Compute exists only while a command runs.
- Compute: Agents spend ~80% thinking, ~10% in Bash.
- FS: Each file tool call is one atomic Store op.
- Sandbox: Each Bash tool call mounts an ephemeral workspace, then commits.
Agents on different computers share one serverless Store.
- Shared storage: Every agent commits to one Store, with no DB server.
- Distributed computing: Each agent runs on its own computer.
One project, many branches. One branch, many agents.
- Commits: Every tool call is a commit on its branch.
- Conflict: A same-file clash is refused with Conflict.
- Blame: Each line names the step that wrote it.
Fork recursively any commit, at any depth.
- Zero cost: A fork is metadata and copies no files.
- Recursive: A filesystem for RSI agents and recursive exploration for RL training.
10 copies compress into 0.31.
- Dedup: Each content chunk is stored once.
- Compression: The stored chunks shrink further.
- Ratio: 10 copies → 1.05 dedup → 0.31 compression wtf???
Dependencies come with every mount. No wasting time for re-installation.
- Git / other AgentFS: Drops ignored files; reinstalls.
- LayerFS: Ignored files stay in every commit.
- Comparison: ~5 min to install vs 0.05 s to mount.
source & further reading
layerfs.ai — original article