Statewright
FreeVisual state machines to make AI agents reliable
About Statewright
Open-source framework for designing agent workflows as explicit state machines instead of free-form prompt chains — every transition is auditable, every failure mode has a state to land in. Aimed at teams shipping agents to production who got burned by unbounded loops or unrecoverable errors. HN launch May 2026 with 39 pts in the emerging agent-reliability category.
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