Turn policies, bindings and platform configuration into flows, inventories, findings and comparisons.
Explore analysis tools Tools and resources for integration engineers
Understand, improve and build integration solutions with confidence.
GateSift gives Azure integration developers, architects and consultants local-first analysis tools, visual architecture guidance and practical engineering resources for complex integration platforms.
Local-first analyzers No configuration upload Open resources planned
One coherent platform direction
Analyze. Learn. Build.
GateSift connects understanding existing systems with learning better architecture and building the next solution.
Use a shared language for routing, messaging, reliability and transformation—with Azure context.
Explore patternsUse open deployment modules, snippets, examples and generators designed for integration engineering.
Explore resourcesWhy the name GateSift?
Sift through complexity and surface what actually matters.
The SIFT workflow applies across analyzers, architecture guidance and future engineering resources: structure the source, interpret its behavior, find what deserves attention and translate it into action.
Structure
Turn dense XML and platform configuration into a consistent domain model.
Interpret
Explain what the configuration does and how it behaves at runtime.
Find
Surface risks, differences, dependencies and the details that deserve review.
Translate
Convert technical configuration into clear flows, guidance and documentation.
Analyze
Understand the systems you already operate.
Local-first tools transform platform configuration into useful technical context without uploading source files.
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Azure API Management
APIM Policy Analyzer
Turn APIM policy XML into an understandable execution flow, risk review, comparison and documentation set.
Early access
Microsoft BizTalk Server
BizTalk Binding Visualizer
Explore applications, receive locations, send ports, adapters, environments and configuration findings without reading raw binding XML.
Coming
Azure Logic Apps
Logic App Workflow Helper
Visualize workflow structure, triggers, actions, conditions, retries and dependencies, with guidance for maintainability and reliability.
Coming
Azure Service Bus
Service Bus Topology Visualizer
Map queues, topics, subscriptions, filters, dead-letter paths and consumers into a readable messaging topology.
Learn
Use a shared language for integration architecture.
Explore 65 Enterprise Integration Patterns with concise GateSift explanations, original diagrams and Azure-oriented context.
Browse all patternsIntegration StylesFile Transfer
Exchange batches through files when systems are loosely connected in time or cannot call each other directly. The integration owns file naming, scheduling, transformation and recovery.
Integration StylesMessagingApplications exchange self-contained messages through channels, allowing senders and receivers to be decoupled in location and time while supporting reliable asynchronous processing.
Messaging SystemsMessage ChannelUse a logical channel as the transport boundary between producer and consumer. Channel semantics define delivery, ordering, durability and who may receive each message.
Messaging SystemsPipes and FiltersBreak processing into independent filters connected by channels. Each step performs one responsibility, making the flow easier to compose, test and evolve.
Messaging SystemsMessage RouterInsert routing logic that chooses one or more destinations without changing the message body. Centralizing the decision keeps producers and consumers unaware of each other.
Messaging SystemsMessage TranslatorTranslate from one representation into another at an integration boundary so connected applications can evolve without sharing the same data shape.
Build
Open resources for the next integration solution.
Bicep-first infrastructure, reusable policy building blocks, generators and delivery examples are planned as public resources.
Explore the resource roadmapComing
Open Azure infrastructure
Deployment Modules
Reusable, Bicep-first modules for integration platforms, with validated examples and generated ARM artifacts.
Coming
Developer utility
XML / JSON to C# Class Generator
Generate clean C# models from XML or JSON samples locally, with nullable types and serializer attributes.
Coming
Reusable policy building blocks
APIM Policy Snippet Library
Documented policy snippets for authentication, observability, resilience, caching and request transformation.
Planned
Schemas and payloads
Message Contract Explorer
Inspect XML Schema, JSON Schema and sample payloads, then compare contract versions and breaking changes.
Bicep remains the maintained source.
ARM JSON will be generated and published as an artifact rather than maintained as a separate implementation.
About GateSift
Built for the full integration engineering workflow.
Important behavior is often hidden inside policies, XML, bindings, infrastructure definitions and environment-specific configuration. GateSift turns that complexity into understandable flows, findings, architecture guidance and reusable engineering resources.
GateSift is still in an early startup phase. Feedback, criticism, capability ideas, technical contributions and partnership discussions are welcome—and directly influence what gets built next.
Built around real work
Prioritize clarity, useful defaults and workflows integration professionals actually need.
Private by default
Process sensitive configuration locally whenever a server is not genuinely required.
Open to collaboration
Use community feedback, technical contributions and partnerships to shape the roadmap.
Roadmap
Grow across analysis, learning resources and open engineering building blocks.
GateSift stays static and local-first while those constraints remain an advantage. Cloud capabilities will be introduced only when they unlock clear user value.
Analyze
Broader configuration intelligence
Keep improving APIM and BizTalk, then add Logic Apps, Service Bus, Functions and cross-platform architecture mapping.
- APIM and BizTalk UX
- Logic App Workflow Helper
- Service Bus topology
- Architecture mapping
Learn
Architecture guidance in context
Connect the Pattern Library to real analyzer findings, Azure examples and practical reference architectures.
- Pattern detection
- Azure pattern mappings
- Reference architectures
- Analyzer-linked guidance
Build
Open engineering resources
Publish reusable Bicep-first deployment modules, APIM snippets, generators, examples and CI/CD templates.
- Deployment modules
- XML/JSON to C#
- APIM snippet library
- CI/CD templates
Platform
Cloud features when they add value
Introduce AI, Microsoft Entra ID, secure project storage and team collaboration deliberately—not by default.
- AI-assisted guidance
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Database-backed projects
- Teams and cloud sync
Support the next phase
Contributions are reinvested into GateSift development.
Support helps fund more analyzers, open deployment resources, AI-assisted explanations, Microsoft Entra ID, secure project storage and the work required to evolve GateSift responsibly.
Version history
GateSift is actively improving.
Only the latest five meaningful releases stay on the homepage; the complete history remains available in the changelog.
v0.8.0Latest
GateSift platform foundation
Repositioned GateSift around Analyze, Learn and Build, added dedicated Tools and Resources pages, and published the roadmap for Logic Apps, Service Bus, deployment modules, generators and open engineering resources.
v0.7.1
Pattern visual explanations and clearer attribution
Added original GateSift how-it-works diagrams to every pattern page and strengthened source, licence, adaptation and no-endorsement notices.
v0.7.0
Integration Pattern Library
Added a searchable library of all 65 Enterprise Integration Patterns with GateSift explanations, Azure implementation examples, analyzer relevance and dedicated pattern pages.
v0.6.0
APIM authoring and richer BizTalk context
Added start-from-scratch APIM authoring, selectable policy blocks, unified export navigation and BizTalk descriptions in endpoint details and reports.
v0.5.0
BizTalk configuration workbench
Added dedicated Map, Endpoints and grouped Findings views, clearer unbound exports, compact endpoint inspection and improved large-binding navigation.