# Solution Architecture The critical components of any Contextual solution architecture will consist of: * Data - Contextual manages data via JSON Schema definitions within our Object Types Component. We provide a basic template schema in the definition that you can edit manually or using our AI Assistant. * APIs (accessing Contextual Object Types) - As soon as you define a data Object Type in Contextual we instantly create an API that you can create a key for in order to provide access to those objects with pre-build create, edit, search and more functions. * Business Logic - Contextual provides a low-code visual editor called Flows based on Node-RED. Drag and drop nodes that create or update data records, execute javascript functions, run machine learning models and more. * APIs (accessing Contextual Flows) - Use HTTP Flows to create Get and Post endpoints that can serve as API endpoints into Contextual to drive Flows or serve web content. * Connections (access services / APIs outside of Contextual) - Connections capture credentials to third party data sources or AI tools or systems. * Agents - Agents allow for you to allocate compute to Flows such that they operate in production and are 'deployed'. With the combination of data, business logic, connections and compute you can build solutions of any complexity. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.contextual.io/documentation-and-resources/patterns/solution-architecture.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.