Method process over org
The process is the product.
Forge is a Git-native operating system for the design process in the AI era. It turns design activity — whichever model or human did it — into versioned artifacts, recorded decisions, and governed releases. Agents are dispatched into the process. The process is never inside an agent.
01 The lifecycle
Nine steps, each leaving a record.
01Frame
State the problem and preserve the artifacts that define it.
02Explore
Pursue alternatives in parallel with local models, on branches.
03Promote
Pick a candidate direction — a human act, recorded with its reasoning.
04Check
Run quality checks before anyone outside the team is exposed to the work.
05Freeze
Pin an exact, immutable version of the prototype.
06Publish
Open a guided review for the people who know the domain.
07Triage
Sort feedback into decisions and tasks; reject with reasons, not silence.
08Execute
Run accepted work through isolated phases, with any model.
09Verify
Compare against the previous version, confirm, and freeze again.
02 Ten principles
Written down, so they can be argued with.
The repository is the source of truth.
Models are replaceable.
Human decisions are explicit.
Automation proposes before it promotes.
Every reviewed version is immutable.
Feedback must reach resolution.
Quality is checked before exposure.
Prototype code declares its production readiness.
Stakeholders never need design or development tools.
Cloud collaboration adds value without owning the project.
The test for every feature: does it make the design process more legible — a better answer to “why does it look like this?” — or merely more automated? Legibility ships.