The method
Four gated stages. One invisible loop.
Each stage produces a proposal you refine and approve. The agentic engine is never surfaced — you see a plan and its changes.
01 · Ideate
The Catalyst
- Expands your brief into diverse candidate directions
- Scores each on an immutable 5×20 rubric (keep ≥ 60)
- Red-Queen critic + pairwise ELO tournament
- You pick the winner at the gate
gate
02 · Research
The Thesis
- STORM-style research over your graph + the web
- Every finding cites a retrieved source
- Unsupported claims become explicit gaps
- You accept the thesis at the gate
gate
03 · Deploy
The Crucible
- Provisions a sovereign white-label cell
- Own domain, DB, OAuth, TLS, CI pipeline
- HPA/KEDA horizontal scaling
- You approve go-live at the gate
gate
04 · Live
The Apex
- Live product, self-healing monitoring
- Reversible fixes auto-apply; irreversible are gated
- Versioned re-entry / pivot at any stage
- Roll back with a git-revert — forward-path recovery
The Refine Loop wraps every stage.
Before anything consequential runs, you get a plan. Refine it in conversation; approve it to execute. Proposing and refining cost nothing — only approved execution ever meters or fires.