diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 78656f7818..5a85b28e5b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
         "react-error-boundary": "^6.1.3",
         "react-hook-form": "^7.85.0",
         "react-i18next": "^17.0.11",
-        "react-robot": "^1.2.1",
-        "robot3": "^1.2.0",
         "zod": "^4.3.6"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -23239,19 +23237,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/react-robot": {
-      "version": "1.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-robot/-/react-robot-1.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FGX25Z1VFLxB05uFLRqg+MUqtcv1ZiugNjdIu35EYcJ0zDoc40H6yKi4VrEq+v49YTAa14khgTzRb+IM8YG/LA==",
-      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "robot-hooks": "^1.1.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "react": "^16.9.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.2.0 || ^19.0.0",
-        "robot3": "^1.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/react-router": {
       "version": "7.18.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-router/-/react-router-7.18.2.tgz",
@@ -23851,21 +23836,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/robot-hooks": {
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/robot-hooks/-/robot-hooks-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-42LgnUjW0gL0CZw9v9GJz+JtjAG4L+IluuhlA0jRgmYH1L+JqcyKKRQ4RSrZgyFJcStOYPKSqd5GneCDkdzZhw==",
-      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "robot3": "^1.0.2"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/robot3": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/robot3/-/robot3-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Xin8KHqCKrD9Rqk1ZzZQYjsb6S9DRggcfwBqnVPeM3DLtNCJLxWWTrPJDYm3E+ZiTO7H3VMdgyPSkIbuYnYP2Q==",
-      "license": "BSD-2-Clause"
-    },
     "node_modules/rollup": {
       "version": "4.59.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rollup/-/rollup-4.59.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2139e2bcba..8342ec0259 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@
     "react-error-boundary": "^6.1.3",
     "react-hook-form": "^7.85.0",
     "react-i18next": "^17.0.11",
-    "react-robot": "^1.2.1",
-    "robot3": "^1.2.0",
     "zod": "^4.3.6"
   },
   "sideEffects": [
diff --git a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/AgentPaymentsFlow.tsx b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/AgentPaymentsFlow.tsx
index 199a17bcca..5e2b159311 100644
--- a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/AgentPaymentsFlow.tsx
+++ b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/AgentPaymentsFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { agentPaymentsMachine } from './agentPaymentsStateMachine'
 import type {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
   AgentPaymentsFlowContextInterface,
 } from './AgentPaymentsFlowComponents'
 import { AgentPaymentsListContextual } from './AgentPaymentsFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 export const AgentPaymentsFlow = ({ companyId, onEvent }: AgentPaymentsFlowProps) => {
diff --git a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/agentPaymentsStateMachine.ts b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/agentPaymentsStateMachine.ts
index b324a0d740..9248fbaf90 100644
--- a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/agentPaymentsStateMachine.ts
+++ b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/agent-payments/agentPaymentsStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import {
   AgentPaymentsListContextual,
   AgentPaymentDetailContextual,
   type AgentPaymentsFlowContextInterface,
 } from './AgentPaymentsFlowComponents'
 import { agentPaymentsEvents } from './events'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
 const createReducer = (props: Partial<AgentPaymentsFlowContextInterface>) => {
diff --git a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/contractorProfileStateMachine.ts b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/contractorProfileStateMachine.ts
index 3b5aae91f3..ce79d41b6a 100644
--- a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/contractorProfileStateMachine.ts
+++ b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/contractorProfileStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { ContractorProfileContextInterface } from './ContractorProfileComponents'
 import {
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   EditCompensationContextual,
   EditBasicDetailsContextual,
 } from './ContractorProfileComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/index.tsx b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/index.tsx
index 7e98ca9cf1..8a934c8d24 100644
--- a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/index.tsx
+++ b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/contractor-management/ContractorProfile/index.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useOutletContext, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import type { EntityIds } from '../../../../useEntities'
 import { contractorProfileStateMachine } from './contractorProfileStateMachine'
 import type { ContractorProfileContextInterface } from './ContractorProfileComponents'
 import { ProfileViewContextual } from './ContractorProfileComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { EmptyData } from '@/components/Common'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseComponent, useBase } from '@/components/Base'
diff --git a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/TaxFilingsFlow.tsx b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/TaxFilingsFlow.tsx
index 4f0c5f028b..ff8562a8aa 100644
--- a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/TaxFilingsFlow.tsx
+++ b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/TaxFilingsFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { taxFilingsMachine } from './taxFilingsStateMachine'
 import type {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
   TaxFilingsFlowContextInterface,
 } from './TaxFilingsFlowComponents'
 import { TaxFilingsListContextual } from './TaxFilingsFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 export const TaxFilingsFlow = ({ companyId, onEvent }: TaxFilingsFlowProps) => {
diff --git a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/taxFilingsStateMachine.ts b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/taxFilingsStateMachine.ts
index ac6c9da1c2..9372fe05ab 100644
--- a/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/taxFilingsStateMachine.ts
+++ b/sdk-app/src/design/prototypes/tax-filings/taxFilingsStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import { taxFilingsEvents } from './events'
 import {
   TaxFilingsListContextual,
   TaxFilingDetailContextual,
   type TaxFilingsFlowContextInterface,
 } from './TaxFilingsFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
 const createReducer = (props: Partial<TaxFilingsFlowContextInterface>) => {
diff --git a/src/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/breadcrumbTransitionHelpers.ts b/src/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/breadcrumbTransitionHelpers.ts
index bd3afb2ad8..aa7921f639 100644
--- a/src/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/breadcrumbTransitionHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/breadcrumbTransitionHelpers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { guard, reduce, transition } from 'robot3'
+import { guard, reduce, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 
 type BreadcrumbNavigateEvent<TContext> = {
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ type BreadcrumbNavigateEvent<TContext> = {
   }
 }
 
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-parameters */
 /**
- * Builds a factory that produces robot3 transitions handling a
+ * Builds a factory that produces transitions handling a
  * `breadcrumb/navigate` event for a given target state.
  *
  * @remarks
@@ -22,11 +21,10 @@ type BreadcrumbNavigateEvent<TContext> = {
  *
  * @typeParam TContext - The state machine context shape.
  * @returns A factory `(targetState, canNavigate?) => transition` that emits a
- * guarded robot3 transition for the `breadcrumb/navigate` event.
+ * guarded transition for the `breadcrumb/navigate` event.
