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  "generatedAt": "2026-11-03T22:49:39.280Z",
  "listing": {
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    "name": "Corteza",
    "tagline": "Apache-2.0 low-code platform with a shipped CRM app and an API-first backend driven over OAuth2.",
    "shortTagline": "Low-code platform with a CRM app",
    "description": "A Go server plus Vue apps for building CRM and other structured-data apps from modules, records, pages and workflows, maintained by Planet Crust. Deploy with docker-compose and a .env; the CRM comes as a low-code template you reshape in the UI. Every subsystem (records, modules, users, roles, workflows, reporting, federation) is a REST resource with OAuth2 client-credentials JWTs.",
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        "JavaScript"
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      "database": [
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        "MySQL/Percona",
        "SQLite (dev)"
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        "url": "https://github.com/cortezaproject/corteza",
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        "lastCommit": "2026-08-27"
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        "job": "Create, read, update and delete records in any module",
        "reachable": true,
        "evidence": "Integrator guide: compose records API"
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        "job": "Define modules, fields and namespaces",
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      {
        "job": "Run and manage automation workflows",
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        "evidence": "Integrator guide: system users and roles"
      },
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        "job": "Reporting",
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      },
      {
        "job": "Sync data across instances",
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        "evidence": "Federation nodes and data synchronization in the guide"
      },
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        "job": "Build record pages and layouts",
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        "evidence": "Pages are compose resources; API coverage not confirmed on the access page"
      },
      {
        "job": "Write automation scripts (Corredor)",
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        "evidence": "Automation scripts are a separate integrator topic; not on the access page"
      },
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        "job": "Import the CRM template",
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      }
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            "kind": "hosted",
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      "install": null,
      "note": "No SKILL.md, Claude Code plugin, or skills install target in the repo."
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        "SMTP_USER",
        "SMTP_PASS",
        "SMTP_FROM",
        "HTTP_WEBAPP_ENABLED",
        "HTTP_WEBAPP_LIST",
        "LOG_LEVEL",
        "ACTIONLOG_DEBUG",
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        "DISCOVERY_BASE_URL"
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      "I want a CRM whose fields and workflows our agent can redefine through an API, under a permissive license",
      "I need several small business apps (CRM, case management) on one self-hosted platform"
    ],
    "accounts": [
      "SMTP relay",
      "Planet Crust account (cloud edition)"
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    "active": true,
    "lastActivity": "2026-08-27",
    "gotchas": [
      "Admin bootstrap (roles, users, auth clients) is manual in the Admin web app",
      "Access tokens expire after two hours; agents must refresh",
      "The Discovery search stack adds OpenSearch and a second server image",
      "Docs are versioned (2024.9); check they match the deployed VERSION"
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      "operable": 3
    },
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      "formFactor": "README: Go server with Vue web apps; devops guide docker-compose",
      "executionModel": "No model dependency in README or docs",
      "operability": "Integrator guide accessing-corteza: OAuth2 client credentials, /auth/oauth2/token, API docs at /api/docs",
      "effort": "devops-guide deploy-online: .env and docker-compose.yaml with named vars",
      "editions": "README: Apache-2.0; Planet Crust hosted trial",
      "active": "GitHub pushedAt 2026-08-27"
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      "executionModel": 0.85,
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      "effort": 0.9,
      "reach": 0.8,
      "editions": 0.7
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      "Planet Crust cloud prices",
      "API coverage for compose pages and automation scripts",
      "Is 2024.9 still the current release line?"
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        "url": "https://github.com/cortezaproject/corteza",
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        "url": "https://docs.cortezaproject.org/corteza-docs/2024.9/integrator-guide/accessing-corteza/index.html",
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