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strataengine: scripted replay

strata:main › kv put greeting "hello"

(version) 1

strata:main › branch create experiment

strata:main › kv get config.theme

(nil)

strata:main › branch diff experiment

+1 key · config.theme

strata:main › branch merge experiment

merged

strata:main › kv get config.theme

"midnight"

experiment

strata:experiment › kv put config.theme "midnight"

(version) 1

BRANCH

Try anything. Keep what works.

A branch is a complete database — fork it, change it, diff it, merge it back. Forking copies nothing, so it's instant at any size.

Fork

The whole database, forked instantly. Nothing copied.

strata — session

strata:main › branch create risky

riskyjson · portfolio

{

"strategy": "balanced","aggressive",

"stocks": 60,80,

"bonds": 30,15,

"cash": 10,5,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD"

}

mainjson · portfoliomerged

{

"strategy": "balanced","aggressive",

"stocks": 60,80,

"bonds": 30,15,

"cash": 10,5,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD"

}

branch diff risky4 keys

- "strategy": "balanced",

+ "strategy": "aggressive",

- "stocks": 60,

+ "stocks": 80,

- "bonds": 30,

+ "bonds": 15,

- "cash": 10,

+ "cash": 5,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD",

Try anything. Keep what works.

A branch is a complete database — fork it, change it, diff it, merge it back. Forking copies nothing, so it's instant at any size.

Fork

The whole database, forked instantly. Nothing copied.

strata — session

strata:main › branch create risky

mainjson · portfolio

{

"strategy": "balanced",

"stocks": 60,

"bonds": 30,

"cash": 10,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD"

}

riskyjson · portfolio

{

"strategy": "balanced","aggressive",

"stocks": 60,80,

"bonds": 30,15,

"cash": 10,5,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD"

}

Modify

Four writes land on the branch. main is untouched.

strata — session

strata:main › branch create risky

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.strategy "aggressive"

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.stocks 80

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.bonds 15

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.cash 5

mainjson · portfolio

{

"strategy": "balanced",

"stocks": 60,

"bonds": 30,

"cash": 10,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD"

}

riskyjson · portfolio

{

"strategy": "balanced","aggressive",

"stocks": 60,80,

"bonds": 30,15,

"cash": 10,5,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD"

}

Diff

Every change, exactly — before real money moves.

strata — session

strata:main › branch create risky

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.strategy "aggressive"

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.stocks 80

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.bonds 15

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.cash 5

strata:main › branch diff risky

4 keys changed

branch diff risky4 keys

- "strategy": "balanced",

+ "strategy": "aggressive",

- "stocks": 60,

+ "stocks": 80,

- "bonds": 30,

+ "bonds": 15,

- "cash": 10,

+ "cash": 5,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD",

Merge

Keep the strategy that works.

strata — session

strata:main › branch create risky

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.strategy "aggressive"

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.stocks 80

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.bonds 15

strata:risky › json set portfolio $.cash 5

strata:main › branch diff risky

4 keys changed

strata:main › branch merge risky

merged

mainjson · portfoliomerged

{

"strategy": "balanced","aggressive",

"stocks": 60,80,

"bonds": 30,15,

"cash": 10,5,

"rebalance": "quarterly",

"currency": "USD"

}

PRIMITIVES

Every kind of data. One file.

Purpose-built stores that share one engine, one transaction model, and one branch tree.

Strata Foundryportfolio.stratainteractive — click around⎇ mainspace: default

filter keys…

config.theme

greeting

portfolio.value

user:1

portfolio.valuev3int

111080

History

v3111,0802026-06-11 16:55

v291,7502026-06-10 09:31

v198,4002026-06-09 14:02

01 / 05 · kv — versioned key-value. history included

Read the kv guide →

TIME TRAVEL

Go back to any moment.

Every write is a version. Nothing is overwritten — drag the playhead and read the past.

time travelstrata · main

strata:main › kv get portfolio.value --as-of "2026-06-12 00:00"

$111,080v3▲ $19,330written 2026-06-11 16:55:03

drag the playhead — every read accepts --as-of3 versions · 0 overwrites

NATIVE INFERENCE

Inference is built in.

A unified inference layer — embeddings, generation, and search through one primitive, with models from Hugging Face or hosted ones from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Wire it once; it runs wherever the file does.

Hugging Face OpenAI Anthropic Google

inferstrata · main

strata:main › infer embed "why did the deploy fail?"

[ 0.0182, −0.0441, 0.0976, … ] · 384 dims · bge-small-en (local)

strata:main › infer generate "What changed before the deploy failed?" --model anthropic/claude

config.theme changed to "dusk" at 09:30:02 — ninety seconds before deploy v2.3 failed its healthcheck.

strata:main › infer use openai/gpt-4o

OK — same call, new model

wire it once — inference runs wherever the file does

one layer · embed, generate, searchhugging face · openai · anthropic · google