MAVEN / CARTA — Mainframe Analysis & Intelligence
On-demand dependency mapping, business rules extraction, change impact analysis, and modernization planning for COBOL estates — powered by multi-LLM AI grounded in static analysis.
What it does
- Dependency Graph — deterministic call-tree, SQL table deps, CICS transactions, and dynamic call edges from CAST static analysis or LLM-inferred from source
- Business Rules — plain-language extraction of what each COBOL program does, grouped into sections with graph-edge citations
- Change Impact — blast-radius analysis rating each affected program/data store (Critical / High / Medium / Unknown)
- Modernization Spec — 5-section Java / Spring Boot target architecture draft, gated by engineer sign-off
Quick start
npm install
npm run dev # http://localhost:3000
Required environment variables
DATABASE_URL=postgres://... # Neon or any Postgres instance
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=<random-string> # NextAuth session signing
MAVEN_USERS=email:password:role,... # Static user list (role: viewer|editor|admin)
# LLM providers — at least one required
GROQ_API_KEY=gsk_...
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
# Optional
GITHUB_PAT=ghp_... # GitHub Personal Access Token for repo browsing
Database setup
npm run db:push # Push schema to Neon via drizzle-kit
Architecture
- Next.js 15 App Router — SSE streaming, API routes, server + client components
- Neon (serverless Postgres) + Drizzle ORM — stores programs, graphs, artifacts
- LLM providers — Groq (Llama 3.3 70B), Anthropic (Claude Sonnet), OpenAI (GPT-4o); configurable at runtime in Settings
- Structured RAG — SQL joins inject relevant context into prompts; no vector embeddings at current scale
- NextAuth.js — credentials-based auth with role-based access (viewer / editor / admin)
See app/architecture/page.tsx for the interactive reference diagram, or spec/MAVEN-CARTA-SYSTEM-SPEC-v2.2.md for the full system specification.
Guest access
Unauthenticated visitors can browse programs and view existing dependency graphs and artifacts without logging in. AI analysis features (Analyze, Refresh Spec, Agent Chat) require either:
- A signed-in account with LLM settings configured, or
- A BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) API key entered in the in-app prompt
Project structure
app/ Next.js App Router pages and API routes
components/ Shared UI components (AppNav, DependencyView, etc.)
lib/ Parser, DB queries, LLM chains, agent runner
hooks/ Client-side React hooks
spec/ System specification documents
cast-reports/ Reference CAST analysis examples
