Systems and methods for defining and transmitting subsurface commands

A system, comprising:

• a downhole tool;
• and
• a surface operating system comprising processing circuitry configured to:
• receive a selection of a command for the downhole tool disposed within a wellbore of a geological formation, wherein the command is part of a plurality of commands associated with controlling one or more operations of the downhole tool;
• retrieve a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) contract of a plurality of JSON contracts is associated with the command from a JSON schema, wherein the JSON contract comprises a plurality of a JSON objects configured to cause the downhole tool to perform the command, and wherein the JSON schema comprises a multi-level hierarchical mapping of the plurality of JSON contracts that is organized based on a first level comprising one or more characteristics of a plurality of downhole tools, a second level comprising a plurality of drilling operations, and a third level comprising a plurality of conditions associated with the downhole tool performing the plurality of drilling operations;
• generate a downlink signal based on the JSON contract;
• transmit the downlink signal to the downhole tool while the downhole tool is disposed within the wellbore of the geological formation, wherein the downhole tool is configured to implement a change in the one or more operations of the downhole tool in response to receiving the downlink signal, and wherein the change in the one or more operations of the downhole tool comprises the downhole tool changing a steering mode, a drilling mode, a direction, a speed, or any combination thereof;
• and
• receive feedback data from the downhole tool after the downhole tool implements the command, wherein the feedback data comprises one or more measurements associated with the downhole tool implementing the command.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:

• receive a selection of a command for a downhole tool disposed within a wellbore of a geological formation, wherein the command is part of a plurality of commands associated with controlling one or more operations of the downhole tool;
• retrieve a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) contract associated with the command from a JSON schema, wherein the JSON contract comprises a plurality of JSON objects configured to cause the downhole tool to perform the command, and wherein the JSON schema comprises a multi-level hierarchical mapping of a plurality of JSON contracts that is organized based on a first level comprising one or more characteristics of a plurality of downhole tools, a second level comprising a plurality of drilling operations, and a third level comprising a plurality of conditions associated with the downhole tool performing the plurality of drilling operations;
• generate a downlink signal based on the JSON contract;
• transmit the downlink signal to the downhole tool while the downhole tool is disposed within the wellbore of the geological formation, wherein the downhole tool is configured to implement a change in the one or more operations of the downhole tool in response to receiving the downlink signal, and wherein the change in the one or more operations of the downhole tool comprises the downhole tool changing a steering mode, a drilling mode, a direction, a speed, or any combination thereof;
• and
• receive feedback data from the downhole tool after the downhole tool implements the command, wherein the feedback data comprises one or more measurements associated with the downhole tool implementing the command.