build apps that make context shareable across the AI-native enterprise. The page shows a partner logo strip under "Building the AI-native ecosystem with our partners."

[See the SDK on GitHub](https://github.com/atlanhq/application-sdk) · [Book a Demo](https://atlan.com/forms/talk-to-sales-contact/)

## From integrations to agents: imagine the future, build it on Atlan

### Custom connectors

Enterprises have hundreds of tools where context lives, from in-house custom builds to SaaS apps. Build apps that bring context from any platform into Atlan, in days, not months.

- **System integrators and developers:** build and publish connectors for niche, legacy, or homegrown systems.
- **Customers:** quickly ingest metadata from critical internal systems into Atlan.
- **Partners:** expand your reach by making your product natively discoverable and governable in Atlan.

### AI-native applications

Build AI apps you can confidently take to production, with trusted context from Atlan's Metadata Lakehouse.

- **Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG):** supercharge prompts with rich business context, lineage, and quality signals.
- **Fine-tuning and RLHF:** train and refine AI models with fit-for-purpose metadata and real-world usage patterns.
- **Prompt engineering:** deliver more accurate, context-aware responses by embedding metadata insights.

### Data and AI integrations

Make Atlan the trust engine across your stack.

- **Data observability:** surface anomalies and monitoring insights directly in Atlan.
- **Data quality:** sync DQ scores, rules, and alerts as first-class Atlan assets.
- **Data security:** automate policy enforcement, access controls, and compliance tagging.
- **DSPM and discovery:** propagate sensitive-data tags and compliance alerts across platforms.

## What is the Atlan App Framework

A structured system built to accelerate the entire lifecycle of building on Atlan's metadata lakehouse.

- **Standardized APIs:** access metadata, lineage, and governance.
- **Runtime environments:** run app logic securely and reliably at scale.
- **Developer tooling:** SDKs, CLI tools, and sandboxes.
- **UI extension points:** embed custom experiences directly inside Atlan.
- **Reusable components:** prebuilt modules that skip boilerplate for faster delivery.

## Enterprise-ready foundation, developer-ready freedom

Atlan handles the foundation, so developers can focus on building the apps that matter.

| Atlan manages | Developer manages |
|---|---|
| Framework support | System connectivity |
| Query intelligence (parsing, popularity) | Metadata extraction |
| Asset resolution | Metadata transformation |
| Asset publishing | Listing updates |
| App marketplace | Documentation |

Start building with Atlan's App Framework today: [See the SDK](https://github.com/atlanhq/application-sdk) · [Book a Demo](https://atlan.com/forms/talk-to-sales-contact/)