Omen (Chinese: ็ป) is an open-source strategic reasoning engine powered by Explainable AI (XAI). It combines ontological modeling of strategic phenomena with counterfactual analysis of uncertainty, delivering verifiable, traceable, and explainable insights for decision-makers.
Concepts | Quick Start | Case Templates | Roadmap
Analyze, Simulate, Explain.
Omen does not predict the future. It is a reasoning engine built for complexity. By mapping causal chains and logical dependencies, it generates replayable, comparable branching paths, revealing weak signals, critical points, and evolving ecosystems, and helping decision-makers gain clarity in complexity:
- ๐ Substitution Logic: Which technology will replace another under what critical conditions?
- ๐ก๏ธ Capability Evolution: Which core capabilities will be enhanced first, and which will coexist long-term?
- ๐ Strategy Wins: Which strategy combinations are more likely to win the market, capital, and developer ecosystem?
- โณ Time Windows: When is the optimal timing for in-house development, alliances, M&A, or contraction?
Through explainable reasoning chains, Omen reveals how technological evolution reshapes markets, helping strategic decisions decode the omens from the chaos.
| Feature Module | Description |
|---|---|
| ๐งฌ Technology Capability Modeling | Deconstructs complex tech stacks into quantifiable, comparable capability dimensions (e.g., latency, throughput, ease of use, ecosystem richness). |
| ๐ค Strategic Agent Simulation | Defines different types of market participants (startups, giants, open-source communities, regulators), endowing them with goals, resources, and constraints. |
| ๐ Market Evolution Reasoning | Simulates dynamic changes in adoption rates, market share, cost structures, cash flow, and ecosystems. |
| โก Critical Point Identification | Automatically discovers key thresholds for "when substitution occurs" and "why it happens at this moment." |
| ๐ฎ Counterfactual Analysis | Answers "What would have happened if event X had not occurred, or if strategy Y had been adopted?" |
| ๐ Result Explanation Engine | Outputs key turning points, causal chain deductions, and strategic implications, rejecting black-box conclusions. |
A complete reasoning session typically answers the following questions:
- Substitution? Will the new technology completely replace the old one, or form a complement?
- Time Window? When is the specific time window for substitution or turning points?
- Key Drivers? Which variables (e.g., cost reduction speed, API compatibility) are the decisive factors?
- Winners and Losers? Which entities suffer first, and which benefit unexpectedly?
- Strategy Effectiveness? Under what circumstances is an "open ecosystem" superior to "vertical integration"?
- Endgame Form? Does it move towards monopoly, oligarchic balance, or fragmented coexistence?
If you are a:
- Strategy Consultant
- C-level Executive
- Industry Analyst
- Product Manager
- Other non-technical users
Want to quickly experience Omen without local installation? Please visit our online demo deployed on Streamlit Cloud.
You can explore the strategic reasoning flow directly online:
๐ Explore Omen on Streamlit Cloud
If you are:
- Data Scientist
- AI Researcher
- Strategy Analyst
- Other technical users
Want to run Omen in your local environment? Please follow the installation and running guide below.
Environment requirements: Python 3.12+ with pip package manager.
git clone https://github.com/StrategyLogic/omen.git
cd omen
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install -e .If you want to quickly see Omen in action, a visualized sample case and its results are available in the demo directory. Run:
streamlit run demo/app/scenario_planning.pyThen open http://localhost:8501 in your browser to explore the full strategic reasoning flow.
If you want to run a complete Analyze - Simulate - Explain workflow, we have prepared a built-in case simulating SAP's acquisition of Reltio in March 2026.
The case document is cases/situations/sap_reltio_acquisition.md, and it can be run end-to-end with the following commands:
Omen's Analyze module combines strategy methodology and the data pipeline, allowing you to generate strategic insights and machine input artifacts from the source document with a single command.
# analyze the built-in case and pack it as "sap" alias
omen analyze situation --doc sap_reltio_acquisition --pack-id sapThis step generates the Situation Artifact and creates a package named sap for consistent use in subsequent steps.
Omen v0.1.9 provides deterministic A/B/C scenario planning capabilities.
- Scenario A: Offensive branch
- Scenario B: Defensive branch
- Scenario C: Confrontational branch
You can directly use the sap alias to locate the generated situation artifact from the previous step:
omen scenario --situation sapThis step generates the scenario pack artifact under data/scenarios/sap/ for simulation.
Omen's simulation engine can reason across different scenarios. Use the scenario pack generated in the previous step to run simulation:
omen simulate --scenario data/scenarios/sap/scenario_pack.jsonThis step generates reasoning traces and writes the deterministic result to output/sap/result.json.
Omen's explanation module interprets simulation outcomes and traces back key decision points and risk items (known unknowns) from the situation artifact to generate decision-ready insights and recommendations:
omen explain --pack-id sapThis step generates a structured explanation artifact at output/sap/explanation.json.
Omen also provides a Streamlit-based UI application for visualizing the full strategic reasoning flow.
streamlit run app/scenario_planning.pyYou can click on each panel on the page to inspect the full chain of outputs from source document to situation artifact, scenario artifact, simulation result, and explanation artifact.
Omen is built for the following roles:
- Technology Strategy Teams
- Product & Platform Leads
- AI Infrastructure Researchers
- Open Source Ecosystem Observers
- Investors & Industry Analysts
- ๐ค Elon Musk
- ๐ค Jeff Bezos
- ๐ค Steve Jobs
- ๐ค Jack Ma
- ๐ค Chen Jiaxing (me)
- ๐งฉ Acquisition: SAP vs Reltio
- ๐บ๏ธ Ontology Games: Database vs AI Memory
- โ๏ธ Vector Database vs AI Memory
More scenarios are under development (contributions welcome):
Agent InfrastructurevsWorkflow PlatformsVertical AIvsGeneral AI StackOpen Source ModelsvsClosed Commercial APIsData GovernancevsAI-Native Knowledge Systems
Omen is under AGPL-3.0-or-later, the project is developed and maintained by StrategyLogicยฎ.
Note: If you wish to use Omen in a closed-source environment or provide it as a SaaS service without open-sourcing your code, please contact us for a commercial license.
Omen aims to become an open strategic reasoning workstation:
It does not output a single answer, but helps people systematically understand how the future branches; and understand which conditions shape the outcome; and understand which actions can change the path.
If you are interested in technological evolution, market substitution, strategic modeling, or multi-agent reasoning, you are welcome to join us in interpreting the omens of this chaotic world together.
Simulate the Signs. Reveal the Chaos.

