MFM Spec · getting started

Turn rough intent into shared system memory.

Follow one real example, then create a hosted project your coding agents can read and evolve. The first useful result is a committed specification—not an installed connector.

01 · Inspect the result

From “AI incident responder” to a coherent product

A startup defines an incident-investigation agent that gathers evidence, proposes action, and keeps consequential execution under human control. The published snapshot makes the design inspectable before you create an account.

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Responsibilities

Where each part of the system's work belongs.

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Features

What an operator can do or observe across those responsibilities.

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Criteria

The design pressure the agent must preserve while proposing change.

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Evaluation

What was learned without silently rewriting product intent.

Explore the Sentinel Agent specificationOpen Components, Features, Criteria, and Source to see how one coherent artifact answers different questions.

02 · Choose the boundary

Workspace first, then project

Workspace

Your organization or team boundary. It controls membership and keeps customer state isolated.

MFM project

One system, product, or initiative whose design memory must stay coherent. It may span more than one repository.

03 · Let your agent author

Connect once. Bind the real work explicitly.

Create the project, connect the shared MFM server, then place the generated project instructions in the repositories where work happens. Your agent—not MFM—supplies the judgment.

Starter request for your agent

Use MFM Spec for this project.

Read the active project policy first. If no specification exists, interview me about the system's intent, responsibilities, observable behavior, and design criteria. Challenge vague or conflicting assumptions before you create the first coherent revision.

04 · Know when it worked

The first revision appears.

A copied instruction block only confirms a clipboard action. Onboarding succeeds when your agent commits the first valid revision and the project opens as a live, readable specification. From there, every change keeps its reasoning, validation, and history.

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