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Install the ZEN Engine and evaluate your first decision in Node.js.

Installation

Basic usage

Loader

The loader pattern enables dynamic decision loading from any storage backend. Combined with ZenDecisionContent for pre-compilation, this provides optimal performance for multi-decision applications.

File system

AWS S3

Azure Blob Storage

Google Cloud Storage

Error handling

Using try-catch:
Using safeEvaluate:

Tracing

Enable tracing to inspect decision execution:

Expression utilities

Evaluate ZEN expressions outside of a decision context:
Synchronous versions are also available:

Best practices

Use ZenDecisionContent for caching. Pre-compiling decisions avoids repeated parsing overhead. Cache compiled content in a Map keyed by decision name. Initialize the engine once. Create a single ZenEngine instance at application startup and reuse it for all evaluations. Implement a loader for dynamic decisions. The loader pattern centralizes decision loading logic and enables caching at the source. Call dispose() on shutdown. Release engine resources when your application terminates to prevent memory leaks.