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ArgoPlane is built with love from Switzerland by Natron Tech AG.

Natron Tech AG

Natron Tech is a platform engineering company based in Switzerland. We help teams build and operate cloud-native platforms on Kubernetes. ArgoPlane grew out of a recurring pattern we saw across our projects: developers using ArgoCD had a clear view of sync status but no view of what their workloads were actually doing.

So we built ArgoPlane: a package of ArgoCD UI extensions that surfaces metrics, logs, backups, network flows, vulnerabilities, and events right next to the apps they belong to.

Built with AI

ArgoPlane is developed with the help of Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant. We use it throughout our development process: writing code, designing architecture, creating documentation, and reviewing changes.

We’re transparent about this because we believe AI-assisted development is the future, and hiding it helps nobody. Every commit includes a Co-Authored-By line when Claude contributed, and the entire AI configuration is checked into the repo.

What we share

Our Claude Code setup is fully open source, checked into the repository for anyone to learn from:

  • CLAUDE.md: the main project context file that gives Claude an understanding of ArgoPlane’s architecture, conventions, and goals
  • .claude/rules/: 13 rule files covering Go conventions, React/TypeScript patterns, architecture principles, design system rules, CI/CD workflows, git conventions, documentation maintenance, and more
  • .claude/skills/: custom skills that automate common workflows like scaffolding new extensions, setting up the dev environment, deploying to the local cluster, and running tests

We share this openly so others can learn from our approach to AI-assisted development. If you’re building a similar project and want to see how we structure AI collaboration, browse the .claude/ directory.

Why we mention this

AI-assisted development is a tool, not a shortcut. We still review every change, run tests, and make architectural decisions. Claude helps us move faster and maintain consistency across a large codebase, but the engineering judgment is ours.

We think the industry benefits from honesty about AI usage. It sets realistic expectations, helps others adopt similar workflows, and contributes to a healthier conversation about how software gets built.

Why open source

Platform engineering tooling should be open. The tools we build on (ArgoCD, Prometheus, Velero, Cilium, Loki, Trivy Operator) are all open source. ArgoPlane is too, under Apache-2.0. Use it, fork it, embed it, ship it — no strings.

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