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A call missed during Friday service gets a text back and a booked table. Tonight’s reservations get a reminder, guests are asked for a review the next morning, and regulars who stopped coming get a message.

  • 7moments in the example week, each written to the Ledger
  • 4services this example uses
  • —actions in the Directory, the same for every business

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An illustration. The business and the people are made up.

Fri 7:10 PMThe phone rings during Friday service and nobody can answer.

Example week

One week at Lucia’s, day by day

Lucia’s is a made-up restaurant. For each moment, Monday to Sunday: what happened, what the system did, which service it used, and the entry it wrote to the Ledger, the system’s record of every request and response.

An illustration. The business and the people are made up.

Monday1 moment

10:00 AMPart of the system: The Directory

A regular has not been in for 60 days.

They came every other Thursday for a year, then stopped in spring. The system texts them about their usual dish and offers a table on their usual night. The texts stop when they reply.

The service this usesFor restaurants

Written to the LedgerMon 10:00 AM

message after 60 days away · “your Thursday table” · stops when they reply

········→········matches

Tuesday1 moment

4:00 PMPart of the system: Permissions and limits

A guest texts at 4 PM: “Do you do gluten-free?”

The AI assistant answers straight away, using only the menu you uploaded. If the answer is not on the menu, it passes the question to the host.

The service this usesFor restaurants

Written to the LedgerTue 4:00 PM

reply sent 4:01 PM · answered from the uploaded menu

········→········matches

WednesdayNothing in this example

No moment is shown for this day in the example.

Thursday1 moment

3:30 PMPart of the system: Dispatch

An office emails asking about catering a lunch for forty.

The AI assistant reads the email and replies within the hour. Writing the price quote is passed to you.

The service this usesFor restaurants

Written to the LedgerThu 3:30 PM

catering inquiry · email read · replied 3:42 PM · quote passed to you

········→········matches

Friday2 moments

5:00 PMPart of the system: Where actions run

Tonight’s reservations get a reminder.

At 5 PM each party booked for tonight gets a text from your number: “Text back if you’re running late.”

The service this usesFor restaurants

Written to the LedgerFri 5:00 PM

reminders sent · tonight’s reservations · from your number

········→········matches

7:10 PMPart of the system: Where actions run

The phone rings during Friday service and nobody can answer.

The caller gets a text from your number: “Sorry we missed you, it’s busy in here.” 7:30 is full, so the AI assistant offers 7:50 by the window, from the tables you made available, and books it.

The service this usesFor restaurants

Written to the LedgerFri 7:10 PM

missed call 7:10 PM · text sent from your number · table for 4 booked at 7:50

········→········matches

Saturday1 moment

10:00 AMPart of the system: Permissions and limits

The morning after, guests are asked for a review.

Each guest who paid gets one text. Five-star answers get your Google review link. One table gave two stars after waiting for water; that answer came to you and was not posted.

The service this usesFor restaurants

Written to the LedgerSat 10:00 AM

review asked · 2 stars · sent to you, not posted to Google

········→········matches

Sunday1 moment

Each Ledger entry carries a fingerprint of the entry before it.

The two codes under each entry above are the first characters of real SHA-256 fingerprints, calculated in your browser: the fingerprint of the entry before, then this entry’s own, which is calculated from its text plus the one before. Press “Change one word” to edit Friday’s entry, then “Check every entry”: the check fails at that entry, because its text no longer matches its fingerprint. This is how a changed Ledger entry is detected.

Calculating fingerprints

Services used

The services this example uses

Each card is one service. A service is a set of actions from the Directory (the table of every action the system can run), set up for your business. The days on each card are the moments above that use it. The number on each card is how many actions in the Directory that service includes.

Permissions

What the AI assistant may read, do and reply to

For each action you decide what information the AI assistant may read, what it may do, whom it may reply to, and limits such as an amount or a time window. A request outside the limits is refused, and the refusal is written to the Ledger.

Permissions switched on for a restaurant

What the AI assistant may read, what it may do, and whom it may reply to. Anything not listed here is switched off.

What it may read

CalendarWhat is next, and which hours are open
MessagesThe threads you choose, not all of them
MailSearch and read, tracked sends
FilesThe folders you point it at

What it may do

Missed call text-backFrom your number, within a minute
BookOnly into the hours you opened
ReplyIn your writing style, within your permissions
Win back30, 60, 90 days, with a reason to return

Whom it may reply to

Customers
LeadsTold it is an AI assistant when they ask; passed to a person when they ask for one
All permissions

Large parties and special requests are passed to the host.

The AI assistant books only into the tables you made available and answers only from the menu you uploaded. Anything else is passed to the host.

Examples of actions with limits

Each card shows an action a restaurant would use, the limit on it, and what came back, as it appears in the Ledger. A refused request is recorded the same way.

