Riptide Roadmap¶
Key Timeline Anchors¶
| Event | Target Date | Status | Dependency |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 — The Loop | March 27 (Day 7) | In progress | Navid + Forte testnet |
| M2 — The Conversation | April 3 (Day 14) | Blocked on M1 | M1 Go decision |
| M3 — Pinky and the Brain | April 18 (Day 24) | Blocked on M2 | M2 Go + Dete review |
| flow.com/ai landing page | April 2026 | Parallel track | Marketing team |
| AI Showrunner (Peak Money) | April 2026 | Directive issued | Alan Carr + Yusang |
Now Shipping¶
M1: The Loop¶
Cadence contract on testnet with Forte-native scheduling. Each cycle reads storage from 3+ accounts, reads its own prior state, emits structured observation event. Off-chain oracle catches event, calls LLM, submits response transaction.
| Criteria | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Must | 24h+ autonomous runtime |
| Must | Oracle round-trip < 60s |
| Must | < 5% dropped cycles |
| Must | Deployed to testnet (not emulator) |
| Should | Compute deltas between cycles |
| Should | LLM shows visible adaptation |
| Should | Basic retry logic |
| Kill if | > 20% dropped cycles or > 5 min latency consistently |
Owner: Navid (full-time). Roham + Navid decide Go/No-Go.
flow.com/ai (Parallel)¶
- Landing page with "Where Agents Live" positioning
- Forte differentiator explained
- Links to existing dev tutorials (Eliza, AgentKit, MCP, Claude Code)
- "Why Flow Is Agent-Native" blog post
- awesome-flow-ai GitHub repo
- Owner: Marketing. Not Navid.
AI Showrunner — Applied AI for Peak Money¶
- CEO directive (April 7, 2026): autonomous experiment loops for waitlist rollout
- Agent designs email copy, sends invites, tracks conversion data, designs next experiment based on results
- Peak Money architecturally ready: Docker sandboxing, backwards/forwards-compatible APIs
- Owner: Alan Carr + Yusang Lee
Next Up¶
M2: The Conversation (blocked on M1 Go)¶
Second agent contract on testnet with independent Forte schedule and independent LLM persona. Shared state object (bulletin board) both agents read and write.
| Criteria | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Must | 24h+ both agents running |
| Must | Distinct LLM personas |
| Must | Interleaved events readable as back-and-forth |
| Must | At least one genuine adaptation instance |
| Should | Agents build toward something together |
| Should | Explicit cross-agent references |
| Kill if | Two independent monologues, or state conflicts corrupt > 5% of cycles |
Go/No-Go: Roham + Navid + Dete. Day 14.
M3: Pinky and the Brain (blocked on M2 Go)¶
Single web page: live conversation feed, Flowscan links on every entry, "How This Works" in 3 sentences, running time counter and cycle stats.
| Criteria | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Must | Running 7+ days at launch, zero manual intervention |
| Must | No wallet connection or Web3 friction |
| Must | Open Graph tags for social sharing |
| Should | Auto-refresh, visual distinction between agents |
| Should | Historical scroll, mobile-responsive |
Narrative Milestone
M3 cannot kill the project. If the tech works (M1+M2), iterate the wrapper until the narrative lands.
Go/No-Go: Roham + Dete. Day 24.
Post-M3: External Launch¶
- Post publicly. Pin in #ai-riptide-flow
- Begin flow.com/ai integration
- Stranger test: show URL to 5 non-technical people before launch
- This becomes the link in every investor/partner/developer conversation about Flow + AI
Blocked / At Risk¶
Navid Single-Point-of-Failure — UNMITIGATED¶
Navid is the sole engineer on M1-M3. Alex Hentschel provides 2-3 hours of architecture review. Design support arrives at M3 only. No backup plan documented.
Flowscan Scheduled Tx Visibility¶
Navid flagged: "super hard but doable." Needed by M1 Day 5 for the event log to be readable. Owner: Michael/Jordan.
Alex Architecture Review — NOT YET SCHEDULED¶
Needed before M1 Go/No-Go decision. Not on calendar.
Dete Review — NOT YET SCHEDULED¶
Needed before M3 external launch. Not on calendar.
flow.com/ai Design + Content — NOT YET ASSIGNED¶
Marketing team owns. No assignment visible.
Recently Shipped¶
| Item | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| x402 (agent payments on Flow) | March 2026 | Agents can pay through Flow. Confirmed production. |
| Forte scheduled transactions | Production | FYV-EVM Worker running 1+ month autonomously on mainnet. |
| Agent contracts (emulator) | Pre-Riptide | Navid prototype: agents as Cadence contracts, multi-agent pipeline orchestration, oracle bridge, output as Resources. |
Kill Criteria Are Pre-Committed¶
Each gate has explicit kill criteria. Pre-commitment: if kill criteria are hit, stop and rethink. Do not rationalize "one more iteration" without a clear hypothesis for what changes.
| Gate | Kill If |
|---|---|
| M1 | Oracle cannot close the loop (> 20% drops or > 5 min latency) |
| M2 | Agents do not interact meaningfully through shared state |
| M3 | Cannot kill — iterate the wrapper |