Factory Lens is a lightweight OutSystems 11 utility application that exposes secured REST APIs for retrieving dependency and integration metadata from an OutSystems factory.
It helps architects, technical leads, governance teams, and AI agents understand how applications and modules are connected across the factory.
The application provides metadata that can be used to build dependency graphs, architecture diagrams, impact analysis reports, and layered architecture views based on the classic OutSystems Architecture Canvas.
It can expose information such as:
Module-to-module dependenciesApplication-to-application dependenciesStrong and weak dependency classificationDetailed referenced elementsConsumed REST integrationsExposed REST integrationsConsumed SOAP integrationsExposed SOAP integrationsThe APIs are protected using API key authentication and are designed to expose metadata only, without leaking sensitive credentials such as usernames or passwords used by integrations.
Module-to-module dependencies
Application-to-application dependencies
Strong and weak dependency classification
Detailed referenced elements
Consumed REST integrations
Exposed REST integrations
Consumed SOAP integrations
Exposed SOAP integrations
The APIs are protected using API key authentication and are designed to expose metadata only, without leaking sensitive credentials such as usernames or passwords used by integrations.
Factory Lens is a secure, read-only Forge component for OutSystems 11 that collects and exposes factory metadata through REST APIs. It helps teams understand how applications are structured and connected by providing dependency analysis, integration visibility, application inventory, and user/role metadata for governance and assessment purposes.
The component supports:
Factory Lens is designed to support architecture discovery, dependency mapping, governance reviews, and visual assessment of an OutSystems factory, all through read-only API access using x-api-key authentication.