Ontic

Ontic is a browser-first, local-first ontology and simulation tool for modeling a situation, asking questions about it, and mutating world state over time.

Screenshot

What It Does

• Turn a scenario into a structured ontology graph.
• Ask natural-language questions against the current world state.
• Apply interventions as versioned mutations.
• Compare snapshots and probability shifts over time.
• Persist worlds, history, and settings locally in the browser.

Architecture

flowchart LR
    UI["React App Shell"] --> Store["Zustand Store"]
    Store --> Graph["React Flow Graph Canvas"]
    Store --> Panels["Query / Results / Mutation / History Panels"]
    Store --> Persistence["Dexie + IndexedDB"]
    Store --> QueryFlow["Query Flow"]
    Store --> MutationFlow["Mutation Flow"]
    Store --> WorldCreation["World Creation Flow"]
    QueryFlow --> OpenRouter["OpenRouter Client"]
    MutationFlow --> OpenRouter
    WorldCreation --> OpenRouter
    Store --> Simulation["Simulation Engine / Worker Client"]
    Simulation --> Results["Query Results + Drivers"]

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Stack

• React
• TypeScript
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS
• Zustand
• Dexie / IndexedDB
• React Flow
• Zod

Local Setup

pnpm install
pnpm dev

Commands

pnpm dev
pnpm build
pnpm lint
pnpm test
pnpm preview

Notes

• This app is local-first. Worlds and settings are stored in the browser.
• OpenRouter is used for parsing, repair, and explanation flows.
• Product and implementation intent live in SPEC.md and DESIGN.md.