what-is-a-node
The basic unit of work: a self-documenting HTML+markdown surface tied to one topic — movie trailer, not the whole movie.
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STREETLIGHT
an agent–human workflow · everything in → ≤ 20 self-documenting nodes out
metaphors
Evocative images for the system: the elephant with braille on it, figure-skater loops, the trailer and the movie.
paving-your-footsteps
Desire paths: let the grass wear bare under repeated crossings before pouring concrete.
midi-harness
A midi keyboard as an input device for agents — knobs and keys as a control surface.
glossary
The shared human↔LLM vocabulary the whole system leans on.