Criterion 7
Process portability
Ratings 2026-10
The workflow definitions, orchestration and checks can continue running on different supported systems without the original hosted factory service.
Coverage levels
- Level 1 The named workflow and its essential checks continue without the original factory service in a narrowly supported alternative environment; major configuration or state-transfer limits remain.
- Level 2 The named workflow and essential checks continue without the original factory service across supported environments; a bounded integration or state-transfer limit remains.
- Level 3 The named workflow, orchestration and checks can continue on another supported system without the original hosted factory service; dependencies are explicit.
Product ratings
The assessed cloud/coding-agent workflow requires GitHub repositories and services.
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Core Boards, Test Plans and Pipelines have a deployable Azure DevOps Server counterpart, but that does not make this bundle portable.
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Jira/Confluence document and work-management processes have self-managed Data Center editions.
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IDE/CLI run the standalone agent harness locally rather than in the hosted Web/Mobile sandbox.
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MIT-licensed workflow definitions, templates and checks can continue with supported coding agents on other systems, without a hosted Spec Kit factory service.
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The MIT local CLI and editable workflow schemas work across supported coding assistants without a required hosted OpenSpec execution service or repository host.
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MIT workflow files and overrides can continue through supported coding tools on other systems without a hosted BMAD factory service.
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Vendored SDD plugin/workflow content can be executed by supported coding agents offline.
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Licensed self-hosted deployment supports continuing the configured relationship, baseline, review and test-management process on customer infrastructure, without the hosted Jama service.
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Licensed on-premise Polarion can continue the configured ALM workflow on customer systems without Polarion X hosting.
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Droid’s dedicated enterprise airgap runtime executes without Factory sign-in or Factory-operated services, using configured model endpoints.
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