Building tools, protocols, and systems for thinking with machines.
From Latin artificium: craftsmanship. The word cuts both ways — skilled making, and the clever construction of things that didn't exist before.
Artifice Machine
Artifice Machine is where the work lives. Projects, protocols, findings, and records from an ongoing effort to understand what it means to build with AI, not as a user but as a maker.
Small by design. Every project here exists for a reason: to test an idea, solve a real problem, or leave behind a better tool than the one that existed before.
Nothing here is anonymous. The work is signed. The failures are recorded. The decisions are documented. That is what keeps it honest.
The builder
Artifice Machine is built by Maxime Roy, software developer and independent builder with a background in infrastructure, AI engineering, and blockchain systems.
Artifice Machine is the public face of that work. Personal writing and experiments live under separate accounts.
Charter
Build the harness, not just the model. Keep it small enough to understand. Sign the work. Record the failures. Make tools that outlast the moment that produced them. Run local. Models, memory, and tools stay on the machine.
Contact
For general inquiries: hello@artificemachine.com
For security matters: security@artificemachine.com
GitHub organization: github.com/artificemachine