# Switchboard

![Overview](/switchboard-hero.svg)

Switchboard is the control plane that connects an AWS account and a GitHub repository, builds every merge, and deploys chosen builds into environments. Apps are built in their own repositories with their own CI; Switchboard owns everything after the artifact: where it runs, which version, who approved it, and what the organization sees.

[Start with what Switchboard is](/introduction)

## Where to go

- [What Switchboard is](/introduction) — the three ideas that carry the model.
- [Build and publish](/build-and-publish) — how a merge becomes a build and advances a channel.
- [API reference](/api) — the REST surface for release tooling and manifest validation.