Adaptus

Adaptus is a deity from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Adaptus is a god, believed to have "forged" the Cybertronians and given them the ability to transform. As such, the transformation cog is associated with him.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 comics

The Militant Monoform Movement symbolically rejected Adaptus by surgically removing their transformation cogs. Life After the Big Bang

While explaining to Springarm that he was skeptical of religion, Orion Pax listed Primus, Mortilus and Adaptus as examples of gods he didn't believe in. Chaos Theory Part 2

Ratchet didn't think the existence of Pharma's natural talent in medicine proved the existence of Adaptus. Life After the Big Bang