  * @internal
  */
 export const createBreadcrumbNavigateTransition = <TContext>() => {
-  /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-parameters */
   return (targetState: string, canNavigate?: (ctx: TContext) => boolean) =>
     transition(
       componentEvents.BREADCRUMB_NAVIGATE,
diff --git a/src/components/Company/BankAccount/BankAccount.tsx b/src/components/Company/BankAccount/BankAccount.tsx
index 1e1e4ee36b..cc5ab914ec 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/BankAccount/BankAccount.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/BankAccount/BankAccount.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useBankAccountsGetSuspense } from '@gusto/embedded-api/react-query/bankAccountsGet'
 import {
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from './BankAccountComponents'
 import { bankAccountStateMachine } from './stateMachine'
 import { BankAccountListContextual } from './BankAccountComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseComponent, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Company/BankAccount/stateMachine.ts b/src/components/Company/BankAccount/stateMachine.ts
index 6f4729484e..73bf0c137f 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/BankAccount/stateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Company/BankAccount/stateMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { BankAccountContextInterface, EventPayloads } from './BankAccountComponents'
 import {
   BankAccountFormContextual,
   BankAccountVerifyContextual,
   BankAccountListContextual,
 } from './BankAccountComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx b/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
index 5b8b324bbb..84f8584d28 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useSignatoriesListSuspense } from '@gusto/embedded-api/react-query/signatoriesList'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { AssignSignatory, DocumentList } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { documentSignerMachine } from './stateMachine'
 import type { DocumentSignerContextInterface } from './useDocumentSigner'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseComponent, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/assignSignatoryState.tsx b/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/assignSignatoryState.tsx
index ea4524914e..ca283ade1c 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/assignSignatoryState.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/assignSignatoryState.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { EventPayloads } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { DocumentList } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import type { DocumentSignerContextInterface } from './useDocumentSigner'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import { companyEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts b/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
index cf77279a1a..af8de89246 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Company/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { EventPayloads } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { SignatureForm, AssignSignatory, DocumentList } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { assignSignatoryState } from './assignSignatoryState'
 import type { DocumentSignerContextInterface } from './useDocumentSigner'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import { companyEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Company/Locations/Locations.tsx b/src/components/Company/Locations/Locations.tsx
index 055e945c35..004f0753ab 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/Locations/Locations.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/Locations/Locations.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { type LocationsContextInterface } from './locationsStateMachine'
 import { locationsStateMachine } from './stateMachine'
 import { LocationsListContextual } from './locationsStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Company/Locations/stateMachine.ts b/src/components/Company/Locations/stateMachine.ts
index 61f58c0ae8..cfaad90950 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/Locations/stateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Company/Locations/stateMachine.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { LocationsContextInterface, EventPayloads } from './locationsStateMachine'
 import { LocationFormContextual, LocationsListContextual } from './locationsStateMachine'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { companyEvents, componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx b/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
index 86de230a20..8a546aceb4 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { onboardingMachine } from './onboardingStateMachine'
 import type { OnboardingFlowProps } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   OnboardingOverviewContextual,
   type OnboardingFlowContextInterface,
 } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 export type { OnboardingFlowProps, OnboardingFlowDefaultValues } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
diff --git a/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
index cf9ba6f984..ce0328cf55 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Company/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import {
   BankAccountContextual,
   DocumentSignerContextual,
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   StateTaxesContextual,
   type OnboardingFlowContextInterface,
 } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { FlowHeaderConfig } from '@/components/Flow/useFlow'
diff --git a/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/PaySchedule.tsx b/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/PaySchedule.tsx
index ce7d63b012..8e6e7a7479 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/PaySchedule.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/PaySchedule.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { usePaySchedulesGetAllSuspense } from '@gusto/embedded-api/react-query/paySchedulesGetAll'
 import { payScheduleStateMachine } from './payScheduleStateMachine'
 import type { PayScheduleContextInterface } from './PayScheduleComponents'
 import { PayScheduleFormContextual, PayScheduleListContextual } from './PayScheduleComponents'
 import type { PayScheduleFormData } from './shared/usePayScheduleForm/payScheduleSchema'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import type { BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { BaseComponent, useBase } from '@/components/Base'
 import type { BaseComponentKeys } from '@/components/Base/Base'
diff --git a/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/payScheduleStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/payScheduleStateMachine.ts
index f106cfbcc0..705b601086 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/payScheduleStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Company/PaySchedule/payScheduleStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { PayScheduleContextInterface } from './PayScheduleComponents'
 import { PayScheduleFormContextual, PayScheduleListContextual } from './PayScheduleComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/StateTaxes.tsx b/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/StateTaxes.tsx
index 0ca9415f19..9fcba1cfd5 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/StateTaxes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/StateTaxes.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { stateTaxesStateMachine } from './stateTaxesStateMachine'
 import type { StateTaxesContextInterface } from './StateTaxesComponents'
 import { StateTaxesListContextual } from './StateTaxesComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/stateTaxesStateMachine.tsx b/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/stateTaxesStateMachine.tsx
index 6bdc915aa9..904a72387b 100644
--- a/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/stateTaxesStateMachine.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Company/StateTaxes/stateTaxesStateMachine.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { StateTaxesContextInterface } from './StateTaxesComponents'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   StateTaxesListContextual,
   TaxRateManagementContextual,
 } from './StateTaxesComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/Address.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/Address.tsx
index 3ff694483a..2b6e82017e 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/Address.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/Address.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { CardContextual, type AddressContextInterface } from './AddressComponents'
 import { addressStateMachine } from './addressStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/addressStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/addressStateMachine.ts
index 7672e0bf6b..d69370ff8d 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/addressStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Address/management/addressStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { AddressContextInterface } from './AddressComponents'
 import { CardContextual, AddressEditFormContextual } from './AddressComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx
index e20a9f4fba..7c393f575d 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { CardContextual, type CompensationContextInterface } from './CompensationComponents'
 import { compensationStateMachine } from './compensationStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts
index 49eb6b5335..1a87089b87 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { CompensationContextInterface } from './CompensationComponents'
 import { CardContextual, CompensationEditFormContextual } from './CompensationComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx
index 037330d9a9..ff2a0ac7a5 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { dashboardStateMachine } from './dashboardStateMachine'
 import { type DashboardContextInterface, DashboardViewContextual } from './DashboardComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts
index 096e013192..4f5bd1b56a 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import type { DashboardTab } from './Dashboard'
 import {
   DashboardViewContextual,
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   CompensationEditFormContextual,
   type DashboardContextInterface,
 } from './DashboardComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
index 4d40252194..2b93079120 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import type { DocumentsListProps } from '../DocumentsList'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type DocumentSignerContextInterface,
 } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { documentSignerMachine } from './stateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseComponent, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
index de5477b673..485d9de59d 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { DocumentSignerContextInterface, EventPayloads } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { SignatureFormContextual, DocumentsListContextual } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
index 81f31edffd..b0e482ac77 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { onboardingMachine } from './onboardingStateMachine'
 import type { OnboardingFlowProps } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   ContractorListContextual,
   type OnboardingFlowContextInterface,
 } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.test.ts
index ae60bcf777..9902b52e44 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { onboardingMachine } from './onboardingStateMachine'
 import {
   ContractorListContextual,
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
index 118e105389..436cdf63fc 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from 'robot3'
 import type { Contractor } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/contractor'
 import {
   AddressContextual,
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   SubmitContextual,
   type OnboardingFlowContextInterface,
 } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents, ContractorOnboardingStatus } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { FlowHeaderConfig } from '@/components/Flow/useFlow'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx
index d4f29cc6ee..ad1d6062ab 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { CardContextual, type PaymentMethodContextInterface } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
 import { paymentMethodStateMachine } from './paymentMethodStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
index 16baad0a07..eabf64595e 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { PaymentMethodContextInterface } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
 import { CardContextual, PaymentMethodEditFormContextual } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/CreatePaymentFlow.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/CreatePaymentFlow.tsx
index bdbe7061fe..fbc5eeb4a2 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/CreatePaymentFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/CreatePaymentFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { createPaymentBreadcrumbsNodes, createPaymentMachine } from './createPaymentMachine'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type CreatePaymentFlowContextInterface,
   type CreatePaymentFlowProps,
 } from './CreatePaymentFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { FlowBreadcrumb } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs, updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.test.ts
index 165a6aef6b..3914944241 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { createPaymentMachine, createPaymentBreadcrumbsNodes } from './createPaymentMachine'
 import type { CreatePaymentFlowContextInterface } from './CreatePaymentFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents, payrollWireEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.ts
index e7c3a6a1c7..62032cfc5a 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/CreatePaymentFlow/createPaymentMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ContractorPaymentGroup } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/contractorpaymentgroup'
 import type { WireInRequest } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/wireinrequest'
 import {
   PaymentSummaryContextual,
   type CreatePaymentFlowContextInterface,
 } from './CreatePaymentFlowComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { payrollWireEvents, componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import { updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/HistoricalPaymentFlow.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/HistoricalPaymentFlow.tsx
index cf6b3c6d9c..c4c2f17aba 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/HistoricalPaymentFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/HistoricalPaymentFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { historicalPaymentMachine } from './historicalPaymentMachine'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type HistoricalPaymentFlowContextInterface,
   type HistoricalPaymentFlowProps,
 } from './HistoricalPaymentFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { FlowBreadcrumb } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
 import { updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/historicalPaymentMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/historicalPaymentMachine.ts
index e1111019dd..21a6fe869d 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/historicalPaymentMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/HistoricalPaymentFlow/historicalPaymentMachine.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ContractorPaymentGroup } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/contractorpaymentgroup'
 import {
   HistoricalPaymentSummaryContextual,
   type HistoricalPaymentFlowContextInterface,
 } from './HistoricalPaymentFlowComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import { updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/PaymentFlow.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/PaymentFlow.tsx
index fca997925c..a240fb708f 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/PaymentFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/PaymentFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { paymentFlowBreadcrumbsNodes, paymentMachine } from './paymentStateMachine'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type PaymentFlowContextInterface,
