Set the course
Define what AI should do, who owns it, what context it needs, and what safe success looks like.
Define what AI should do, who owns it, what context it needs, and what safe success looks like.
Use OpenData’s factory, your team, or the AI tools already in motion without losing the build trail.
Keep every workflow visible through ownership, support, risk, value, and change history.
Forge records the intent once. Factory preserves the build trail. Pulse turns the result into the view each role needs: value for finance, provenance for technology, ownership for operations, and evidence for security.
Forge captures what AI should do, what context it needs, which policies apply, who can approve it, and what safe success looks like. The workflow starts with direction instead of becoming unmanaged work after the fact.
One workflow, six steps, the same shape across every factory. The cycler rotates examples; the lifecycle doesn't change. The counter is dollars saved on this single run, computed from time saved × your hourly rate, minus build and token cost.
PROJ-1248 · Ship password-reset feature.
Pulling ticket → drafting spec → identifying affected services → generating test plan.
$ git push origin auth/password-reset · 47/47 tests passing
pr #1247 opened · 2 files · 184 lines · auto-summary attached
Auth review: clean. Snyk triage: no new CVEs.
#eng-shipped: $187 saved, workflow record written to Pulse.
svc-billing · merge to main · touches /admin scope.
Pulling diff → OWASP scan → secret-scan → dependency CVEs → IAM impact.
0 high · 2 medium · 4 low · tier: Risk avoidance · fully-loaded value $340
admin-scope change → named approver required · paused awaiting M. Levine
M. Levine → approved with note · evidence hash c4d2f0…811
SOC 2 ledger updated · 6 gates re-verified · $340 saved, board-ready.
pulse-launch.md · 1,420 words · marketing draft.
Pulling style guide → banned-word grep → tone analysis → length check.
12 corrections · 3 banned-word swaps · 2 sentence-fragment fixes
K. Stein accepts 11/12 · keeps "ramp" instead of "scale"
pulse-launch.md → docs site · brand-voice gate: pass
Tier: Routine · $48 saved · workflow record written.
Q3 capacity forecast · 12 active workflows · 30 day horizon.
Workflow health → utilization → pipeline weighted → hiring lag → known leaves.
Engineering capacity gap ↑ 6% week-over-week · likely Q3 over-capacity by 2.3 FTE.
Defer Eng-2 hire · reallocate to Pulse capability ramp · attribute $42k saved.
M. Levine reviews · accepts with adjustment · evidence hash 5e2b77…
Pulse dashboard updated · $220 saved on this run · tier: Risk avoidance.
You do not need an AI Factory to start. OpenData brings one. If your teams are already trying Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, n8n, internal scripts, or a custom agent platform, Factory gives that work a build record, verification path, and handoff into Pulse.
Every managed workflow can carry a value model. We log the time saved, multiply by the rate that role would normally bill at, subtract the build and token cost, and keep the result attached to the workflow in Pulse.
| Tier | Time saved | Internal rate | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routine | 15–45 min | $150 | Status reports, grant packets, intake routing |
| Quality | 30–90 min | $150 | Test generation, quality checks, API review |
| Risk avoidance | 60–180 min | $150 | Security review, change control, compliance evidence |
200 managed workflow runs per month × 45 minutes saved each = 150 hours of capacity recovered = $22,500/mo at $150/hour.
Add 5 factory capabilities at Quality tier. 200 runs/month each × 30 minutes saved × $150/hour = $7,500/mo per capability. Five capabilities = $37,500/mo recovered, tied to the workflows Pulse manages.
Real concern, real answer. Forge does not blindly trust model output. Runs can require verification, tests, type checks, deterministic math, policy gates, and named human approval before Pulse treats the workflow as ready to run.
Pulse is the run layer for operational AI: ownership, support, change management, security posture, evidence, value, and lifecycle health. It keeps AI workflows visible after Factory hands them off.
/admin/users at 14:32 UTC, change ticket #C-1142 opened, security on-call pagedOAuth where the vendor supports it, API keys where they don't, Model Context Protocol for AI-native systems, and adapters for the AI tools your teams already use. Factory keeps the build path flexible without losing control.
Tell us where your teams are trying tools and where AI is already showing up. Within three business days you get a 90-day course plan:
Pricing on the deployment call, not a quote engine.