Everything needed to understand, deploy, and operate OrbitForge like a real product.

Overview

OrbitForge is a model-agnostic coding copilot with first-class support for Ollama, LM Studio, Anthropic, OpenAI, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

Gap Analysis

This release closes the biggest gaps we found when comparing Claude Code-style agent workflows with console-first multi-model UIs: local-provider parity, release readiness, product packaging, and editor/browser consistency.

Signature Features

The current public-share build centers on release-safe intelligence: Mission Lock, Proof Gate, Model Jury, Blast Radius Simulator, Release Contract Generator, Release Gate Preflight, Hidden Pain Detector, Session Capsule, Auto-Heal Recovery Lanes, Ops Ledger, and Ship Memo Autowriter.

Revolutionary Problem

OrbitForge is designed to solve silent intent drift and false completion confidence. The workflow locks the real assignment before generation and scores whether the resulting answer is actually evidence-backed.

Mission Lock

Mission Lock freezes the north star, immutable constraints, non-goals, and proof requirements before generation so the workflow cannot quietly drift away from what the human actually asked for.

Proof Gate

Proof Gate checks whether an answer is evidence-backed or merely polished. It lowers trust when output makes completion claims without build, test, validation, or rollout proof.

Release Gate Preflight

Before a run starts, the preflight engine scores readiness, validates credentials and endpoint strategy, flags missing workspace context, recommends jury members, and blocks obviously unsafe release attempts.

Hidden Pain Detector

This layer identifies the contradictions humans usually miss: release work without proof, quick prompts hiding large blast radius, docs drift, missing surface ownership, and auth failures that masquerade as model weakness.

Session Capsule and Auto-Heal

OrbitForge can package the exact run state into a portable capsule and build recovery lanes so the workflow survives surface switches, missing models, auth issues, and compatibility failures with less manual orchestration.

Freshness Sentinel

Freshness Sentinel detects when a request depends on fast-moving SDKs, APIs, or deployment platforms and raises a live-verification requirement before stale guidance becomes code.

Continuity Vault

Continuity Vault keeps automatic local snapshots of the workbench so users can restore a strong run after refreshes, tool changes, or broken checkpoint moments.

Provider Setup

Use native Ollama for localhost 11434, LM Studio for localhost 1234/v1, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Anthropic support uses the native Messages API path.

Hosting

Deploy the public website and workbench on Vercel Hobby with `/` as the project root, then attach `orbitforge.dev` as the canonical domain.

VS Code Extension

Install dependencies at the repo root, run the extension build script, then package with VSCE for distribution. The extension exposes panel, selection, and workspace commands.

Desktop Apps

The Electron desktop client packages for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Use the builder targets for DMG, NSIS, AppImage, ZIP, and tar.gz outputs depending on platform.

CLI

The CLI ships as the `orbitforge` binary and works in Terminal, PowerShell, Command Prompt, or any POSIX shell that supports Node 18+.

Enterprise Rollout

Enterprise teams can standardize provider registries, capture release receipts, and share curated model presets without locking the team to a single vendor.