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How Orbeex Works

Orbeex works like a careful assistant who shows their work before touching anything.

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The four steps

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1. You ask

Type what you want in everyday language, or use the normal menus and tools.
“Find every building inside the flood zone and export the list.”

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2. Orbeex plans

For larger requests, Orbeex breaks the task into clear steps and shows you the plan first:
  1. Load the buildings layer
  2. Load the flood zone layer
  3. Select buildings inside the zone
  4. Export the result table

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3. You approve

You review the plan. Change it, ask questions, or let it run. Risky actions — anything that overwrites or deletes data — always require your explicit confirmation, and you can see a preview first.

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4. Orbeex executes

The work runs on your computer. Each step is checked and recorded.

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Everything is recordable and reversible

This is the part that makes Orbeex trustworthy:
  • Every action is saved as a step in a running history.
  • Undo anything — step back to any point, like undo in a text editor but for your whole analysis.
  • Repeat exactly — run the same sequence again on new data and get the same result.
  • Prove it later — show a client or auditor precisely what was done and in what order.
This history is stored locally, in your project file.

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Where the AI fits in

The AI is the part that understands your plain-language requests and proposes the plan. It never touches your data directly — it only suggests steps, and the engine checks and runs them. That separation is why AI suggestions cannot silently misbehave: the engine enforces the rules, and you hold the approval. More detail: Using AI with Orbeex and Safety and guardrails.