Define servers, connections, schemas, endpoints, and backend behavior directly in HCL.

Build request pipelines from SQL, Redis, Go, Starlark, transactions, parallel execution, and more.

Keep the entire request lifecycle visible from the incoming HTTP request to the final response.

Make SQL and Redis operations first-class parts of your API execution pipeline.

Use Go integration and Starlark when declarative configuration is not enough.

Work with strings, collections, encoding, cryptography, math, and system functions directly in your manifests.