# Introduction to Viv

*Source* · `src-ryan-2026-viv-introduction` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Documentation |
| authors | James Ryan |
| venue | Viv documentation (Sifty) |
| date | 2026 |
| url | https://viv.sifty.studio/introduction/ |
| accessed | 2026-10-28 |

## Notes

Viv, an engine for emergent narrative in open beta; a DSL for actions, reactions, tropes, plans, selectors, queries, and sifting patterns compiled into a content bundle for a runtime embedded in a host game; characters form memories of actions they witness and relay knowledge through later actions and inscribed items; causal links between actions are recorded automatically, partitioning the chronicle into causal trees; sifting patterns run over the chronicle or a character's memories; symbolic, with no LLMs at runtime; best at background simulation.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Story sifting with causal bookkeeping](../technique/story-sifting.md)

## Citation

James Ryan (2026). *Introduction to Viv*. Viv documentation (Sifty) https://viv.sifty.studio/introduction/

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Provenance: created in run `2026-10-28-story-sifting`.