Plano
ActiveDescription
An AI-native proxy and data plane for agentic apps with built-in orchestration, safety, observability, and smart LLM routing so developers can focus on agent core logic.
Key Features
- AI-native proxy and data plane with built-in orchestration and safety
- YAML-based agent descriptions for intelligent routing without hand-written logic
- Agentic Signals for zero-code full-chain observability capture
- Filter Chains for jailbreak protection and content moderation
- Smart LLM routing with model aliases and automatic preference selection
- Built on Envoy, supports any language or AI framework
Use Cases
💡 Unified orchestration and intelligent routing for multi-agent applications
💡 Production-grade safety and content moderation for LLM applications
💡 Unified API gateway and load balancing across model providers
💡 Full-chain observability monitoring for AI agent applications
Strengths & Limitations
✅ Strengths
- • Actively maintained, recent updates
- • High community interest (7.0k stars)
- • Permissive open-source license (Apache-2.0)
- • Established track record (2 years in production)
Categories
Quick Start
1. Install Plano following the prerequisites guide
2. Write `config.yaml` defining agent URLs and descriptions
3. Start Plano: `planoai up config.yaml`
4. Send requests via `localhost:8001`
5. View full-chain observability in the tracing dashboard