A vendor is waiting for approval. An employee is missing a signature. An order is ready
to ship. Your world is full of things with a state, and rules for what happens next.
Write those things and rules down. WorldVM runs the work around them and keeps a shared
record for people, systems, and agents.
ONE THING IN YOUR WORLDKestrel Labs vendor:kestrel
DraftDetails are being collected
submit ↓
ReviewWaiting for a decision
approve ↓ person required
ActiveApproved to work withCURRENT STATE
archive ↓
ArchivedKept on the record
✓
You approved Kestrel Labsreview → active · revision 8
START WITH THE WORLD
Things. Changes. A memory of both.
Work happens around things that outlive any single task. A person can be hired twice. A
vendor can be reviewed again. Each process belongs to a larger world.
01
Give things an identity
People, companies, documents, orders. Keep their facts and relationships together,
so every process refers to the same thing.
02
Make the rules explicit
A state machine defines where a thing is, which events can move it, and who may send
them. “Approve” is a checked transition with an actor and a result.
03
Keep the world on the record
Every accepted change updates the facts and records who did what. Ask what is true
now, what used to be true, and how it changed.
HOW IT WORKS
An event comes in. The world moves forward.
01 / ASK
Send a command
A person clicks a button, a system reports evidence, or an agent proposes a move. Each
request names the thing and the actor.
02 / CHECK
Consult the machine
Check the current state, the actor’s authority, and the required evidence. A move must
satisfy the rules before it can change the world.
03 / REMEMBER
Commit the change
Record the accepted event and its resulting facts together. A receipt identifies the
command; retrying it returns the same result.
04 / CONTINUE
Find the next work
Reconcile what is still needed. A workflow can wait for a person or a result, then
resume from its recorded state.
A LITTLE WORLD YOU CAN RUN
One model. Several ways in.
Add a vendor in the table. Move it on the board. Ask the agent to approve it. Watch the
machine decide, then query the history.
vendors.world
Same facts. Table, board, and agent share one model.
Same rules. An agent needs your approval for a guarded move.
Every revision. Query what was true at any point in the demo.
This vendor example is simulated in your browser. The agent uses scripted responses; reset
or reload to start again.
MACHINES HOLD STATE. WORKFLOWS DO THE WORK.
The process can wait. The world remembers.
An employee’s readiness depends on evidence: a handbook acknowledgment and an
orientation confirmation. Each missing piece creates work. Each accepted response
changes what is true.
Employee onboarding runs this loop today. Create an employment, respond to a human
request, and watch the readiness goal update. Withdraw evidence and the missing work
returns.
Employment createdPerson and company linked by a durable record
✓
Handbook acknowledgedEvidence recorded · request completed
○
Orientation confirmationHuman request waiting for a response
READINESS GOALWaiting for evidence
Illustrative state from the working demo.
BUILT ON THE FAMILY
A model you can run. A world you can query.
WorldVM brings the family’s pieces together: a language for your model, rules for
change, memory for facts, and interfaces for the people doing the work.
Forma + Open OntologyDescribe your entities, vocabulary, and rules in a typed model.
SchematicsPlan transitions and reconcile the work implied by the current state.
TriplexStore facts, relationships, revisions, and the provenance of each change.
FoldworksPut the model in front of people as forms, tables, and purpose-built views.
WHAT RUNS TODAY
Start with employee onboarding.
The working demo has durable employment records, evidence requests, readiness
reconciliation, retry receipts, and history on Triplex, with Node and Cloudflare hosts.
The vendor example above shows the broader idea. A general world builder, generated
interfaces for arbitrary models, and connected external providers are still being built
toward.