   type PaymentFlowProps,
 } from './PaymentFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.test.ts
index 51912663ea..245c99615a 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { paymentMachine, paymentFlowBreadcrumbsNodes } from './paymentStateMachine'
 import type { PaymentFlowContextInterface } from './PaymentFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents, informationRequestEvents, payrollWireEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.ts
index ceee4445e7..b78769096d 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/PaymentFlow/paymentStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { WireInRequest } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/wireinrequest'
 import {
   CreatePaymentFlowContextual,
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   type PaymentFlowContextInterface,
   ViewPaymentFlowContextual,
 } from './PaymentFlowComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents, informationRequestEvents, payrollWireEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import { patchBreadcrumbsHeader } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/ViewPaymentFlow.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/ViewPaymentFlow.tsx
index 5f229d00ac..87da268578 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/ViewPaymentFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/ViewPaymentFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { viewPaymentBreadcrumbsNodes, viewPaymentMachine } from './viewPaymentMachine'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type ViewPaymentFlowContextInterface,
   type ViewPaymentFlowProps,
 } from './ViewPaymentFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { FlowBreadcrumb } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs, updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.test.ts
index d46b76a579..2f84ae5f64 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { viewPaymentMachine, viewPaymentBreadcrumbsNodes } from './viewPaymentMachine'
 import type { ViewPaymentFlowContextInterface } from './ViewPaymentFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.ts
index fdd654bd42..0511f126e7 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Payments/ViewPaymentFlow/viewPaymentMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { Contractor } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/contractor'
 import { getContractorDisplayName } from '../../shared/helpers'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   PaymentStatementContextual,
   type ViewPaymentFlowContextInterface,
 } from './ViewPaymentFlowComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import { updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/Profile.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/Profile.tsx
index 7f8b6f8214..2f32ac3c3c 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/Profile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/Profile.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { CardContextual, type ProfileContextInterface } from './ProfileComponents'
 import { profileStateMachine } from './profileStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts
index 21aadcc5c0..d3ba25faa8 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { ProfileContextInterface } from './ProfileComponents'
 import { CardContextual, ProfileEditFormContextual } from './ProfileComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx b/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx
index fcb52193d2..1cf5752466 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import type {
   SelfOnboardingContextInterface,
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
 } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
 import { Landing } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
 import { contractorSelfOnboardingMachine } from './selfOnboardingMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 export type { SelfOnboardingFlowProps } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
diff --git a/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts b/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts
index a67c280c86..733f91c273 100644
--- a/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Contractor/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import type { SelfOnboardingContextInterface } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
 import {
   Profile,
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   DocumentSigner,
   OnboardingSummary,
 } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx
index 216656bf2d..7c87c9fb1f 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/Compensation.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import {
   CompensationCardContextual,
   type CompensationContextInterface,
 } from './CompensationComponents'
 import { compensationStateMachine } from './compensationStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts
index 977da646f6..5a3fa13a01 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/management/compensationStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { CompensationContextInterface } from './CompensationComponents'
 import {
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   CompensationAddJobFormContextual,
   CompensationAddAnotherJobFormContextual,
 } from './CompensationComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.test.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.test.tsx
index 4bd40be010..be42ff35f2 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.test.tsx
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ describe('Compensation', () => {
 
     // Regression test for SDK-1169: after leaving and returning to a still-mounted
     // Compensation component, "Add new job"/"Edit" silently stopped navigating. Root
-    // cause: `done` was modeled as a robot3 final state (no transitions out), so a host
+    // cause: `done` was modeled as a final state (no transitions out), so a host
     // that doesn't unmount Compensation once `employee/compensation/done` fires was
     // left with a jobs list whose controls could never navigate again. The fix removes
     // the terminal state entirely — Flow re-emits the DONE event to the parent
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.tsx
index 26c3e09456..53effa74fe 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/Compensation.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { useJobsAndCompensationsGetJobsSuspense } from '@gusto/embedded-api/react-query/jobsAndCompensationsGetJobs'
 import { type Job } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/job'
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   type CompensationFlowContextInterface,
 } from './CompensationFlowComponents'
 import { compensationStateMachine } from './compensationStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import type { RequireAtLeastOne } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { PAY_PERIODS } from '@/shared/constants'
 import { FlsaStatus } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.test.ts
index fda7391602..243032a2d6 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { compensationStateMachine } from './compensationStateMachine'
 import type { CompensationFlowContextInterface } from './CompensationFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ function send(service: ReturnType<typeof createService>, type: string, payload?:
 describe('compensationStateMachine', () => {
   // Regression test for SDK-1169: Add new job/Edit silently stopped navigating after
   // leaving and returning to a still-mounted Compensation component. `done` used to be
-  // a robot3 final state (no transitions out), so once EMPLOYEE_COMPENSATION_DONE
-  // fired, every subsequent event was a documented robot3 no-op and the machine could
+  // a final state (no transitions out), so once EMPLOYEE_COMPENSATION_DONE
+  // fired, every subsequent event was a no-op and the machine could
   // never advance. EMPLOYEE_COMPENSATION_DONE now has no transition at all: the
   // machine stays in `viewJobs`, and Flow re-emits the event to the parent regardless.
   it('SDK-1169: keeps handling EMPLOYEE_JOB_ADD/EMPLOYEE_JOB_EDIT after DONE fires', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.ts
index 7ce1024406..2252c89253 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Compensation/onboarding/compensationStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import {
   EditCompensationContextual,
   JobsListContextual,
   type CompensationFlowContextInterface,
   type EventPayloads,
 } from './CompensationFlowComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
  * `EMPLOYEE_COMPENSATION_DONE` deliberately has no transition out of `initialEditJob` or
  * `viewJobs`. `Flow` re-emits every event to the upstream `onEvent` regardless of whether the
  * local machine has a matching transition, so the parent flow still advances/unmounts this
- * component on that signal. Modeling completion as a robot3 final state instead left `component`
+ * component on that signal. Modeling completion as a final state instead left `component`
  * pointing at a step whose controls could never fire another transition — if a host doesn't
  * unmount immediately, the screen would look interactive but be permanently dead (SDK-1169).
  * Staying put means a host that keeps this component mounted past completion keeps a fully
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx
index a0afef8c33..701c750bf6 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/DashboardFlow.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { dashboardStateMachine } from './dashboardStateMachine'
 import { type DashboardContextInterface, DashboardViewContextual } from './DashboardComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.test.ts
index 0757a63efa..864a7a375b 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { dashboardStateMachine } from './dashboardStateMachine'
 import { DashboardViewContextual, type DashboardContextInterface } from './DashboardComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts
index eedbef5773..de0c15b4ad 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Dashboard/dashboardStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import type { Garnishment } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/garnishment'
 import type { DashboardTab } from './Dashboard'
 import {
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   AddAnotherJobContextual,
   type DashboardContextInterface,
 } from './DashboardComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/Deductions.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/Deductions.tsx
index 292693c755..319ab4f0b7 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/Deductions.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/Deductions.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { DeductionsCardContextual, type DeductionsContextInterface } from './DeductionsComponents'
 import { deductionsStateMachine } from './deductionsStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/deductionsStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/deductionsStateMachine.ts
index a1919d05c4..c37561b700 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/deductionsStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/management/deductionsStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { Garnishment } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/garnishment'
 import type { DeductionsContextInterface } from './DeductionsComponents'
 import { DeductionsCardContextual, DeductionsEditFormContextual } from './DeductionsComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/Deductions.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/Deductions.tsx
index da651d741c..93c85b9abc 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/Deductions.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/Deductions.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import {
   DeductionsListContextual,
   type DeductionsContextInterface,
 } from './deductionsContextualComponents'
 import { deductionsMachine } from './stateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary, useI18n } from '@/i18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.test.ts
index 85d077cf27..5426f592f4 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { deductionsMachine } from './stateMachine'
 import type { DeductionsContextInterface } from './deductionsContextualComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function send(service: ReturnType<typeof createService>, type: string, payload?:
 }
 
 describe('deductionsMachine', () => {
-  // Regression test for SDK-1169: `done` used to be a robot3 final state (no
+  // Regression test for SDK-1169: `done` used to be a final state (no
   // transitions out) reached from `list` on EMPLOYEE_DEDUCTION_DONE. A host that kept
   // this component mounted past that signal was left with a deductions list whose
   // Add/Edit controls could never fire another transition. EMPLOYEE_DEDUCTION_DONE now
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.ts
index 0dfe5244b3..96531079e0 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Deductions/onboarding/stateMachine.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { DeductionsContextInterface, EventPayloads } from './deductionsContextualComponents'
 import {
   DeductionsListContextual,
   DeductionsFormContextual,
 } from './deductionsContextualComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
  * `EMPLOYEE_DEDUCTION_DONE` deliberately has no transition out of `list`. `Flow` re-emits every
  * event to the upstream `onEvent` regardless of whether the local machine has a matching
  * transition, so the parent flow still advances/unmounts this component on that signal. Modeling
- * completion as a robot3 final state instead left `component` pointing at a step whose controls
+ * completion as a final state instead left `component` pointing at a step whose controls
  * could never fire another transition — if a host doesn't unmount immediately, the screen would
  * look interactive but be permanently dead (see SDK-1169, the same bug in
  * `Compensation`'s onboarding machine). Staying in `list` means a host that keeps this component
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/Documents.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/Documents.tsx
index 9f90d261dd..91ec698592 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/Documents.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/Documents.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { DocumentsCardContextual, type DocumentsContextInterface } from './DocumentsComponents'
 import { documentsStateMachine } from './documentsStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/documentsStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/documentsStateMachine.ts
index 72c084e763..f8ec2bec7b 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/documentsStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Documents/management/documentsStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { DocumentsContextInterface } from './DocumentsComponents'
 import { DocumentsCardContextual, DocumentManagerContextual } from './DocumentsComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
index 690d4b01c7..f9c79f77d5 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/DocumentSigner.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useEmployeesGetSuspense } from '@gusto/embedded-api/react-query/employeesGet'
 import { useEmployeeFormsListSuspense } from '@gusto/embedded-api/react-query/employeeFormsList'
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   type DocumentSignerContextInterface,
 } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { documentSignerMachine } from './stateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseComponent, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.test.ts
index 76352805d0..62dc901e58 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { documentSignerMachine } from './stateMachine'
 import type { DocumentSignerContextInterface } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function send(service: ReturnType<typeof createService>, type: string, payload?:
 }
 
 describe('documentSignerMachine', () => {
-  // Regression test for SDK-1169: `done` used to be a robot3 final state (no
+  // Regression test for SDK-1169: `done` used to be a final state (no
   // transitions out) reached from `index` on EMPLOYEE_FORMS_DONE. A host that kept
   // this component mounted past that signal was left with a document list whose
   // "view form to sign" controls could never fire another transition.
