I’m in a new role and learning to use Foundry and today I noticed the Ontology as Code (Beta) link from a menu in Ontology Manager. I have prior experience with IaC - Terraform and aws. My new organisation does everything through the console and I’m curious about OaC.
I see that OaC is in beta - anyone using it? How is it?
If I were to activate it is there an initial export of the code for the ontology in its current state?
I would be grateful to anyone sharing their experience, especially if you can compare to working with terraform. TIA.
I’m VERY excited for this and for the new MCP tools for creating/modifying objects.
Beyond the obvious “config as code” win, the real value is that having schemas/actions as code makes LLMs way better at generating accurate code.
But the biggest win for me: no more clicking through UIs just to add a few fields, context switching between one IDE for my TS frontend, another for my Python transforms.
Go to ontology manager –> New –> Ontology as Code repository
Syntax for defining objects → check the auto-generated template repo or here:
https://github.com/palantir/osdk-ts/blob/main/packages/maker/README.md
Quick setup (VSCode):
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option + shift + ~ → open terminal
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npm install → syntax checking
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done → commit + push → tag → Marketplace → your store → Install
Similarity’s in the eye of your syntax highlighter ;-]
Terraform / Pulumi / SST made infra hell less hellish. Foundry just removes the hell entirely by managing the complexity for you.
Reminds me of my favorite backend for quick weekend builds — Convex — because everything’s code-defined and co-located.
Did this feature go away? I’m not seeing it in the + New menu button, or in the application access settings, where beta apps usually have to be turned on.
