The puzzle is a table of two columns. The starting word is in the top right; beside it, on the left, are symbols saying what to do to it. What that makes goes in the box below, and the symbols beside that box say what to do next, and so on down to the last box, marked with a check, which is the answer. (unfinished)
What a symbol means is never told: working it out is part of the puzzle. Several symbols in one cell are done one after another, left to right. (unfinished)
Any box can be checked on its own. The puzzle is solved when the last box is right. (unfinished)