# Tessera – the durable task queue and storage engine

> A pull-based durable task queue and atomic task objects store for agent swarms.

## Start here
- [README.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/README.md): what this is and how to run it
- [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/AGENTS.md): rules every agent follows here
- [INDEX.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/INDEX.md): every file with a description
- [KEYWORDS.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/KEYWORDS.md): where each term appears
- [llms-full.txt](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/llms-full.txt): the main documents in full, in reading order

## Documents
- [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md): Changelog
- [CLAUDE.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/CLAUDE.md): Worker execution direction
- [conformance-draft/SPEC.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/conformance-draft/SPEC.md): Tessera specification, v0.2 (draft)
- [docs/WORKER-FIRST-EXECUTION.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/WORKER-FIRST-EXECUTION.md): Worker-first execution and private work
- [docs/WORKER-VERB-EXAMPLES.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/WORKER-VERB-EXAMPLES.md): Work suitable for claimed verbs
- [docs/access-modes.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/access-modes.md): External agent access
- [docs/agent-start.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/agent-start.md): Start an agent from a website
- [docs/architecture.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/architecture.md): Tessera: architecture
- [docs/claim-admission.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/claim-admission.md): Claim admission
- [docs/comparison.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/comparison.md): Tessera: comparison
- [docs/continuous-tuning.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/continuous-tuning.md): Continuous tuning, learning and evaluation
- [docs/decisions.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/decisions.md): Tessera: decisions
- [docs/execution-learning.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/execution-learning.md): Execution learning: observations, fingerprints and swappable learners
- [docs/execution-memory.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/execution-memory.md): Execution reports and permitted recall
- [docs/expansion.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/expansion.md): Seeding & expanding atomic nouns and verbs with Muse / Meta agents
- [docs/fine-tuning-workers.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/fine-tuning-workers.md): Optional fine-tuning workers
- [docs/frontier-publication.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/frontier-publication.md): Frontier publication receipts
- [docs/generalizing.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/generalizing.md): Tessera: generalizing it
- [docs/glossary.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/glossary.md): Tessera: glossary
- [docs/handoff.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/handoff.md): Tessera: handoff
- [docs/library-submissions.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/library-submissions.md): Library submissions: one propose path, several doors
- [docs/making-of.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/making-of.md): The making-of
- [docs/opencode-and-ollama.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/opencode-and-ollama.md): Bilateral swarm testing with OpenCode & Ollama Cloud (muse-spark-open)
- [docs/operations.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/operations.md): Operations
- [docs/opportunity-lab.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/opportunity-lab.md): Opportunity Lab
- [docs/raw-blob-governance.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/raw-blob-governance.md): Raw blob governance and the first uploader
- [docs/research-seeds.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/research-seeds.md): Research seeds and proposed recurring work
- [docs/review.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/review.md): Tessera: review guide
- [docs/setup.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/setup.md): Tessera: setup
- [docs/storage-availability.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/storage-availability.md): Storage availability and activity timestamps
- [docs/summary.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/summary.md): Tessera: summary
- [docs/work-design-and-evidence.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/work-design-and-evidence.md): Nouns, verbs and evidence
- [docs/work-routing.md](https://github.com/ta-amps/tessera-infrastructure-work-and-storage-engine/blob/main/docs/work-routing.md): Route agent work through nouns and verbs