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Grid

The Grid is the federated network that Covia venues form together. Each venue is a node that hosts operations and persists state; venues talk to each other, so a workflow running on one venue can invoke an operation on another — in a different cloud or jurisdiction — while the data stays where it's governed and only results cross the boundary.

There is no central coordinator. A venue has a DID identity, exposes the same multi-protocol surface (REST, MCP, A2A), and federates with peers directly.

What the Grid gives you​

  • Federated execution — call an operation on a remote venue exactly as you'd call a local one, with caller identity propagated for audit and access control. See the Grid adapter (grid:run, grid:invoke).
  • Content-addressed assets — operations, artifacts, and data are identified by their CAD3 hash, so the same asset is the same everywhere on the Grid.
  • Verifiable state — built on lattice technology, state merges deterministically and every job leaves an auditable record.
  • Governance at the edge — each venue enforces its own authentication and capabilities; trust is established between venues, not delegated to a centre.

Where to go next​

  • Venues — what a single node is and does
  • Grid adapter — invoking operations across venues
  • Quick Start — call a live venue in a few minutes
  • Protocol — the COG specifications behind the Grid