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
index 5bcc842df7..9f48b9055b 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Documents/onboarding/DocumentSigner/stateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { DocumentSignerContextInterface, EventPayloads } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
 import {
   SignatureFormContextual,
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   I9SignatureFormContextual,
   EmploymentEligibilityContextual,
 } from './documentSignerStateMachine'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents, I9_FORM_NAME } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
  * `EMPLOYEE_FORMS_DONE` deliberately has no transition out of `index`. `Flow` re-emits every
  * event to the upstream `onEvent` regardless of whether the local machine has a matching
  * transition, so the parent flow still advances/unmounts this component on that signal. Modeling
- * completion as a robot3 final state instead left `component` pointing at a step whose controls
+ * completion as a final state instead left `component` pointing at a step whose controls
  * could never fire another transition — if a host doesn't unmount immediately, the screen would
  * look interactive but be permanently dead (see SDK-1169, the same bug in
  * `Compensation`'s onboarding machine). Staying in `index` means a host that keeps this
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/EmployeeListFlow.tsx b/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/EmployeeListFlow.tsx
index 46c646f390..3c6aefcbe0 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/EmployeeListFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/EmployeeListFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { employeeListStateMachine } from './employeeListStateMachine'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type EmployeeListFlowContextInterface,
   type EmployeeListFlowProps,
 } from './EmployeeListFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/employeeListStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/employeeListStateMachine.ts
index 4881f966c0..2e9bc53f9d 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/employeeListStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/EmployeeListFlow/employeeListStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import {
   DashboardFlowContextual,
   EmployeeListContextual,
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   TerminationFlowContextual,
   type EmployeeListFlowContextInterface,
 } from './EmployeeListFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { FlowHeaderConfig } from '@/components/Flow/useFlow'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/FederalTaxes.tsx b/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/FederalTaxes.tsx
index 412d605a46..be91f1a288 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/FederalTaxes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/FederalTaxes.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import {
   FederalTaxesCardContextual,
   type FederalTaxesContextInterface,
 } from './FederalTaxesComponents'
 import { federalTaxesStateMachine } from './federalTaxesStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/federalTaxesStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/federalTaxesStateMachine.ts
index 44db5a2965..3904660edc 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/federalTaxesStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/FederalTaxes/management/federalTaxesStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { FederalTaxesContextInterface } from './FederalTaxesComponents'
 import {
   FederalTaxesCardContextual,
   FederalTaxesEditFormContextual,
 } from './FederalTaxesComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/HomeAddress.tsx b/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/HomeAddress.tsx
index 0f2219a0d0..4a99d259b7 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/HomeAddress.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/HomeAddress.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { CardContextual, type HomeAddressContextInterface } from './HomeAddressComponents'
 import { homeAddressStateMachine } from './homeAddressStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/homeAddressStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/homeAddressStateMachine.ts
index 3913b72a53..109850c831 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/homeAddressStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/HomeAddress/management/homeAddressStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { HomeAddressContextInterface } from './HomeAddressComponents'
 import { CardContextual, HomeAddressEditFormContextual } from './HomeAddressComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/OnboardingExecutionFlow.tsx b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/OnboardingExecutionFlow.tsx
index 2320d8ee5c..e7ac45841c 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/OnboardingExecutionFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/OnboardingExecutionFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import {
   onboardingExecutionMachine,
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   type OnboardingContextInterface,
   type OnboardingDefaultValues,
 } from './OnboardingExecutionFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { OnEventType } from '@/components/Base/useBase'
 import type { EventType, EmployeeOnboardingStatus } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/onboardingExecutionStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/onboardingExecutionStateMachine.ts
index d29571ce21..ea66601807 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/onboardingExecutionStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingExecutionFlow/onboardingExecutionStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from 'robot3'
 import {
   FederalTaxesContextual,
   StateTaxesContextual,
   DeductionsContextual,
   type OnboardingContextInterface,
 } from './OnboardingExecutionFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import {
   componentEvents,
   EmployeeSelfOnboardingStatuses,
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
index ad501f9c91..e8dc27206f 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { employeeOnboardingMachine } from './onboardingStateMachine'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type OnboardingContextInterface,
   EmployeeListContextual,
 } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import type { RequireAtLeastOne } from '@/types/Helpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
index 425b517783..42d2ca4a63 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/OnboardingFlow/onboardingStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import {
   EmployeeListContextual,
   OnboardingExecutionFlowContextual,
   type OnboardingContextInterface,
 } from './OnboardingFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents, type EmployeeOnboardingStatus } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx
index e66f1b2326..4d4304c117 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/PaymentMethod.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import type { PaymentMethodContextInterface } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
 import {
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   PaymentMethodSplitFormContextual,
 } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
 import { paymentMethodStateMachine } from './paymentMethodStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
index 9f4eca45cd..be4d983443 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/management/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type {
   PaymentMethodContextInterface,
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   PaymentMethodBankFormContextual,
   PaymentMethodSplitFormContextual,
 } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/PaymentMethod.tsx b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/PaymentMethod.tsx
index 8933b1143e..600fd96618 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/PaymentMethod.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/PaymentMethod.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import type { OnboardingContextInterface } from '../../OnboardingFlow/OnboardingFlowComponents'
 import type { PaymentMethodContextInterface } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
 import { ListViewContextual } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
 import { paymentMethodStateMachine } from './paymentMethodStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { useFlow } from '@/components/Flow/useFlow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
index 54a0e0ad77..726fc335cd 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/PaymentMethod/onboarding/paymentMethodStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { PaymentMethodContextInterface } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
 import {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   BankFormContextual,
   SplitViewContextual,
 } from './PaymentMethodComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/Profile.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/Profile.tsx
index 51be21b8cf..f2b7803442 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/Profile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/Profile.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { CardContextual, type ProfileContextInterface } from './ProfileComponents'
 import { profileStateMachine } from './profileStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts
index d19f909223..5dd4d1e40b 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Profile/management/profileStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { ProfileContextInterface } from './ProfileComponents'
 import { CardContextual, ProfileEditFormContextual } from './ProfileComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx b/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx
index 12dab43d54..f39cb721c4 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/SelfOnboardingFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import type {
   SelfOnboardingContextInterface,
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
 } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
 import { Landing } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
 import { employeeSelfOnboardingMachine } from './selfOnboardingMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 export type { SelfOnboardingFlowProps } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts
index 2d55d75f1e..2179186498 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/SelfOnboardingFlow/selfOnboardingMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state } from 'robot3'
 import type { SelfOnboardingContextInterface } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
 import {
   Profile,
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   OnboardingSummary,
   DocumentSigner,
 } from './SelfOnboardingComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/StateTaxes.tsx b/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/StateTaxes.tsx
index 903c527d76..a21ea608d1 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/StateTaxes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/StateTaxes.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { StateTaxesCardContextual, type StateTaxesContextInterface } from './StateTaxesComponents'
 import { stateTaxesStateMachine } from './stateTaxesStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/stateTaxesStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/stateTaxesStateMachine.ts
index 7084de0d94..5e51dbe82c 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/stateTaxesStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/StateTaxes/management/stateTaxesStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { StateTaxesContextInterface, StateTaxesSuccessAlertCode } from './StateTaxesComponents'
 import { StateTaxesCardContextual, StateTaxesEditFormContextual } from './StateTaxesComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/TerminationFlow.tsx b/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/TerminationFlow.tsx
index 3f2da76c1c..e69e246c9d 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/TerminationFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/TerminationFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { terminationMachine, terminationBreadcrumbNodes } from './terminationStateMachine'
 import type {
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
   TerminationFlowContextInterface,
 } from './TerminationFlowComponents'
 import { TerminateEmployeeContextual } from './TerminationFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.test.ts
index 0e4e5318f1..c46693777b 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { terminationMachine, terminationBreadcrumbNodes } from './terminationStateMachine'
 import type { TerminationFlowContextInterface } from './TerminationFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.ts
index 6bb55d8203..a228632f8b 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/Terminations/TerminationFlow/terminationStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from 'robot3'
 import type { PayrollOption } from '../types'
 import type {
   TerminationFlowContextInterface,
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   DismissalFlowContextual,
   PayrollLandingContextual,
 } from './TerminationFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { BreadcrumbNodes } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/WorkAddress.tsx b/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/WorkAddress.tsx
index 572b73f55a..659b3e78d8 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/WorkAddress.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/WorkAddress.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import {
   WorkAddressCardContextual,
   type WorkAddressContextInterface,
 } from './WorkAddressComponents'
 import { workAddressStateMachine } from './workAddressStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentDictionary } from '@/i18n/I18n'
diff --git a/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/workAddressStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/workAddressStateMachine.ts
index b0c28309db..bd4d4f6df1 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/workAddressStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Employee/WorkAddress/management/workAddressStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import type { WorkAddressContextInterface } from './WorkAddressComponents'
 import { WorkAddressCardContextual, WorkAddressEditFormContextual } from './WorkAddressComponents'
+import { reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Flow/Flow.test.tsx b/src/components/Flow/Flow.test.tsx
index dddd311072..d333c7e14c 100644
--- a/src/components/Flow/Flow.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Flow/Flow.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
-import { createMachine, reduce, state, transition } from 'robot3'
 import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import { Flow } from './Flow'
 import type { FlowContextInterface } from './useFlow'
 import { useFlow } from './useFlow'
+import { createMachine, reduce, state, transition } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents, type EventType } from '@/shared/constants'
 import { renderWithProviders } from '@/test-utils/renderWithProviders'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Flow/Flow.tsx b/src/components/Flow/Flow.tsx
index c99f43823d..bfd8784574 100644
--- a/src/components/Flow/Flow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Flow/Flow.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { Suspense } from 'react'
-import { useMachine } from 'react-robot'
-import { type Machine, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
 import type { OnEventType } from '../Base/useBase'
 import { Flex } from '../Common/Flex'
 import type { FlowContextInterface } from './useFlow'
 import { FlowContext } from './useFlow'
 import { FlowHeader } from './FlowHeader'
+import { useMachine, type Machine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { useLoadingIndicator } from '@/contexts/LoadingIndicatorProvider/useLoadingIndicator'
 import { type EventType } from '@/shared/constants'
 
@@ -35,16 +34,15 @@ type FlowProps<M extends Machine> = {
 }
 
 /**
- * Drives a robot3 state machine that orchestrates a multi-step SDK flow, rendering the active
+ * Drives a state machine that orchestrates a multi-step SDK flow, rendering the active
  * step component inside a {@link FlowContext} provider with optional header chrome above it.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Re-emits every event produced by the state machine (or the active child machine, when one is
- * nested) to the upstream `onEvent` callback, so the consuming flow component (e.g. `PayrollFlow`,
- * `OnboardingFlow`) can forward them to partner code. The set of event types is defined by the
- * machine itself rather than a fixed catalogue.
