Internal Developer Platform - CI/CD Glossary Definition
An internal developer platform (IDP) is the self-service layer, spanning pipelines, environments, and deploy tooling, that developers use to ship without filing tickets.
An internal developer platform (IDP) is the integrated set of self-service tools and workflows a platform team offers so developers can build, test, deploy, and operate services with minimal friction.
An IDP is the concrete product that platform engineering produces. It usually wraps CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and service creation behind consistent interfaces.
In CI
The CI layer of an IDP standardizes how builds run: shared runner pools, a common cache, and reusable workflows so a new service inherits a working pipeline on day one.
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