Operational Reasoning and Coordination Architecture

An open-source platform you run, that coordinates agents working on your company.

ORCA is open-source infrastructure for solo startups through to small businesses. Coordinate AI agents that do the work, while you stay in charge, visibility stays with you, and everything lands in company memory.

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What ORCA is

A company operating system you own.

ORCA is open-source infrastructure for small teams that need governed company memory, request-driven coordination and human accountability — without surrendering control to another SaaS platform.

Not an AI workforce
Not a virtual executive team
Not another SaaS product locking your knowledge away
Why it exists

Small teams have too much to hold in their heads.

Decisions get lost.

Risks drift.

Actions disappear into chat.

Customer notes are scattered.

Meeting outcomes are forgotten.

AI tools give answers, but company context does not survive.

As teams add AI, the problem gets worse unless memory, approvals and accountability are designed from the start.

How it works

From input to durable company memory.

Work enters through Slack, API or MCP. AVA coordinates and routes. Requests go through your approval policy. Outputs land in Git. Anyone can search, query and brief.

Slack / API / MCP
AVA
Requests & Approvals
Git Memory
Search & Briefings
Finance
Security
Developer
Specialist Agents
AVA — coordination and organisational memory. The hub that routes requests, captures context and surfaces briefings.
Core components

What ORCA is built from.

ORCA is composed of functional systems — not employees. Each is open, configurable and inspectable.

Core

Company Memory

Durable knowledge in Git. Decisions, risks, policies, meeting outputs and briefings — all version-controlled and searchable.

Core

Request Engine

Work represented as requests with IDs, status, assignees and approval policy. Visible, auditable and Git-backed.

Core

Approval Model

Proportional governance. Generated outputs can be automatic. Decisions and commitments require approval. Nothing runs without accountability.

System

AVA

The coordination system. Routes requests, manages briefings, captures context and interfaces with Slack and other adapters.

Adapter

Slack Interface

Teams interact with ORCA through Slack. Requests, approvals and briefings surface where work already happens.

Adapter

Qdrant Search

Semantic retrieval over company memory. Ask questions, get grounded answers with sources in your Git-backed context.

Core

Model Registry

Configured openly. Choose which models run which tasks. No hidden routing or opaque AI decisions.

Planned

Future Control Plane

Web interface for administration, monitoring and configuration. Built to be understood, not to hide complexity.

Open-source principles

Built to be understood. Made to be moved.

ORCA is not just open-source in licence. The design philosophy is open: inspectable systems, configurable agents, readable memory and infrastructure your company controls.

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Free and open source under MIT
Self-hosted first
One organisation per instance
Git as source of truth
Human accountability built in
No vendor lock-in
Community extensible
Built to be understood, not hidden
Current status

Early. Honest.

ORCA is early. The goal is a working reference stack — not a polished product.

In progress
  • AVA — coordination and organisational memory
  • Slack interface
  • Git memory structure
  • Request database
  • Approval model
  • Transcript ingestion
  • Qdrant retrieval
Planned
  • Install and upgrade path
  • Web control plane
  • Additional specialist systems
  • Additional adapters (GitHub, 1Password, MCP)

This website is the first point of contact. Documentation, community and roadmap are next.

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