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Discovery & connecting

ArcaMira has two distinct "discovery" surfaces. They sound similar but do different jobs — this guide clears up which is which.

Discovery Queue (/discovery) — from sync

What it is: a triage queue for assets discovered by your integrations — AWS, Azure, ServiceNow, plus two SaaS-discovery sources: a passive domain scan (fingerprints your public DNS to infer SaaS in use — no login required) and Entra ID SaaS discovery (multi-signal: SSO enterprise apps, OAuth consent grants / shadow-IT, usage last-seen and user counts, and app→app "integrates with" dependency edges). Discovered assets land here rather than being created automatically, so sync never floods your repository with noise.

When you use it: after a sync runs. It can be bursty (lots to triage at once) and isn't a day-to-day task — which is why it's kept separate.

How: 1. Open Add & Connect → Discovery Queue. 2. For each discovered item: accept (creates the entity, pre-tagged with its discovery source) or dismiss (it's a known non-entity).

Configure the sources under Admin → Integrations.

Discover (/discover) — AI-assisted connecting

What it is: the architect-facing workspace for making the repository connected, with two tabs:

  • Suggested links — AI-suggested application→capability relationships, queued for confirm/reject. Confirming one creates a real app_realises relationship; nothing speculative ever leaks into analysis until you confirm it.
  • Unmade connections — entities that exist but aren't linked to anything, and capabilities with no supporting application — your model's blind spots.

When you use it: periodically, to deepen the graph; and right after an application import, when ArcaMira auto-queues capability suggestions for the new apps and links you here.

How: 1. Open Add & Connect → Discover. 2. On Suggested links, review each suggestion (it carries a confidence and a one-line rationale) and confirm or reject. 3. On Unmade connections, work through isolated entities and uncovered capabilities.

You can also generate/confirm capability suggestions inline on an individual entity page.

AI features require an AI provider to be configured (see Admin setup). Without it, the suggestion features are simply hidden — everything else works.

Which one do I want?

  • "I just synced AWS and have 40 new things to sort" → Discovery Queue.
  • "My applications aren't linked to capabilities" → Discover.