# Project: Orca

## Vision
A minimalist, offline-first, CLI-first orchestration engine inspired by HashiCorp Nomad, prioritizing stability, security, and simplicity over feature richness.

## Objective
Build a lightweight system to manage and execute workloads across a set of nodes, keeping complexity far below that of Kubernetes.

## Requirements
- **CLI First**: Primary interaction through a CLI tool.
- **Offline First**: Functional without constant internet connectivity.
- **AI First**: Designed to be easily discoverable and manageable by AI agents.
- **Stability & Security**: Prioritize security fixes and bug fixes over new features.
- **Language**: Written in Go 1.25+.
- **Simplicity**: Minimalist implementation, avoiding the "K8s complexity trap".

## Constraints
- No web UI as a primary requirement.
- Must not implement K8s-level complexity.
- Feature development must move slowly to ensure stability.
- Only CI system allowed: CoreCI (git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/coreci).
- Gitea remote: git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca.

## Out of Scope
- Full-blown Kubernetes-compatible API.
- Complex cloud-provider integrations.
- GUI-based management consoles.