Resonance

Understand Resonators, commitments, and Maple runtime for OpeniBank.

Resonance replaces stateless agents with Resonators that persist across time, carry identity, and take responsibility for consequences.

Meaning → Intent → Commitment → Consequence

  1. Meaning: Resonators accumulate context, identity, and policy state.
  2. Intent: LLMs propose what should happen, never touching money directly.
  3. Commitment: A Resonator evaluates the intent against policy, identity, and budget.
  4. Consequence: Only approved commitments result in escrow, settlement, and receipts.

Resonator vs AI agent

| Dimension | Generic AI agent | Resonator | | --- | --- | --- | | Identity | Ephemeral | Persistent | | State | Prompt-based | Continuity-preserved | | Execution | Direct | Commitment-gated | | Accountability | Weak | Verifiable | | Economic safety | Unsafe | Safe for money |

Built on Maple runtime

OpeniBank is Maple-compatible and uses the Maple Resonator runtime for commitment evaluation.

  • Maple runtime: https://github.com/mapleaiorg/maple
  • OpeniBank repo: https://github.com/openibank/openibank/