Reference case · product film
The Systead film
“The Work Creates the Interface” shows Systead, the first product built on Lyotic, as a customer workspace. A film simplifies. This page reads each scene through the model and names what Lyotic would add.
Scene by scene
| Scene | Lyotic parts | What Lyotic would add |
|---|---|---|
| 01 · Edit → Impact preview → sync all | Impact Preview, Authority Gate (implicit), Status Mark | “Synced” right after the tool call is applied; verified needs a read-back. Sync all is a scope change: the approval covers 16 more objects and must say so. |
| 02 · Drop → Schema matcher | Interpretation Block (field mapping), Alternative Set | The percentages (82%, 41%) are classifier observations, not epistemic states. “Matched” should read as supported, with sample values as evidence. |
| 03 · Drop a pile → Document sorter | Claim Block per page, policy threshold, Decision Record | Auto-filing is a delegated action; which folders and whether it is reversible belong to the Case. |
| 04 · System detects → Mismatch lens | Claim Block (conflicted), Source Records, Evidence Units | A drift is a claim about divergence. Each source’s field meaning comes before calling it a conflict (INV-19). |
| 05 · Drag together → Identity merge | Work Object relation, Alternative Set | “Same product?” becomes a typed choice: alias, packaging, shared component (INV-15). |
| 06 · Type intent → forms, plan, apply | Resolver, Impact Preview, Authority Gate, Execution Trace, Verification Result | The plan resumes a paused sync before writing: authority validity at execution. “3 of 3 applied” is execution; the settled row says verified only after read-back. |
What carried over into the system
- The unified pill became the status language: one shape for every axis, lit and at rest, fading fill and stroke only.
- The morphing card became the Work Object Shell and MorphShell: one surface, springs that keep velocity, content that crossfades with a small blur.
- The column cascade of sync all became the stagger rule (45ms, never blocking input).
- The Impact preview gained a Preserved section as prominent as Changes.