Scout Agent

Overview 

Scout is the deep-discovery and reconnaissance documentation surface. In Synthetix this function is provided by the Discover agent trio, supported by Analyst context to connect discovery signals to business capability intent. 

Business Value 

• Exposes hidden implementation behavior before architecture decisions. 

• Improves migration safety by surfacing asynchronous and DB execution realities. 

• Reduces unknowns in legacy modernization planning. 

Core Responsibilities 

• Discover dispatch and ownership paths. 

• Build executable DB dependency and routine visibility. 

• Enrich background workload inventory and runtime behavior understanding. 

Key Inputs 

• Source artifacts, route assets, SQL/schema evidence, job and scheduler definitions. 

Key Outputs 

• Discover artifacts for route resolution, DB cataloging, and background workload insight. 

Governance and Controls 

• Deterministic extraction with explicit unresolved classifications. 

• Evidence provenance for high-impact findings. 

Typical CTA Page Metadata 

• Slug: /docs/agents/scout 

• Primary Audience: Discovery engineers, modernization architects, migration teams.