“Autonomous code synthesis without physical state rollback or deterministic compiler bounds is reckless.”
AETHER
AEROSPACE / RUNWAY · SOVEREIGN WORKSTATION
[ SOVEREIGN DOCTRINE ]
Simple front, serious back. The infrastructure that makes speed safe. Operators maintain absolute custody over models, repositories, and mutations without cloud lock-in or unverified execution.
The Sovereign Developer’s Workstation
A desktop command workstation and headless MCP daemon designed for bare-metal execution. AETHER adopts any directory on your computer, initializes Git custody if missing, loads the immutable AETHER.md project doctrine, and executes code synthesis inside detached Git worktrees.
~/.aether/capsules. Zero dirty writes on the active branch.cargo check hard veto paired with autonomous semantic review scoring.
Custody-Critical Pipeline Sequence
AETHER refuses to write directly into your project files. Every file mutation occurs through a verified sequential custody pipeline:
[ 01 ] CONTEXT INGESTION ──> Scans active workspace tree, ignores build clutter, parses AETHER.md [ 02 ] ARCHITECT PLANNING ──> Decomposes operator prompt into typed steps (Read/Create/Modify) [ 03 ] REPOSITORY PREFLIGHT ──> Verifies clean Git tree, hashes HEAD commit, bounds mutations [ 04 ] WORKTREE CAPSULE ──> Detaches isolated Git worktree branch: aether/capsule-<id> [ 05 ] CODER SYNTHESIS ──> Multi-provider LLM writes code strictly inside detached capsule [ 06 ] COMPILER TEST GATE ──> Automated cargo check / pytest execution; hard veto on compiler failure [ 07 ] AUTONOMOUS CRITIC ──> CRITIC LLM reviews unified diff against prompt; outputs confidence score [ 08 ] OPERATOR PROMOTION ──> Human approves merge; changes merge into active branch cleanly [ 09 ] THE REWIND RING ──> Checkpoint commit saved in 5-step rolling circular ring buffer
Cold-Steel Implementation
Multi-Provider Broker Layer
Local-first but not local-only. Built with an asynchronous provider trait in Rust (crates/aether-core/src/provider/) normalizing request envelopes across Ollama, OpenRouter, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini, and xAI Grok.
- + Dynamic latency pinging on provider selection
- + Non-destructive .env.local credential synchronization
- + Zero telemetry; zero third-party request sniffing
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
AETHER exposes its entire engine over standard Model Context Protocol JSON-RPC 2.0 at http://127.0.0.1:2024/mcp. External IDEs (Antigravity, Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code) can connect directly to AETHER as an MCP server.
- + aether_prepare_change · Isolated capsule planning
- + aether_verify_capsule · Deterministic compiler check
- + aether_critic_review · Autonomous semantic review
- + aether_rewind_state · Safe 5-step rollback
Verification Telemetry
Maturity & Packaging
Production release v0.1.0 packaged (MSI, NSIS installer, standalone binary). Multi-provider broker active (Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Gemini, xAI), isolated Git worktree capsules operational, deterministic compiler gate with hard veto, autonomous semantic CRITIC review, 5-step rolling Rewind Ring, and native Model Context Protocol (MCP) JSON-RPC daemon listening on localhost:2024.
AETHER_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe
target/release/aetherd.exe