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Formless

Replace your forms with a conversation.

License: MIT TypeScript Next.js Tailwind CSS Supabase Groq

Formless is an AI-powered intake platform for operations teams that lets employees submit requests, tickets, and reports in plain English — no forms, no fields, no training required.

The idea: Forms exist because computers couldn't understand intent. LLMs changed that.


How It Works

Formless sits between the humans submitting requests and the systems that process them. An admin defines what they need; employees say it however they'd naturally say it; Formless handles the rest.

sequenceDiagram
    participant Admin
    participant Formless
    participant Employee
    participant Destination

    Admin->>Formless: "I need IT tickets with title, description, category, and priority"
    Formless->>Formless: AI generates typed schema
    Admin->>Formless: Activates intake URL

    Employee->>Formless: "My laptop won't connect to VPN and I have a client call in an hour"
    Formless->>Formless: AI extracts + validates structured record
    Formless->>Employee: (if incomplete) "What category best describes this — hardware, software, or network?"
    Employee->>Formless: "Network"
    Formless->>Destination: Structured JSON record → Jira / Slack / Webhook / Email
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AI Pipeline

Under the hood, every submission runs through a four-pass pipeline designed to maximize extraction quality and minimize hallucination.

flowchart TD
    A["📝 User submits plain English"] --> B

    B["Pass 1 — Classification\nDoes this match the target schema?"]
    B -->|Yes| C
    B -->|No / wrong channel| Z["❌ Reject or re-route"]

    C["Pass 2 — Extraction\nAI extracts structured fields\nfrom free-form text"]
    C --> D

    D["Pass 3 — Validation\nZod parses extracted JSON\nagainst the schema definition"]
    D -->|All required fields present| E
    D -->|Missing required fields| F

    F["Pass 4 — Clarification\nAI generates ONE natural\nfollow-up question"]
    F --> A

    E["✅ Validated Record\nstored in database"]
    E --> G["Route to destination\nWebhook · Slack · Jira · Email"]
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Use Cases

Anywhere humans currently fill out structured forms:

  • IT helpdesk"My monitor is flickering and I have a presentation tomorrow"
  • HR onboarding intake"I'm starting Monday and need laptop + Slack access"
  • Procurement requests"Need 3 monitors for the new hires, budget around $400 each"
  • Incident reports"Production API threw 500s from 2–2:15pm, affecting checkout"
  • Legal intake"Vendor contract renewal due next month, standard SaaS terms"
  • Customer support triage — routed, categorized, and summarized automatically

Architecture

Layer Technology
Frontend + API Next.js 14 (App Router, monolith-first)
AI Model Groq API (llama-3.3-70b-versatile) — two-pass classify + extract
Structured Output JSON mode + Zod runtime validation
Database Supabase — PostgreSQL + Auth + real-time
UI Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
Hosting Netlify

Schema Definition

Formless schemas are defined in plain English by admins, then structured by AI. Example output for IT Tickets:

{
  "name": "IT Support Ticket",
  "fields": [
    { "name": "title",           "type": "string", "required": true },
    { "name": "description",     "type": "string", "required": true },
    { "name": "category",        "type": "enum",   "required": true, "values": ["hardware", "software", "network", "access", "other"] },
    { "name": "priority",        "type": "enum",   "required": true, "values": ["low", "medium", "high", "critical"] },
    { "name": "requester",       "type": "string", "required": true },
    { "name": "affected_system", "type": "string", "required": false }
  ]
}

Status & Roadmap

Phase Status Focus
Phase 0–1 ✅ Complete Foundation, schema builder, intake engine, clarification loop, auth
Phase 2 (partial) 🔄 In progress Slack ✅ · Webhook ✅ · Email (next) · Jira (planned)
Phase 3 Planned Multi-workspace support, analytics, usage billing

See docs/ROADMAP.md for the full breakdown.


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License

MIT © 2026 Otoniel Rojas

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