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Reuse the data foundation across channels

Add channels by reusing customer and decision foundations, not rebuilding them.

One foundation, channel-specific delivery
Activation loop
Foundation
Customer profile
Choice
Decision layer
Delivery
Web / App
Messaging
Feedback
Response events

Generic diagram. It does not reproduce a client architecture.

Adding a channel should not require rebuilding identity, customer state and eligibility. Data and decisions form the reusable foundation; rendering and execution remain channel-specific.

External models and delivery platforms stay behind explicit contracts rather than being reimplemented inside journeys.

Production signals

  • The same rule produces different results by channel.
  • Every new channel brings another way of identifying the same customer.
  • The same score lives in every tool, and they no longer match.

Recommended architecture

Separate customer context, decision, rendering and execution through explicit contracts.

Reuse identity and eligibility; adapt only context and delivery.

When not to apply it

  • Do not centralize channel-only logic without another consumer.
  • Do not turn the CDP into a rendering engine.