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The map is not the territory, but the pattern is the path.

Travis Burandt

The map is not the territory, but the pattern is the path.

Software developer with ~20 years of experience, building open protocols for AI agent composition. Creator of the [&] Protocol ecosystem — a three-protocol stack that defines how AI agent capabilities compose, circulate, and get measured.

The Three-Protocol Stack

ProtocolPurposeWhat it does
[&] ProtocolStructural compositionDeclares what an agent is — memory, reasoning, time, space, governance — compiled to MCP + A2A
PULSETemporal loop algebraDeclares how loops run — phases, cadence, nesting, cross-loop signals
PRISMDiagnostic measurementMeasures how loops perform — the first self-improving benchmark for agent memory

Flagship Projects

Graphonomous — Continual Learning Engine

Elixir/OTP application with a durable SQLite-backed knowledge graph, confidence-updating learning loop, and MCP server exposing 5 loop-phase machines. Ships as an npm package (npx -y graphonomous), works with Claude Code, Zed, Cursor, and any MCP client.

  • 768D neural embeddings (nomic-embed-text-v2-moe)

  • AGM-rational belief revision and intentional forgetting

  • 455+ tests, 92.6% QA proxy accuracy on LongMemEval

AmpersandBoxDesign — [&] Protocol Spec + Reference Impl

The open spec, JSON schemas, Elixir reference implementation, and npm/Python SDKs. Five capability primitives: &memory, &reason, &time, &space, &govern.

PRISM — Benchmark Engine (OS-009)

Elixir/OTP benchmark engine for iterative agent memory systems. Compose scenarios, run against any registered system, observe with CL-dimension scoring, reflect with IRT calibration.

PULSE — Loop State Exchange (OS-010)

Temporal algebra standard. Every loop declares its phases, cadence, substrates, invariants, and cross-loop connections in a single manifest file.

Portfolio Ecosystem

The [&] ecosystem includes 10+ products sharing a unified Supabase backend, each with its own spec:

ProjectDomain
BendScriptKnowledge graph editor (SvelteKit + Supabase)
WebHost.SystemsHosting platform (Node.js + Vite + React)
FleetPromptAgent marketplace
AgenTroMaticDeliberation engine
DelegaticGovernance protocol
GeoFleeticSpatial intelligence
TickTickClockTemporal intelligence
OpenSentienceResearch runtime

Tech Stack

Languages: Elixir/OTP, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, SvelteKit

Infrastructure: Supabase (shared PostgreSQL), SQLite (embedded), Fly.io, Vite, React

Let's Connect

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MCP defines how agents call tools. A2A defines how agents call agents. [&] defines how capabilities compose into a coherent agent.

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