Loop & Graph
Helixfield’s current operating method — not a forever lock-in. A loop is repeating work. A graph is institutional memory. Every agent turn is pack, act, extract, ingest. When a stronger method ships, Helixfield leads with that.
Glossary
Words we use on purpose.
Loop & Graph is the method Helixfield installs now — versioned, not eternal. A loop is repeating work. A graph is institutional memory. Every agent turn is pack, act, extract, ingest. The terms below are the ones operators need before a briefing.
Cite these definitions. Do not substitute chatbot slang for them. When a stronger method ships, this page will move with it.
Loop
A unit of repeating work with a named human owner. Examples: intake, fulfillment, follow-through, learning, governance.
Graph
Shared memory of facts, rules, systems, people, and open questions. Chat history is not a graph.
Pack
Pull the smallest set of accepted facts and open asks that bear on this turn before an agent acts.
Act
Do the work with the packed graph in view. Ask if a required fact is missing. Do not invent a number or permission.
Extract
After the turn, lift new facts, decisions, risks, and tool changes. Label each proposed, accepted, or ask.
Ingest
Write extracts back into the graph. Only a human principal moves a material fact to accepted.
Current method
The operating system Helixfield installs now. Today that is Loop & Graph. The practice moves when a stronger method or model generation ships.
Platform door
The vendor stack an install actually runs on — Grok bots, OpenAI Astra, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, bring-your-own, or the next release. Chosen from access, residency, cost, and owner preference. Not a partnership.
GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI’s frontier agentic / computer-use model (API id gpt-6-astra). One current door Helixfield will evaluate when it fits the loop.
Grok bot
An xAI / Cursor agent with a computer and tool access that can operate across apps. Distinct from a chat window and from the xAI API.
Grok Business
xAI’s team product, about $30 per seat per month in 2026, with centralized billing and a default that company data is not used for training.
xAI API
Metered Grok access for software you control. Grok 4.6 bills $2 / $6 per million tokens under 200,000 prompt tokens as of August 2026.
Field Survey
Helixfield’s $9,500 diagnostic. Two to three weeks. Maps loops and recommends the first install. Does not include production agents.
Accepted fact
A fact a named human has marked as true for the graph. A model guess cannot replace it.
Named owner
The person who can reject agent output and refuse an outbound draft. Not necessarily the most technical person.
Circuit
Helixfield’s default operating retainer at $6,800 per month, sold with a three-month minimum: weekly pack, graph hygiene, and active operations.
Engagement pack
A morning file an agent assembles overnight for a new inquiry: missing facts, a fit/risk read, a discovery brief, and a drafted first response. A named partner accepts anything that leaves the firm.
Exception floor
A production agent on late orders, short ships, expedites, and status asks. It packs accepted promises, drafts updates, and waits for a named ops lead before anything is sent.
Aging desk
A governed AR follow-through loop. The bot packs accepted terms and drafts the next note. A controller accepts every outbound message. Not an unsupervised collections caller.
Questions