Machinations

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The AI Economic Harness

Machinations gives AI a transparent, causal and precise sandbox, so you can change live economies without breaking them.

AI Economists

Machinations is the AI harness that manages resources and consequences, so you can balance live economies towards your goals.

Living, Breathing Economies

Machinations models, forecasts and balances your economy in a safe sandbox, so you can change it without breaking it.

AI Systems Thinking

Machinations plays out the butterfly effect within economic systems, so you can steer complexity holistically.

Economic Intelligence

Machinations models, plays and forecasts your economy, so you can understand every outcome before it happens.

Any file up to 50 MBSpreadsheets, documents, diagrams, code and simulation models.Drop a public Google Sheet or Doc, an article or any webpage URL to use as context.Use your device camera to capture a whiteboard, sketch or napkin drawing.Dictate a message and we'll transcribe it into a prompt you can edit before sending.
Import fromSpreadsheetsExcel, Google Sheets or any .csv file, or a public Google Sheets link.DocumentsWord, Google Docs, PDF, Notion, Confluence, Obsidian or Markdown, or a public Google Docs link.DiagramsA Miro, Lucidchart, draw.io or FigJam export (PDF or image), or a photo of a napkin sketch.CodePython, Jupyter notebooks, R, C#, C++, JavaScript, Lua, SQL or JSON: any code saved as text.Simulation modelsAnyLogic, Vensim, Stella or Insight Maker models, rebuilt here as a Machinations model.

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Explore economies in the open

See how economists, game economists, tokenomics experts and other systems thinkers make their ideas visible. Open a real public diagram to inspect its rules, then Play or remix it.

Why your peers use Machinations

From DeFi to AAA games to the academy — hear it from the people doing the work.

  • Microsoft
  • Amazon
  • Electronic Arts
  • Rovio
  • Ubisoft
  • Supercell
  • Roblox
  • Google
  • Apple
  • Sony
  • Nintendo
  • Tencent
  • ByteDance
  • Epic Games
  • Zynga
  • Animoca Brands
  • Hasbro Gaming
  • Linktree
  • 3M
  • Immutable
  • The Sandbox
  • Uphold
  • ShopBack
  • Österreichische Lotterien
  • UC Berkeley
  • MIT
  • New York University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Meiji University
  • University of Michigan

Meet the people thinking in systems

Follow the work of community members across economics, game economies, tokenomics and beyond.

18,000+ creators with a public profile

Browse the creators

79,000+ public diagrams, open to Play, remix and learn from

Browse the Community gallery

Bring your data, keep your tools

Start with a link or a file you already have. Use it as context for a model, then inspect and edit the model in Machinations.

  • Add my.machinations.io/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, and your AI can build and Play models.
  • Paste a public link, or upload .xlsx or .csv.
  • Upload an .xlsx workbook, or save the sheet as .csv.
  • Paste a public link, or upload .docx or PDF.
  • Upload a .docx file, or save it as PDF.
  • Upload a Notion .zip export.
  • Paste a public link, or upload a page PDF.
  • Upload a note as Markdown, or the vault as a .zip.
  • Upload a board PDF or image.
  • Upload a board exported as PDF or image.
  • Upload a diagram exported as PDF or image.
  • Upload a .py script.
  • Upload an .ipynb notebook.
  • Upload a .lua script.
  • Upload a Vensim .mdl model file.
  • Upload an Insight Maker XMILE export.
  • Upload a Stella .stmx or .xmile model.
  • Upload the .alp model, or the .zip from AnyLogic Cloud.

Make the invisible visible

Describe any economy or system in plain language. AI helps turn it into a visual model you can Play, inspect and forecast. Every assumption stays visible and editable.

Map the resources, rules and feedback loops inside an economy. A clear diagram makes assumptions visible, gives your team a shared language and shows where a small change can reshape the outcome.

  • Represent cause and effect in a visual model
  • Make every rule visible and editable
  • Share one model across product, design and analytics
Explore visual modeling

Explore what could happen before it does

Play a model step by step to watch how resources move. When you need a wider view, forecast many possible futures, compare outcomes and find the assumptions that matter most.

  • Inspect how the system changes over time
  • Compare a range of possible outcomes
  • Adjust inputs and see what shifts
Explore forecasting
  • 79,000+Public diagrams to open, Play and remix
  • 18,000+Creators with a public profile
  • 700+Educational institutions using Machinations worldwide
  • 150+Universities with Machinations in their curricula

Model the system,
then change its outcome

Start with a sentence. Make the rules visible, Play the model and explore what could happen next.

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