# Guides & Tutorials

Step-by-step implementation guides, deployment patterns, egress interception, and gateway integrations.

Source: https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/

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Welcome to the Mandrel guides section. These practical walk-throughs cover deployment, traffic interception, and mesh integration.

## In This Section

* **[Getting Started](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/getting-started.md)**: Deploy your first governed agent in four steps: author, validate, test locally, and deploy to Kubernetes.
* **[Deployment Variants](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/deployment-variants.md)**: Patterns for deploying Mandrel across Kubernetes, Serverless, and Managed Agent Platforms.
* **[Egress Governance Architecture](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/egress-governance.md)**: Transparent Envoy proxying, outbound tool interception, and Collet fallback modes.
* **[Kong Gateway & Mesh Integration](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/kong-integration.md)**: Compile Mandrel specs directly into declarative Kong AI Gateway policies and Mesh traffic permissions.


## Pages in this section

- [Getting Started](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/getting-started.md): Deploy your first governed AI agent with Mandrel.
- [Deployment Variants](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/deployment-variants.md): Universal governance across Kubernetes, Serverless, and Managed Agent Platforms.
- [Egress Governance Architecture](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/egress-governance.md): Outbound traffic interception, transparent Envoy proxying, and Collet fallback modes for agent egress governance.
- [Kong Gateway & Mesh Integration](https://mandrel-web-363efb.gitlab.io/docs/guides/kong-integration.md): Compile Mandrel specs directly into declarative Kong AI Gateway policies and Kong Mesh traffic permissions.