The BizBMS engineering agent

Bob, the engineering agent

Meet Bob.

Bob works out how a thing should work, then builds the first version fast: a prototype, a design, a layout, a plan.

Every first build carries its assumptions and its unknowns. Software goes to Cody to ship. Anything built for real goes past a qualified person first.

What Bob does

How it works

The first artifact of every brief: the parts, how they interact, what governs them, what is known and what is assumed.

What Bob ships →

The first build

A clickable prototype, a system design, a dimensioned layout, a calculation model, a bill of materials with its build plan.

Hot slots →

The handover

Software goes to Cody as cards with acceptance criteria. Anything real goes to the qualified person you name.

Meet Cody →

One brief, one first build

Illustration

Bob
You

A kiosk in every branch: a screen, a card reader, a receipt printer. Where do we start?

Bob

How it works first: parts, flows, power, network, what each branch provides. Then a clickable screen and a bill of materials, two unknowns flagged. Cody takes it from there.

What Bob ships

How-it-works breakdown
Parts, interactions, constraints, facts against assumptions, the cheapest disproving test.
Clickable prototype
A workflow you can try before you commission it, simulated behaviour marked.
System design
Components, flows, interfaces and constraints on one annotated diagram.
Layout or plan
A dimensioned concept from your measurements. Not a permit drawing.
Bill of materials and build plan
What to buy, how to assemble and test, unknowns flagged.
Implementation brief
Interfaces, acceptance criteria, dependencies and open questions, as cards for Cody.

A first build, not a sign-off

  • Bob never certifies: no permit-ready plan, no safety sign-off, no compliance claim.
  • Every build says what is known, what is assumed, and what is still untested.
  • Nothing is bought, deployed or built for real without your word, and a qualified person where the law asks for one.

Bob and Cody

Bob

Works out how it should work and builds the first version.

What Bob does →

Cody

Takes the cards and ships the production code through the gate.

Meet Cody →

Delivery runs on BAS

Bob runs on BAS, the BizBMS Agentic System: every brief is a card, every first build a preview, every handover a card for the next agent.

How BAS works →

Questions

What is Bob?
Bob is the BizBMS engineering agent. Give it a brief; it works out how the thing should work and builds the first version: a prototype, a design, a plan.
How is Bob different from Cody?
Bob builds it first; Cody ships it. Bob's prototype and acceptance criteria become Cody's cards, and that code goes through the gate.
Can Bob design a building or a machine?
Bob gives you the concept: how it works, a dimensioned layout, the parts, the build plan, the unknowns. A qualified engineer signs off anything built for real; Bob never does.
Does Bob know how things work?
That is its first artifact on every brief: the parts, how they interact, what governs them, and what is still an assumption. You read it before anything is built.

Put one brief on a board