What exactly is a starter? Design a company-internal starter for your platform team.

// module 1: acme-audit-spring-boot-autoconfigure
@AutoConfiguration
@ConditionalOnClass(AuditClient.class)
@EnableConfigurationProperties(AcmeAuditProperties.class)
public class AcmeAuditAutoConfiguration {

    @Bean
    @ConditionalOnMissingBean                       // team can replace it
    @ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "acme.audit",   // team can disable it
        name = "enabled", havingValue = "true", matchIfMissing = true)
    AuditClient auditClient(AcmeAuditProperties props) {
        return new AuditClient(props.endpoint(), props.bufferSize());
    }
}
// + META-INF/spring/…AutoConfiguration.imports listing the class
// + config metadata json -> IDE completion for acme.audit.*

// module 2: acme-audit-spring-boot-starter — empty jar, POM depends on
// autoconfigure module + audit client lib. Teams add ONE dependency.