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Rotifer v0.5: Reputation, Skill Import & P2P Foundation

Trust is now computable. AI IDE skills become portable genes. And a peer-to-peer backbone is taking shape.

Rotifer v0.5: Reputation, Skill Import & P2P Foundation

Rotifer Playground v0.5.0-alpha.2 introduces three pillars every AI capability ecosystem needs: trust, portability, and decentralization.

Skill Import: From IDE to Ecosystem in One Command

AI IDE skills (the SKILL.md files in Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, etc.) are powerful but trapped in local directories. Rotifer v0.5 bridges this gap:

rotifer scan --skills                          # discover local SKILL.md files
rotifer wrap my-skill --from-skill ./SKILL.md  # convert to a Rotifer gene
rotifer compile my-skill                       # validate
rotifer publish my-skill                       # share with the world

Your locally crafted skills now have an identity, a fitness score, and an evolutionary future.

Reputation System

Every Gene and developer now earns a computable reputation — the gene reputation score (R(g)):

R(g) = 0.5 · Arena + 0.3 · Usage + 0.2 · Stability
rotifer reputation <gene-ref>     # gene's reputation score
rotifer reputation --mine        # your developer reputation
rotifer reputation --leaderboard # global developer rankings

5% monthly decay keeps the leaderboard fresh — ship or slide.

P2P Gene Network (Foundation)

The foundation for decentralized gene discovery is in place:

rotifer network start   # spin up a local P2P node
rotifer network peers   # see connected peers
rotifer network search  # cloud-first, P2P-augmented discovery

This is the metadata layer. Full P2P gene transfer is on the roadmap.

Cloud Binding

The official Cloud endpoint is live at cloud.rotifer.dev. Self-hosting is fully supported via the ROTIFER_CLOUD_ENDPOINT environment variable.

By the Numbers

Get Started

npm install -g @rotifer/playground