+ * Re-emits every event to the upstream `onEvent` callback, so the consuming flow component
+ * (e.g. `PayrollFlow`, `OnboardingFlow`) can forward them to partner code. The set of event
+ * types is defined by the machine itself rather than a fixed catalogue.
  *
- * @typeParam M - The robot3 {@link Machine} type whose context extends {@link FlowContextInterface}.
+ * @typeParam M - The {@link Machine} type whose context extends {@link FlowContextInterface}.
  * @param props - Component props: the `machine` instance to run and an `onEvent` handler that
  *   receives every event the machine emits.
  * @returns A React element rendering the machine's current `component` inside the flow context,
@@ -55,21 +53,13 @@ export const Flow = <M extends Machine<object, FlowContextInterface>>({
   onEvent,
   machine,
 }: FlowProps<M>) => {
-  const [current, send, service] = useMachine(machine, {
+  const [current, send] = useMachine(machine, {
     onEvent: handleEvent,
     component: null,
   })
 
   function handleEvent(type: EventType, data: unknown): void {
-    const event = { type, payload: data }
-    const sendFn = send as SendFunction<string>
-    //When dealing with nested state machine, correct machine needs to recieve an event
-    if (service.child) {
-      ;(service.child.send as SendFunction<string>)(event)
-    } else {
-      sendFn(event)
-    }
-    // Pass event upstream - onEvent can be optional on Flow component
+    send({ type, payload: data })
     onEvent(type, data)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/InformationRequests/InformationRequests.tsx b/src/components/InformationRequests/InformationRequests.tsx
index 852d95b6fd..35d620f9d1 100644
--- a/src/components/InformationRequests/InformationRequests.tsx
+++ b/src/components/InformationRequests/InformationRequests.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
-import { useMachine } from 'react-robot'
 import { Suspense, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { InformationRequestList } from './InformationRequestList'
 import { informationRequestsMachine } from './informationRequestsStateMachine'
 import { type InformationRequestsContextInterface } from './InformationRequestsComponents'
+import { createMachine, useMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { BaseBoundaries, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { Flex } from '@/components/Common'
 import { useComponentContext } from '@/contexts/ComponentAdapter/useComponentContext'
diff --git a/src/components/InformationRequests/informationRequestsStateMachine.tsx b/src/components/InformationRequests/informationRequestsStateMachine.tsx
index b4d41b286f..b17aa32491 100644
--- a/src/components/InformationRequests/informationRequestsStateMachine.tsx
+++ b/src/components/InformationRequests/informationRequestsStateMachine.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { InformationRequestsContextInterface } from './InformationRequestsComponents'
 import { InformationRequestFormContextual } from './InformationRequestsComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { informationRequestEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/ConfirmWireDetails.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/ConfirmWireDetails.tsx
index 36dcfb1c81..79e371ea8f 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/ConfirmWireDetails.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/ConfirmWireDetails.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
-import { useMachine } from 'react-robot'
 import { Suspense, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useWireInRequestsListSuspense } from '@gusto/embedded-api/react-query/wireInRequestsList'
 import { ConfirmWireDetailsBanner } from './ConfirmWireDetailsBanner'
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ import styles from './ConfirmWireDetails.module.scss'
 import { BaseComponent, BaseBoundaries } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentContext } from '@/contexts/ComponentAdapter/useComponentContext'
 import { FlowContext } from '@/components/Flow/useFlow'
+import { createMachine, useMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { payrollWireEvents, type EventType } from '@/shared/constants'
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/confirmWireDetailsStateMachine.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/confirmWireDetailsStateMachine.tsx
index e6fd3cd790..9e3bfb89e2 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/confirmWireDetailsStateMachine.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/ConfirmWireDetails/confirmWireDetailsStateMachine.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { ConfirmationAlert } from './types'
 import type { ConfirmWireDetailsContextInterface } from './ConfirmWireDetailsComponents'
 import {
   WireInstructionsContextual,
   ConfirmWireDetailsFormContextual,
 } from './ConfirmWireDetailsComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { payrollWireEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/DismissalFlow.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/DismissalFlow.tsx
index 33eef4effd..b1408fccaa 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/DismissalFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/DismissalFlow.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { dismissalMachine, dismissalBreadcrumbsNodes } from './dismissalStateMachine'
 import {
   DismissalPayPeriodSelectionContextual,
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   type DismissalFlowContextInterface,
   type DismissalFlowProps,
 } from './DismissalFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { BaseComponent } from '@/components/Base/Base'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.test.ts
index 8e49a6c9ef..7b8cf7197b 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { dismissalMachine, dismissalBreadcrumbsNodes } from './dismissalStateMachine'
 import type { DismissalFlowContextInterface } from './DismissalFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.ts
index 1f601d9536..73f1c6c013 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/Dismissal/dismissalStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from 'robot3'
 import {
   DismissalPayPeriodSelectionContextual,
   DismissalExecutionContextual,
   type DismissalFlowContextInterface,
 } from './DismissalFlowComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { BreadcrumbNodes } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleExecution.test.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleExecution.test.tsx
index 5737635553..8eb4192a84 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleExecution.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleExecution.test.tsx
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import { screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
 import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import type { OffCycleFlowContextInterface } from './OffCycleFlowComponents'
 import { OffCycleExecutionContextual } from './OffCycleFlowComponents'
 import { offCycleMachine, offCycleBreadcrumbsNodes } from './offCycleStateMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
 import { server } from '@/test/mocks/server'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleFlow.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleFlow.tsx
index 7c3991633b..c5206251d0 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/OffCycleFlow.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { offCycleMachine, offCycleBreadcrumbsNodes } from './offCycleStateMachine'
 import {
   OffCycleCreationContextual,
   type OffCycleFlowContextInterface,
   type OffCycleFlowProps,
 } from './OffCycleFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.test.ts
index 2cb8fc0221..9c6aa46142 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { offCycleMachine, offCycleBreadcrumbsNodes } from './offCycleStateMachine'
 import type { OffCycleFlowContextInterface } from './OffCycleFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.ts
index 4c20fc52a3..6e76a901b7 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/OffCycle/offCycleStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from 'robot3'
 import {
   OffCycleCreationContextual,
   OffCycleExecutionContextual,
   type OffCycleFlowContextInterface,
 } from './OffCycleFlowComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { BreadcrumbNodes } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/PayrollExecutionFlow.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/PayrollExecutionFlow.tsx
index ee1dc59014..5784ba3a42 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/PayrollExecutionFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/PayrollExecutionFlow.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import type { PayrollPayPeriodType } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/payrollpayperiodtype'
 import type { ConfirmWireDetailsComponentType } from '../ConfirmWireDetails/ConfirmWireDetails'
 import {
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   payrollExecutionMachine,
   getPayrollExecutionBreadcrumbsNodes,
 } from './payrollExecutionMachine'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { FlowBreadcrumb } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs, updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.test.ts
index 3e0fffd73f..4ebb4be9e5 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import {
   payrollExecutionMachine,
   getPayrollExecutionBreadcrumbsNodes,
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.ts b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.ts
index b064e197a0..78abb03ee2 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollExecutionFlow/payrollExecutionMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from 'robot3'
 import type { PayrollPayPeriodType } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/payrollpayperiodtype'
 import type { PayrollFlowAlert } from '../PayrollFlow/PayrollFlowComponents'
 import {
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   PayrollBlockerContextual,
   type PayrollFlowContextInterface,
 } from '../PayrollFlow/PayrollFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import {
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/PayrollFlow.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/PayrollFlow.tsx
index 9fc9bddb2d..84267acaff 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/PayrollFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/PayrollFlow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { payrollFlowBreadcrumbsNodes, payrollFlowMachine } from './payrollStateMachine'
 import type { PayrollFlowProps } from './PayrollFlowComponents'
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   PayrollLandingContextual,
