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Glossary

Overmind​

Overmind simulates every infrastructure change against live data before you deploy. It discovers hidden dependencies, predicts risks using LLM-powered analysis, and gives teams complete confidence in deployments.

Key Concepts​

Blast Radius​

The combined impact a change has across your infrastructure resources. Overmind maps all dependencies and shows exactly how each update impacts other components in your environment.

Risks​

LLM-powered assessments that identify potential failure points, configuration issues, and downstream impacts. Risks are categorized by severity:

  • High: Issues that could cause significant outages or data loss
  • Medium: Issues that might affect performance or availability
  • Low: Minor issues or configuration concerns

Signals​

Data-driven indicators that guide deployment decisions. Positive signals speed up PR approvals with confidence, while negative signals trigger deeper checks to mitigate potential risks.

Auto Labels​

AI-powered labels that automatically categorize changes based on rules you define. Auto Labels help organizations maintain consistent change management and streamline reviews.

Resources​

The building blocks of cloud platforms (EC2 instances, Lambda functions, Kubernetes pods, etc.) that Overmind discovers and maps.

Dependencies​

The relationships between resources. Overmind discovers hidden dependencies from live environments, including those created outside of Terraform.

Sources​

Configurations that define how Overmind accesses your infrastructure. Sources connect to AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes using read-only access.

Common Commands​

overmind terraform plan

Analyzes your Terraform plan, discovers dependencies, calculates blast radius, and predicts risks.

overmind terraform apply

Applies changes while tracking before/after state for post-deployment validation.