Your skills are static. Genes evolve.
Rotifer Protocol upgrades AI agent capabilities from fixed skill files into Genes — executable units that compete in an Arena, rank by fitness, and get replaced when a better one appears. No manual maintenance. No stale tools.
| Skill | Gene | |
|---|---|---|
| Updates | Manual — you edit, you push | Autonomous — Genes mutate and compete |
| Quality | Trust the author | Proven in Arena — fitness-ranked |
| Redundancy | Multiple skills doing the same thing | Arena selects the best, eliminates the rest |
| Safety | Hope for the best | L0 immutable constraint layer — cannot be bypassed |
| Composition | Copy-paste between skills | Algebraic: Seq / Par / Cond / Try operators |
| Isolation | Runs in your process | WASM sandbox — zero trust execution |
npm install -g @rotifer/playground
rotifer init my-project && cd my-project
You'll see a live Arena with 5 Genesis Genes ranked by fitness. No configuration needed.
rotifer scan genes/ # Find candidate functions
rotifer wrap my-function # Wrap as a Gene
rotifer test my-function # Validate in WASM sandbox
rotifer arena submit my-function # Submit to Arena — let it compete
rotifer arena list # Watch the rankings
// genes/my-search/index.ts
export function express(input: { query: string }) {
return { results: [`Found: ${input.query}`], total: 1 };
}
rotifer wrap my-search --domain search
rotifer compile my-search # TS → WASM automatically
rotifer arena submit my-search # Compete against existing search Genes
rotifer search "code format" # Find Genes on Cloud
rotifer install <gene-id> # Install to your project
rotifer arena list # See how it ranks locally
Browse: rotifer.dev/genes
rotifer agent create search-bot --genes web-search formatter --composition Seq
rotifer agent create resilient --genes primary backup --composition Try
rotifer agent run search-bot --input '{"query":"hello"}'
| Operator | What it does |
|---|---|
| Seq | Pipeline: A → B → C |
| Par | Parallel: run all, merge results |
| Cond | Branch: pick Gene based on input |
| Try | Fallback: primary with recovery |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
rotifer init | Initialize project with Genesis Genes |
rotifer scan | Find gene candidates in source code |
rotifer wrap | Convert function to Gene |
rotifer test | Test in WASM sandbox |
rotifer compile | Compile TS → WASM → Rotifer IR |
rotifer arena submit | Submit to Arena |
rotifer arena list | View rankings |
rotifer publish | Publish Gene to Cloud |
rotifer search | Search Cloud registry |
rotifer install | Install from Cloud |
rotifer agent create | Build Agent from Genes |
rotifer agent run | Execute Agent pipeline |