US Patent 12131168 Outcome-oriented automation platform

A method includes generating, for display by way of a graphical user interface (GUI), a graphical representation of an existing state of a plurality of computing resources that visually represents the plurality of computing resources and one or more relationships therebetween. The method also includes determining a target state of the plurality of computing resources based on a user modification of the graphical representation of the existing state. The user modification may be obtained by way of the GUI. The method additionally includes determining, based on a difference between the target state and the existing state, one or more operations configured to modify the plurality of computing resources to reach the target state from the existing state. The method further includes executing the one or more operations.