Production system
Build systems that build systems.
The sXs factory turns intent into operable software, then retains the capabilities that make the next build stronger.
Definition
A factory is a real operating model, not a speed metaphor.
sXs combines repeatable inputs, composable production, model-driven execution, independent verification, and compounding output.
The factory does not make every product identical. It gives unlike products a disciplined way to move from intention to release while retaining the parts of production knowledge that deserve to travel.
The production rail
Specify. Generate. Verify. Ship. Compound.
Every stage has a concrete output and a visible human responsibility. Models accelerate work; they do not inherit accountability.
- 01
Specify
What must be true?
Turn product intent into constraints, interfaces, acceptance criteria, and consequential decisions.
- Output
- Specifications · ADRs · schemas · tests
- Human role
- Set intent and approve irreversible choices.
- 02
Generate
Where does synthesis help?
Use models and specialized agents for exploration, implementation, transformation, and documentation.
- Output
- Working changes · options · documentation
- Human role
- Bound the task and select the useful direction.
- 03
Verify
What evidence decides?
Build, test, inspect, and review generated work against the intended product behavior.
- Output
- Builds · tests · evals · reviews
- Human role
- Own quality, risk, and release judgment.
- 04
Ship
Can someone use and own it?
Release operable software with documentation, deployment, and a clear maintenance path.
- Output
- Products · releases · runbooks
- Human role
- Accept the release and remain accountable for it.
- 05
Compound
What should the next build inherit?
Convert repeated knowledge into capabilities, templates, components, and decision patterns.
- Output
- Skills · harnesses · reusable systems
- Human role
- Choose what deserves to become shared infrastructure.
Symbolic
What the system must preserve.
- Specifications and acceptance criteria
- Types, schemas, and contracts
- Tests, builds, and release gates
- Architecture decisions and ownership
Subsymbolic
Where synthesis creates leverage.
- Exploration and alternative generation
- Bounded implementation work
- Pattern recognition across a codebase
- Transformation and draft documentation
symbolic × subsymbolic
The seam is a production decision.
Human judgment places the boundary, defines the evidence, and owns the release. Stable decisions move into deterministic infrastructure; model judgment stays where interpretation is useful.
Artifact gallery
The production trail is inspectable.
These public artifacts expose selected releases, decisions, verification surfaces, and capability contracts. They are evidence, not a claim that every internal detail is public.
Kanon v0.5.0
A versioned release of the factory’s canonical knowledge-artifact compiler and catalog.
Inspect artifact ↗02 · Decision recordKanon architecture ledger
Public ADRs record decisions about adapters, validation, security review, distribution, and harness support.
Inspect artifact ↗03 · VerificationPerfectStar 2K test surface
The product repository documents unit coverage for buffer behavior, undo, wrapping, Markdown, and RTF export.
Inspect artifact ↗04 · Operating artifactADR Power specification
The capability makes its workflow, invariants, decision states, and edge cases inspectable.
Inspect artifact ↗Factory Ledger
Compounding is recorded only when reuse is visible.
The ledger stays deliberately small. A retained capability earns an entry when a later build or production system demonstrably uses it.
Anti-promises
What the factory will not pretend.
- No instant-app claim. Ambitious products still contain decisions, unknowns, and integration work.
- No unsupported “10×.” Velocity claims require a defined baseline and evidence from comparable work.
- No unaccountable autonomy. Consequential boundaries and release decisions retain a named human owner.
- No reuse for its own sake. Unlike products are not forced into a shared platform merely to make the ledger longer.