Vortex Press · Vortex Ventures
The next seat should find the current candidate — not last night's chat.
Long agent jobs drift when the goal mutates in the transcript and nobody can say what is proven. The method is one spec that does not change, one state file that does, and a journal you only append to. Try it free on a short job tonight. Buy the pack when the job will cross days or seats.
Markdown files in a zip. Instant download, no account. Free method notes live on the docs channel.
The three files
Copy them into the job folder before the run starts. That is the whole method.
IMMUTABLE_SPEC.md
Goal, constraints, definition of done, non-goals. Written once. Changing it mid-run means bumping the version, on purpose, in the open.
MUTABLE_STATE.md
Progress, blockers, next action, open questions. Rewritten freely every turn. The one file an agent reads first when it picks the job back up.
JOURNAL.md
Append-only decisions and why. The record that answers "who chose this and what did they know" three hours or three agents later.
On the shelf
SKU 0 · Free
Agent Long-Job Starter Card
One page: a single JOB.md note (contract + current state + journal) and a pasteable prompt. Enough to run a short, bounded job tonight without buying anything.
Download freeSKU 1 · $49 once
SKILLSTATE Long-Job Pack
Thirteen markdown files: split P/Σ/journal, operator notes for a second job and a Monday resume, start/resume prompts, handoff, checklist, anti-patterns, and two authored examples. A workflow, not a runtime. No earnings claim.
SKU 2 · $49 once
Evidence Ledger Pack
Keep claims honest: every assertion tied to a candidate, a procedure, and a finding — including failures. Not a second long-job kit. Use it when the failure is a fake pass, not a lost next action. No testimonials yet.
See the evidence packSKU 3 · $39 once
Seat Charter Kit
One current writer, explicit authority, stop/escalation — so two seats do not both own the files. Buy this when two seats collided. Not a second SKILLSTATE.
See the charter kitWhat this is not
- It is not software. Nothing to install, no login, no account.
- It is not a framework or a prompt library. The files are yours to edit the second you download them.
- It will not stop a bad plan from being bad. It will make the drift visible early enough to fix.
No testimonials on this page, because the shelf is new and there are none worth quoting yet. Read the free card first and decide from the actual material.