AI applications are starting to look different from traditional web apps. Instead of one big backend, they often grow into many small services: integration adapters automation workers background jobs browser automation services document processors AI runtime components private tools agent-like services Each service may be small, but once it is running in a real environment, it still needs to be visible, monitored, configured, operated, and audited. That is the problem I am trying to solve with Xtrape Capsule . What is Xtrape Capsule? Xtrape Capsule is an open-source, self-hosted runtime governance system for lightweight services. The first component is Opstage CE , a lightweight control plane where operators can see and manage Capsule Services through an embedded Agent SDK. The basic idea is simple: Capsule Service -> Embedded Agent -> Opstage CE -> Operator Console Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Services do not need to expose their own management APIs.…