Refract treated AGENTS.md as the repository's constitution instead of another markdown file.
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“While building Refract, I ended up treating AGENTS.md as the repository's constitution instead of another markdown file.”
— Yoann Jaspar|Refract team
Company
Refract
High Speed. Hard Boundaries. The Human & Machine Optimized foundation for technical founders.
- Industry
- Technology, Information and Internet
- Location
- Porto, PT
- Company size
- 1 employees
Refract is the first Human & Machine Optimized infrastructure foundation designed for technical founders who prioritize architectural integrity over "AI-slop." Most boilerplates are "MVP Dead Ends"—spaghetti code that collapses the moment you need to scale or pivot. We’ve replaced architectural "philosophy" with Explicit-Boundary Architecture, creating a stack that is as easy for a human founder to audit as it is for an AI agent to extend without hallucinations. Built for High Speed and Hard Boundaries: - Symmetric Legibility: An architected codebase where the file structure is a 1:1 map of your business intent. No "magic" abstractions—just a predictable, navigable system for you and your tools. - Adaptive Billing Engine: A modular revenue core built for the pivot. Shift from flat-rate subscriptions to complex, usage-based models without a rewrite. - Pivot-Proof Infrastructure: Strictly decoupled business logic. Swap your database, your cloud provider, or your frontend framework without touching your core utilities. - Verification-First: Shipped with ~80% test coverage and hard-siloed infrastructure to ensure your velocity never comes at the cost of volatility. Stop building disposable MVPs. Build on a foundation that was engineered to last.
Founded 2026