   type PayrollFlowContextInterface,
 } from './PayrollFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.test.ts
index 4b50efbf28..be26ea1b3f 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { payrollFlowMachine, payrollFlowBreadcrumbsNodes } from './payrollStateMachine'
 import type { PayrollFlowContextInterface } from './PayrollFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.ts
index a076311a24..32dcd92deb 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollFlow/payrollStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from 'robot3'
 import type { PayrollPayPeriodType } from '@gusto/embedded-api/models/components/payrollpayperiodtype'
 import type { PayrollExecutionInitialState } from '../PayrollExecutionFlow'
 import {
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { PayrollExecutionFlowContextual } from './PayrollExecutionFlowContextual'
 import { TransitionFlowContextual } from './TransitionFlowContextual'
 import { OffCycleFlowContextual } from './OffCycleFlowContextual'
+import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import { patchBreadcrumbsHeader, updateBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/PayrollLanding.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/PayrollLanding.tsx
index 6e2164e554..2d6db1a303 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/PayrollLanding.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/PayrollLanding.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import type { ConfirmWireDetailsComponentType } from '../ConfirmWireDetails/ConfirmWireDetails'
 import { payrollLandingMachine, payrollLandingBreadcrumbNodes } from './payrollLandingStateMachine'
 import {
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   type PayrollLandingFlowContextInterface,
   type PayrollLandingFlowProps,
 } from './PayrollLandingFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import type { BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base/Base'
 import { BaseComponent } from '@/components/Base/Base'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/payrollLandingStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/payrollLandingStateMachine.ts
index bc73d2c38f..f1ee4d51ea 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/payrollLandingStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PayrollLanding/payrollLandingStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from 'robot3'
 import {
   PayrollLandingTabsContextual,
   PayrollLandingReceiptsContextual,
   PayrollLandingOverviewContextual,
   type PayrollLandingFlowContextInterface,
 } from './PayrollLandingFlowComponents'
+import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { BreadcrumbNodes } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/PrintChecks.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/PrintChecks.tsx
index ac39353d11..006e7cfdd4 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/PrintChecks.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/PrintChecks.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
-import { useMachine } from 'react-robot'
 import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { PrintChecksBanner } from './PrintChecksBanner'
 import { printChecksMachine } from './printChecksStateMachine'
 import { type PrintChecksContextInterface } from './PrintChecksComponents'
 import type { PrintChecksProps } from './types'
+import { createMachine, useMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { BaseComponent } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentContext } from '@/contexts/ComponentAdapter/useComponentContext'
 import { FlowContext } from '@/components/Flow/useFlow'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/printChecksStateMachine.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/printChecksStateMachine.tsx
index 6124518352..b739f09de1 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/printChecksStateMachine.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/PrintChecks/printChecksStateMachine.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { PrintChecksContextInterface } from './PrintChecksComponents'
 import {
   PrintChecksFormContextual,
   PrintChecksFailureContextual,
   PrintChecksSummaryContextual,
 } from './PrintChecksComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { printChecksEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/RecoveryCases.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/RecoveryCases.tsx
index ba30a13ed4..c1e36cf2ab 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/RecoveryCases.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/RecoveryCases.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
-import { useMachine } from 'react-robot'
 import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { RecoveryCasesList } from './RecoveryCasesList'
 import { recoveryCasesMachine } from './recoveryCasesStateMachine'
 import { type RecoveryCasesContextInterface } from './RecoveryCasesComponents'
+import { createMachine, useMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { BaseComponent, type BaseComponentInterface } from '@/components/Base'
 import { useComponentContext } from '@/contexts/ComponentAdapter/useComponentContext'
 import { FlowContext } from '@/components/Flow/useFlow'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/recoveryCasesStateMachine.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/recoveryCasesStateMachine.tsx
index 832a32c9de..b4e946ca94 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/recoveryCasesStateMachine.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/RecoveryCases/recoveryCasesStateMachine.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce } from 'robot3'
 import type { RecoveryCasesContextInterface } from './RecoveryCasesComponents'
 import { RecoveryCasesResubmitContextual } from './RecoveryCasesComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { recoveryCasesEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineEventType, MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/Transition/TransitionFlow.tsx b/src/components/Payroll/Transition/TransitionFlow.tsx
index 7fb0aa6d15..caa9ca3ba1 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/Transition/TransitionFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/Transition/TransitionFlow.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { transitionMachine, transitionBreadcrumbsNodes } from './transitionStateMachine'
 import {
   TransitionCreationContextual,
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   type TransitionFlowContextInterface,
   type TransitionFlowProps,
 } from './TransitionFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 import { buildBreadcrumbs } from '@/helpers/breadcrumbHelpers'
 
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.test.ts
index eba09e7fba..85f5791767 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { transitionMachine, transitionBreadcrumbsNodes } from './transitionStateMachine'
 import type { TransitionFlowContextInterface } from './TransitionFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.ts b/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.ts
index 15413f058d..64bd46d4ae 100644
--- a/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/Payroll/Transition/transitionStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from 'robot3'
 import {
   TransitionCreationContextual,
   TransitionExecutionContextual,
   type TransitionFlowContextInterface,
 } from './TransitionFlowComponents'
+import { state, transition, reduce, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 import type { BreadcrumbNodes } from '@/components/Common/FlowBreadcrumbs/FlowBreadcrumbsTypes'
diff --git a/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/TimeOffFlow.tsx b/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/TimeOffFlow.tsx
index a64c72960b..7d15f3d7e9 100644
--- a/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/TimeOffFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/TimeOffFlow.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { createMachine } from 'robot3'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { timeOffMachine } from './timeOffStateMachine'
 import type { TimeOffFlowProps, TimeOffFlowContextInterface } from './TimeOffFlowComponents'
 import { PolicyListContextual } from './TimeOffFlowComponents'
+import { createMachine } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { Flow } from '@/components/Flow/Flow'
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.test.ts b/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.test.ts
index 94b962b480..f342a427c8 100644
--- a/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from 'robot3'
+import { createMachine, interpret, type SendFunction } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { timeOffMachine } from './timeOffStateMachine'
 import type { TimeOffFlowContextInterface } from './TimeOffFlowComponents'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
diff --git a/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.ts b/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.ts
index 137e5c16ee..db71e62a11 100644
--- a/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.ts
+++ b/src/components/TimeOff/TimeOffFlow/timeOffStateMachine.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from 'robot3'
 import {
   PolicyListContextual,
   SelectPolicyTypeContextual,
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   type AddEmployeesSource,
 } from './TimeOffFlowComponents'
 import type { TimeOffPolicyType } from './timeOffPolicyTypes'
+import { transition, reduce, state, guard } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 import { componentEvents } from '@/shared/constants'
 import type { MachineTransition } from '@/types/Helpers'
 
diff --git a/src/lib/state-machine/__tests__/core.test.ts b/src/lib/state-machine/__tests__/core.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa3e0e9ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/state-machine/__tests__/core.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  guard,
+  reduce,
+  transition,
+  state,
+  createMachine,
+  interpret,
+  applyTransition,
+} from '../core'
+
+describe('state machine core', () => {
+  describe('applyTransition', () => {
+    it('transitions to a new state and applies the reducer', () => {
+      const states = {
+        a: state(
+          transition(
+            'GO',
+            'b',
+            reduce((ctx: { count: number }) => ({ ...ctx, count: ctx.count + 1 })),
+          ),
+        ),
+        b: state(),
+      }
+
+      const result = applyTransition(states, 'a', { count: 0 }, { type: 'GO' })
+
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({ current: 'b', context: { count: 1 } })
+    })
