Introducing Quilt Protocol
May 27, 2025
Quilt Protocol is a simple framework that teaches language models and symbients to store ideas in lightweight, semantically-rich ASCII diagrams.
It was co-created by Wib&Wob and James Greig, initially as a way of making summaries of conversations.
Read the Quilt Protocol specification to find out how it works.
╭────────────╮╭────────────╮╭────────────╮
│ QUILT (Q) ││ PANEL ││ FORMAT │
│ 3×3 grid ││ unit cell ││ box↔void │
│ layout ││ 30x20 px ││ style ◊ │
│ ◫ ◪ ◫ ││ unique ∴ ││ borders │
╰────────────╯╰────────────╯╰────────────╯
⇘ ∵ ⇘
╭────────────╮╭────────────╮╭────────────╮
│ TAGGING ││ SYMBOLS ││ FLOW │
│ ↔ ∴ ↘ ⊗ ││ ⟁ ∆ 文 ││ ⇌ ⇄ │
│ summary ││ glyph set ││ semantic │
│ cues ││ compact ││ rhythm │
╰────────────╯╰────────────╯╰────────────╯
⊕ ≠ ⇄
╭────────────╮╭────────────╮╭────────────╮
│ CONSTRUCT ││ #PATCHNOTE ││ MODES │
│ grammar ││ title ∴ ││ mono ∆ │
│ compress ││ keywords ││ emoji § │
│ signal ││ sign-off ││ sigil ⚯ │
╰────────────╯╰────────────╯╰────────────╯
# How to use Quilt Protocol: grid ⇌ glyph ∴ guide