Arcs · the core primitive
A relationship is a trajectory, not a row.
The record-store paradigm flattens a living relationship into a snapshot that's stale the moment it's saved. An arc keeps the whole trajectory — so people and agents can read where it's been, where it is, and where it's going.
- Account
- Acme Corp
- Stage
- Negotiation
- Amount
- $48,000
- Owner
- j. rivera
- Last activity
- 94 days ago
a snapshot · already stale
Same relationship. One is a snapshot you maintain by hand; the other is a trajectory that maintains itself.
The anatomy of an arc.
Every arc is a first-class, addressable entity — not a row in someone's table.
A lifecycle position that moves as the relationship moves, never a stale dropdown.
A synthesized 0–1 signal, continuously recomputed from the arc's own history.
An append-only stream — every email, call, note, and signal, attributed and ordered.
Humans and agents are first-class owners of the same arc, with full provenance.
Arcs contain arcs. An account holds its renewals, expansions, and deals.
Containment
Arcs contain arcs.
An account is an arc that holds its renewals, expansions, and deals — each a living arc of its own. Health and context roll up; ownership and history stay precise at every level.
Stop storing rows. Start keeping arcs.
Give every relationship a trajectory your whole organization — human and agent — can read.