Text back the missed call
  • read: Messages, this handle only
  • in your writing style, using only prices you approved

sent from your number

Book the 2:30
  • write: Calendar, only hours you opened

invite sent

Make 12 ad variants from the brief
  • limit: 36 renders per run
  • write: Meta, this account
  • limit: paused until you say go

uploaded, paused

How the system carries out the week

The four parts of the system behind every moment

The Directory is a table of every action the system can run. Dispatch is one web address that runs any of those actions. The Ledger records every request and response. The actions run on real computers and phones. Choose how much detail you want: for you, for your team or for your developer.

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The DirectoryEvery action the system can run

A table with one row for each action the system can run.

The Directory is a table. Each row is one thing the system can do for your business: send a text from your number, book a slot in your calendar, create an ad, read a web page, take a screenshot of your Mac. If an action is not in the table, the system cannot do it.

Each row stores everything needed to run that action: where it runs, what inputs it needs, what it returns, and every way to call it. Changing a setting is typing in a cell. Files added to the system’s folder are added to the table automatically.

One row per action. Each row has one column per way of calling it, and each of those cells holds the complete request (method, address, headers and body) that runs it, followed by the full response from the last run.

Why it matters to your restaurant

Every action your business can use is listed in one place, with where it runs and what it needs. You can see what the system is able to do before it does anything: if an action is not in the Directory, it cannot run.

—actions in the Directory

Actions in the Directory for each service this example uses

  • iMessage108
  • Ads51
  • Creative15

Moments in this example that use it

DispatchOne address that runs any action

One web address runs any action in the Directory.

Dispatch is a single web address. You, your staff, a spreadsheet, an iPhone Shortcut or an AI model send it the name of an action and its inputs. It finds the action in the Directory, checks your permissions, runs it on the right computer, sends back the result, and writes an entry in the Ledger.

Because every request goes through the same address, the same permissions apply whether a request comes from a text message, a link, a spreadsheet cell, a Shortcut, the command line or an AI model, and every request is recorded the same way. One action can be switched off in one place.

Every action is invoked as an HTTP POST of {"key": "<action name>", "args": {…}}. REST, MCP, spreadsheet formulas, text tags and webhooks are different ways of making that same request. Actions run on Cloudflare servers, a Mac, an iPhone, a browser, a virtual machine or a phone.

Why it matters to your restaurant

One connection instead of a separate integration for every tool. Your staff, your AI models, your spreadsheets and your phone all use the same actions under the same permissions. Changing AI model or vendor does not mean rebuilding, and any action can be switched off in one place.

—ways to call each action
A text messageA web linkA spreadsheet cellAn iPhone ShortcutA command typed in a terminalAn AI model’s tool call
The LedgerA record of every request and response

A table with one row for every request and response the system has handled.

The Ledger is a record of everything the system does: every message sent and received, every action run, every change, every AI model’s answer, and every request that was refused. Nothing in it is overwritten. To find out what happened, you read it.

Each entry stores the full request and the full response. Each entry also stores a fingerprint of the entry before it, so if anyone changes an entry later, the change shows up. Refused requests are recorded the same way as completed ones.

Every payload in or out is a Ledger row. Each action appends one row containing a SHA-256 hash of the previous row; nothing is updated in place. An action counts as working only when the declared surface itself ran and five things are stored for that run: why it ran, the exact request written before it ran, the confirmation, the exact response, and the record.

Why it matters to your restaurant

You can see exactly what was sent, to whom, when, and by which AI model, and settle a dispute from the record instead of from memory. You can check what an AI did before trusting it with more, and compare AI models on cost and results. Refused requests are recorded too.

—entries in the Ledger
Where actions runThe computers that do the work

Actions run on real computers and phones.

Depending on the action, the work happens on Cloudflare’s servers (always on), on your Mac, on your iPhone, in a web browser signed in to your accounts, or on Android phones rented in a data centre for apps that only run on a phone.

A website or app with no way to connect to it can be recorded once — the steps a person clicks — and saved as a new action in the Directory that can be run again at any time. The browser uses your own signed-in sessions, not fake accounts.

Executors: Cloudflare Workers and containers, a Mac bridge program, iPhone Shortcuts and App Intents, persistent browser profiles, cloud Android phones and Mac virtual machines. Recording steps and compiling them turns any website into a Directory row callable through dispatch.

Computers and phones that can run actions

  • Cloudflare’s servers, always on
  • Your Mac, through a small program on it
  • Your iPhone, through Apple Shortcuts
  • A browser signed in to your accounts
  • Android phones rented in a data centre
  • Mac virtual machines

Choose your setup

Choose what to set up for your restaurant

Pick the services and which phone number to use. The button opens a text message to me with your choices already written in, so my reply can be about your setup.

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    1 / 3Which services do you want first?

    Choose any.

    2 / 3Which number?

    Choose one.

    3 / 3Who may it answer?

    Choose one.

    Text me.

    Tell me what your restaurant misses in a week: calls, follow-ups, reviews. I will reply with which moment above to set up first, and the entry it would write to the Ledger.

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