workflow-editor-three-plane-architecture

Three-plane architecture is a design pattern that strictly separates authoring, projection, and agent planes to maintain system modularity. It ensures workflow editors remain flexible authoring tools rather than rigid runtime authorities.

To decouple Umbraco Prism workflow editors from runtime execution, enforce a strict separation between authoring and projection planes. This ensures editors generate projection-ready JSON without assuming runtime authority.

Yes, you can use projection-based design to generate workflow JSON for Umbraco content. This approach treats workflow JSON as a projection target, allowing for deterministic generation while adhering to Umbraco content ownership rules.

Use a three-plane separation pattern when designing a new visual workflow editor for Umbraco Prism to ensure business logic, UI shells, and state progression remain decoupled and maintainable.

Workflow editors become tightly coupled to runtime authority when they fail to separate authoring and projection planes. Treating the editor as a flexible authoring tool that generates projection-ready JSON prevents this rigidity.