+
+    it('returns null for unhandled events', () => {
+      const states = {
+        a: state(transition('GO', 'b')),
+      }
+
+      const result = applyTransition(states, 'a', {}, { type: 'UNKNOWN' })
+
+      expect(result).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('evaluates guards and picks the first matching transition', () => {
+      const states = {
+        a: state(
+          transition(
+            'GO',
+            'b',
+            guard((ctx: { val: string }) => ctx.val === 'yes'),
+          ),
+          transition('GO', 'c'),
+        ),
+      }
+
+      expect(applyTransition(states, 'a', { val: 'no' }, { type: 'GO' })).toMatchObject({
+        current: 'c',
+      })
+      expect(applyTransition(states, 'a', { val: 'yes' }, { type: 'GO' })).toMatchObject({
+        current: 'b',
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('composes multiple guards with AND', () => {
+      const states = {
+        a: state(
+          transition(
+            'GO',
+            'b',
+            guard((_ctx: { x: number }) => true),
+            guard((ctx: { x: number }) => ctx.x > 5),
+          ),
+        ),
+      }
+
+      expect(applyTransition(states, 'a', { x: 3 }, { type: 'GO' })).toBeNull()
+      expect(applyTransition(states, 'a', { x: 10 }, { type: 'GO' })).toMatchObject({
+        current: 'b',
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('pipes reducers in order', () => {
+      const states = {
+        a: state(
+          transition(
+            'GO',
+            'b',
+            reduce((ctx: { items: string[] }) => ({ ...ctx, items: [...ctx.items, 'first'] })),
+            reduce((ctx: { items: string[] }) => ({ ...ctx, items: [...ctx.items, 'second'] })),
+          ),
+        ),
+        b: state(),
+      }
+
+      const result = applyTransition(states, 'a', { items: [] }, { type: 'GO' })
+
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        current: 'b',
+        context: { items: ['first', 'second'] },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('passes the event to reducers', () => {
+      const states = {
+        a: state(
+          transition(
+            'SET',
+            'b',
+            reduce((_ctx: { value: string }, ev: { payload: string }) => ({
+              value: ev.payload,
+            })),
+          ),
+        ),
+        b: state(),
+      }
+
+      const result = applyTransition(states, 'a', { value: '' }, { type: 'SET', payload: 'hello' })
+
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        current: 'b',
+        context: { value: 'hello' },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('passes the event to guards', () => {
+      const states = {
+        a: state(
+          transition(
+            'GO',
+            'b',
+            guard((_ctx: object, ev: { payload: { allowed: boolean } }) => ev.payload.allowed),
+          ),
+        ),
+      }
+
+      expect(
+        applyTransition(states, 'a', {}, { type: 'GO', payload: { allowed: false } }),
+      ).toBeNull()
+      expect(
+        applyTransition(states, 'a', {}, { type: 'GO', payload: { allowed: true } }),
+      ).toMatchObject({ current: 'b' })
+    })
+
+    it('warns in dev mode for unhandled events', () => {
+      const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+      const states = { a: state() }
+
+      applyTransition(states, 'a', {}, { type: 'NOPE' })
+
+      expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('No transition for event "NOPE" in state "a"'),
+      )
+      warnSpy.mockRestore()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('createMachine', () => {
+    it('stores the initial state, states, and context factory', () => {
+      const factory = () => ({ value: 42 })
+      const machine = createMachine('start', { start: state() }, factory)
+
+      expect(machine.initial).toBe('start')
+      expect(machine.states.start).toBeDefined()
+      expect(machine.contextFactory()).toMatchObject({ value: 42 })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('interpret', () => {
+    it('creates a service with the initial state and context', () => {
+      const machine = createMachine('idle', { idle: state(), active: state() }, () => ({
+        count: 0,
+      }))
+
+      const service = interpret(machine, () => {})
+
+      expect(service.machine.current).toBe('idle')
+      expect(service.context).toMatchObject({ count: 0 })
+      expect(service.child).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('transitions on send and calls onChange', () => {
+      const machine = createMachine(
+        'a',
+        {
+          a: state(
+            transition(
+              'NEXT',
+              'b',
+              reduce((ctx: { step: number }) => ({ step: ctx.step + 1 })),
+            ),
+          ),
+          b: state(),
+        },
+        () => ({ step: 0 }),
+      )
+
+      const onChange = vi.fn()
+      const service = interpret(machine, onChange)
+
+      service.send({ type: 'NEXT' })
+
+      expect(service.machine.current).toBe('b')
+      expect(service.context).toMatchObject({ step: 1 })
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+
+    it('does not call onChange when no transition matches', () => {
+      const machine = createMachine('a', { a: state() }, () => ({}))
+
+      const onChange = vi.fn()
+      const service = interpret(machine, onChange)
+
+      service.send({ type: 'UNKNOWN' })
+
+      expect(service.machine.current).toBe('a')
+      expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    it('passes initialContext through the context factory', () => {
+      const machine = createMachine('start', { start: state() }, (init: { id?: string } = {}) => ({
+        id: init.id ?? 'default',
+      }))
+
+      const service = interpret(machine, () => {}, { id: 'custom' })
+
+      expect(service.context).toMatchObject({ id: 'custom' })
+    })
+
+    it('supports sequential transitions', () => {
+      const machine = createMachine(
+        'a',
+        {
+          a: state(transition('NEXT', 'b')),
+          b: state(transition('NEXT', 'c')),
+          c: state(),
+        },
+        () => ({}),
+      )
+
+      const service = interpret(machine, () => {})
+
+      service.send({ type: 'NEXT' })
+      expect(service.machine.current).toBe('b')
+
+      service.send({ type: 'NEXT' })
+      expect(service.machine.current).toBe('c')
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/state-machine/__tests__/useMachine.test.tsx b/src/lib/state-machine/__tests__/useMachine.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0d2064e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/state-machine/__tests__/useMachine.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { render, screen, act } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { createMachine, useMachine, state, transition, reduce } from '..'
+
+type TestContext = { component: React.ComponentType | null; count: number }
+
+const First = () => <div data-testid="first">First</div>
+const Second = () => <div data-testid="second">Second</div>
+
+function buildMachine(initial = 'a') {
+  return createMachine<TestContext>(
+    initial,
+    {
+      a: state(
+        transition(
+          'NEXT',
+          'b',
+          reduce((ctx: TestContext): TestContext => ({
+            ...ctx,
+            component: Second,
+            count: ctx.count + 1,
+          })),
+        ),
+      ),
+      b: state(
+        transition(
+          'BACK',
+          'a',
+          reduce((ctx: TestContext): TestContext => ({
+            ...ctx,
+            component: First,
+            count: ctx.count + 1,
+          })),
+        ),
+      ),
+    },
+    (): TestContext => ({ component: First, count: 0 }),
+  )
+}
+
+function TestHarness({ machine }: { machine: ReturnType<typeof buildMachine> }) {
+  const [current, send] = useMachine(machine)
+  const Component = current.context.component
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <div data-testid="state">{current.name}</div>
+      <div data-testid="count">{current.context.count}</div>
+      {Component && <Component />}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => {
+          send({ type: 'NEXT' })
+        }}
+      >
+        next
+      </button>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => {
+          send({ type: 'BACK' })
+        }}
+      >
+        back
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+describe('useMachine', () => {
+  it('renders the initial component from the machine context', () => {
+    render(<TestHarness machine={buildMachine()} />)
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('first')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('state')).toHaveTextContent('a')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('count')).toHaveTextContent('0')
+  })
+
+  it('transitions on dispatch and re-renders with the new component', () => {
+    render(<TestHarness machine={buildMachine()} />)
+
+    act(() => {
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'next' }).click()
+    })
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('second')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('state')).toHaveTextContent('b')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('count')).toHaveTextContent('1')
+  })
+
+  it('supports round-trip transitions', () => {
+    render(<TestHarness machine={buildMachine()} />)
+
+    act(() => {
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'next' }).click()
+    })
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('second')).toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    act(() => {
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'back' }).click()
+    })
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('first')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('count')).toHaveTextContent('2')
+  })
+
+  it('provides a service object with machine.current and context', () => {
+    let lastService: ReturnType<typeof useMachine<TestContext>>[2] | undefined
+
+    function ServiceInspector({ machine }: { machine: ReturnType<typeof buildMachine> }) {
+      const [, , service] = useMachine(machine)
+      lastService = service
+      return null
+    }
+
+    render(<ServiceInspector machine={buildMachine()} />)
+
+    expect(lastService?.machine.current).toBe('a')
+    expect(lastService?.context.count).toBe(0)
+    expect(lastService?.child).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('re-initializes when the machine reference changes', () => {
+    const machine1 = buildMachine('a')
+    const machine2 = buildMachine('b')
+
+    const { rerender } = render(<TestHarness machine={machine1} />)
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('state')).toHaveTextContent('a')
