Engineering https://www.c1.ai/engineering/ Recent content in Engineering on ConductorOne en-us Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT How We Cut Our Embedding Costs in Half and Shrank Storage by 50% https://www.c1.ai/engineering/how-we-cut-our-embedding-costs-in-half-and-shrank-storage-by-50/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/how-we-cut-our-embedding-costs-in-half-and-shrank-storage-by-50/ How C1 refactored its embedding pipeline to achieve ~50% reduction in Bedrock inference costs, 50% reduction in vector storage, and embeddings that refresh in hours instead of days. Fault Injection for Complete Branch Coverage https://www.c1.ai/engineering/fault-injection-for-complete-branch-coverage/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/fault-injection-for-complete-branch-coverage/ Error handling branches are invisible to valid inputs. Fault injection makes them visible. Proving Equivalence with E-Graphs https://www.c1.ai/engineering/proving-equivalence-with-egraphs/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/proving-equivalence-with-egraphs/ Two permission derivations can look completely different and compute the same access. E-graphs find out. Every Branch Condition Compiles to a DFA https://www.c1.ai/engineering/every-branch-condition-compiles-to-a-dfa/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/every-branch-condition-compiles-to-a-dfa/ Every branch condition in every connector compiles to a deterministic finite automaton. Here's how that enables static branch prediction. One Mock Server, Twelve Protocols https://www.c1.ai/engineering/one-mock-server-twelve-protocols/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/one-mock-server-twelve-protocols/ A YAML-driven mock server that speaks twelve protocols through one interface. Adding a new connector means writing a config file. Formally Verifying Two Hundred Identity Connectors https://www.c1.ai/engineering/formally-verifying-identity-connectors/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/formally-verifying-identity-connectors/ Connector verification reduces to three set operations. Here's the framework that proves two hundred identity connectors correct. Six Shapes of Authorization https://www.c1.ai/engineering/six-shapes-of-authorization/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/six-shapes-of-authorization/ We axiomatized over 1,800 permission systems. Every one of them reduces to one of six shapes. Splitting AI Agents to Contain Prompt Injection https://www.c1.ai/engineering/splitting-ai-agents-to-contain-prompt-injection/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.c1.ai/engineering/splitting-ai-agents-to-contain-prompt-injection/ Go behind the scenes of how we built guardrails into Thomas, C1's AI agent—and the industry's first multi-agent identity security platform. This blog breaks down our architecture, trust models, and sandboxing techniques that ensure agents can automate identity governance safely, securely, and transparently.