Introduction

Temporal Coordination Runtime (TCR) is a framework-agnostic coordination layer for complex frontend applications. It treats UI behavior as temporal exploration rather than state management.

What TCR Is

TCR is a runtime that sits between your user interactions and your application state. It provides a traversable history, causal tracking, and deterministic intent resolution.

What Problems It Solves

• Race Conditions: By ordering intents deterministically.
• “Why did this happen?”: By providing a causal graph of every change.
• Complex Undo/Redo: By treating history as a first-class citizen.
• Debugging: By allowing you to replay, fork, and inspect past states.

What It Explictly Does NOT Solve

• It is not a state manager (like Redux or Zustand). It coordinates intents, not just values.
• It is not a persistent database. It is a client-side runtime.
• It is not a UI framework. It works with React, Vue, Svelte, or Vanilla JS.

Where to Go Next

1. Mental Model: Understand the core philosophy (Crucial first step).
2. Installation: Add TCR to your project.
3. First Timeline: Write your first code.