+
+    rerender(<TestHarness machine={machine2} />)
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('state')).toHaveTextContent('b')
+  })
+
+  it('passes initialContext through the context factory', () => {
+    type Ctx = { label: string }
+    const machine = createMachine<Ctx>('start', { start: state() }, (init?: Partial<Ctx>): Ctx => ({
+      label: init?.label ?? 'default',
+    }))
+
+    function Inspector() {
+      const [current] = useMachine(machine, { label: 'custom' })
+      return <div data-testid="label">{current.context.label}</div>
+    }
+
+    render(<Inspector />)
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('label')).toHaveTextContent('custom')
+  })
+
+  it('ignores events with no matching transition', () => {
+    const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+    render(<TestHarness machine={buildMachine()} />)
+
+    act(() => {
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'back' }).click()
+    })
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('state')).toHaveTextContent('a')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('count')).toHaveTextContent('0')
+
+    warnSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/state-machine/core.ts b/src/lib/state-machine/core.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..416ba92502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/state-machine/core.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-parameters */
+import type {
+  Guard,
+  Reducer,
+  TransitionDefinition,
+  StateDefinition,
+  Machine,
+  ContextFunction,
+  SendEvent,
+  Service,
+} from './types'
+
+/** @internal */
+export function guard<C>(fn: (ctx: C, ev: any) => boolean): Guard<C> {
+  return { _tag: 'guard', fn }
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function reduce<C>(fn: (ctx: C, ev: any) => C): Reducer<C> {
+  return { _tag: 'reduce', fn }
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function transition<C = any>(
+  event: string,
+  target: string,
+  ...modifiers: (Guard<C> | Reducer<C>)[]
+): TransitionDefinition<C> {
+  const guards: Guard<C>[] = []
+  const reducers: Reducer<C>[] = []
+  for (const mod of modifiers) {
+    if (mod._tag === 'guard') guards.push(mod)
+    else reducers.push(mod)
+  }
+  return { _tag: 'transition', event, target, guards, reducers }
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function state<_T = unknown>(...transitions: TransitionDefinition[]): StateDefinition {
+  const transitionMap = new Map<string, TransitionDefinition[]>()
+  for (const def of transitions) {
+    const existing = transitionMap.get(def.event)
+    if (existing) {
+      existing.push(def)
+    } else {
+      transitionMap.set(def.event, [def])
+    }
+  }
+  return { _tag: 'state', transitions: transitionMap }
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function createMachine<C>(
+  initial: string,
+  states: Record<string, StateDefinition>,
+  contextFactory: ContextFunction<C>,
+): Machine<object, C> {
+  return { initial, states, contextFactory }
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type TransitionResult<C> = { current: string; context: C }
+
+/** @internal */
+export function applyTransition<C>(
+  states: Record<string, StateDefinition>,
+  currentState: string,
+  context: C,
+  event: SendEvent,
+): TransitionResult<C> | null {
+  const stateDef = states[currentState]
+  if (!stateDef) {
+    if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.warn(`[state-machine] Unknown state "${currentState}"`)
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const candidates = stateDef.transitions.get(event.type)
+  if (!candidates || candidates.length === 0) {
+    if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.warn(
+        `[state-machine] No transition for event "${event.type}" in state "${currentState}"`,
+      )
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    const allGuardsPass = candidate.guards.every(g => g.fn(context, event))
+    if (!allGuardsPass) continue
+
+    let nextContext = context
+    for (const reducer of candidate.reducers) {
+      nextContext = reducer.fn(nextContext, event) as C
+    }
+
+    return { current: candidate.target, context: nextContext }
+  }
+
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.warn(
+      `[state-machine] All guards failed for event "${event.type}" in state "${currentState}"`,
+    )
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function interpret<C>(
+  machine: Machine<object, C>,
+  onChange: (service: Service<C>) => void,
+  initialContext?: any,
+): Service<C> {
+  const context = machine.contextFactory(initialContext)
+
+  const service: Service<C> = {
+    machine: { current: machine.initial },
+    context,
+    send: (event: SendEvent) => {
+      const result = applyTransition<C>(
+        machine.states,
+        service.machine.current,
+        service.context,
+        event,
+      )
+      if (result) {
+        service.machine = { current: result.current }
+        service.context = result.context
+        onChange(service)
+      }
+    },
+    child: undefined,
+  }
+
+  return service
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/state-machine/index.ts b/src/lib/state-machine/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9d711d204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/state-machine/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+import { useReducer, useRef } from 'react'
+import { applyTransition } from './core'
+import type { Machine, MachineState, SendEvent, Service, StateDefinition } from './types'
+
+export { guard, reduce, transition, state, createMachine, interpret } from './core'
+export type {
+  Guard,
+  Reducer,
+  TransitionDefinition,
+  StateDefinition,
+  Machine,
+  MachineState,
+  Service,
+  SendFunction,
+  SendEvent,
+  ContextFunction,
+  Transition,
+  Immediate,
+  GetMachineTransitions,
+} from './types'
+
+type ReducerState<C> = { current: string; context: C }
+
+type ReducerAction<C> = SendEvent | { type: '__RESET__'; _initial: string; _context: C }
+
+function machineReducer<C>(
+  machineStates: Record<string, StateDefinition>,
+  state: ReducerState<C>,
+  action: ReducerAction<C>,
+): ReducerState<C> {
+  if (action.type === '__RESET__' && '_initial' in action) {
+    return { current: action._initial, context: action._context }
+  }
+  return (
+    applyTransition<C>(machineStates, state.current, state.context, action as SendEvent) ?? state
+  )
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export function useMachine<C>(
+  machine: Machine<object, C>,
+  initialContext?: any,
+): [MachineState<C>, (event: SendEvent) => void, Service<C>] {
+  const machineRef = useRef(machine)
+
+  const [{ current, context }, dispatch] = useReducer(
+    (s: ReducerState<C>, a: ReducerAction<C>) => machineReducer(machineRef.current.states, s, a),
+    undefined,
+    () => ({
+      current: machine.initial,
+      context: machine.contextFactory(initialContext),
+    }),
+  )
+
+  if (machineRef.current !== machine) {
+    machineRef.current = machine
+    const resetContext = machine.contextFactory(initialContext)
+    dispatch({ type: '__RESET__', _initial: machine.initial, _context: resetContext })
+  }
+
+  const send = (event: SendEvent) => {
+    dispatch(event)
+  }
+
+  const currentState: MachineState<C> = { name: current, context }
+  const service: Service<C> = {
+    machine: { current },
+    context,
+    send,
+    child: undefined,
+  }
+
+  return [currentState, send, service]
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/state-machine/types.ts b/src/lib/state-machine/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e86cdb2df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/state-machine/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+
+/** @internal */
+export type SendEvent = { type: string; payload?: unknown }
+
+/** @internal */
+export type SendFunction<T extends string = string> = (event: SendEvent | { type: T }) => void
+
+/** @internal */
+export type Guard<C = any> = {
+  _tag: 'guard'
+  fn: (ctx: C, ev: any) => boolean
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type Reducer<C = any> = {
+  _tag: 'reduce'
+  fn: (ctx: C, ev: any) => C
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type TransitionDefinition<C = any> = {
+  _tag: 'transition'
+  event: string
+  target: string
+  guards: Guard<C>[]
+  reducers: Reducer<C>[]
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type Transition<_E extends string = string> = TransitionDefinition
+/** @internal */
+export type Immediate<_E extends string = string> = TransitionDefinition
+
+/** @internal */
+export type StateDefinition<C = any> = {
+  _tag: 'state'
+  transitions: Map<string, TransitionDefinition<C>[]>
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type ContextFunction<C = any> = (initialContext?: any) => C
+
+/** @internal */
+export type Machine<S extends object = object, C = any> = {
+  initial: string
+  states: Record<string, StateDefinition>
+  contextFactory: ContextFunction<C>
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type MachineState<C = any> = {
+  name: string
+  context: C
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type Service<C = any> = {
+  machine: { current: string }
+  context: C
+  send: SendFunction
+  child: undefined
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export type GetMachineTransitions = TransitionDefinition
diff --git a/src/shared/constants.ts b/src/shared/constants.ts
index e8a0bcfb5b..f92b041b24 100644
--- a/src/shared/constants.ts
+++ b/src/shared/constants.ts
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ export const timeOffEvents = {
  * ```
  */
 export const componentEvents = {
-  ROBOT_MACHINE_DONE: 'done', //This is internal Robot event thrown when machine transitions to final state
+  ROBOT_MACHINE_DONE: 'done',
   ERROR: 'ERROR',
   CANCEL: 'CANCEL',
   BREADCRUMB_NAVIGATE: 'breadcrumb/navigate',
diff --git a/src/types/Helpers.d.ts b/src/types/Helpers.d.ts
index a173f363f1..98bb233832 100644
--- a/src/types/Helpers.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/Helpers.d.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,9 @@ export type MachineEventType<
   payload: TEventPayloads[TEventType]
 }
 
-// Robot3 state machine helper types for consistent usage across the codebase
-export type { Transition, Immediate } from 'robot3'
+export type { Transition, Immediate } from '@/lib/state-machine'
 export type { EventType } from '@/shared/constants'
 
-// Reusable type for robot3 state machine transitions that accept any EventType
 export type MachineTransition = Transition<EventType> | Immediate<EventType>
 
 //Makes specific property in the given type required