# Gate 1 Review — Experiment 1

**Status:** Accepted by owner, July 19, 2026  
**Artifact:** Local three-scene Kiduna Studio site  
**Realm:** Palo Alto Commemoration  
**Actor:** David  
**Focus:** Prepare and decide the event opening

## Scope proved

The experiment keeps one Realm, one Focus, one conversational center, and one persistent composer across:

1. a calm return with three restrained attention signals;
2. a scheduling instrument that proposes, gates, executes, and records invitations; and
3. an Artifact Stage with attached Sources, Matt's contribution, provenance, a human decision, an Action Gate, and a durable Record.

The broader Atlas orientation presentation, broad navigation, configuration machinery, and production engineering are intentionally absent. Under canonical Taxonomy 1.3.2, the scenes still occur within the Field through the Studio Surface.

## Evidence boundary

### Inherited requirements demonstrated

- Conversation with Ki is primary.
- One active Realm, one current Focus, and one dominant surface organize the work.
- Relevant Elements can appear, be inspected, inform an Action, and recede.
- Connected schedules are summarized without exposing private calendar detail.
- Consequential Actions reveal consequence and authority before execution.
- Completed Actions create Records with provenance and recovery information.

### Working proposals demonstrated

- All three scenes occupy one continuous Palo Alto thread.
- Structured work unfolds as an inline instrument or an Element Stage.
- Collaborators appear through contribution and authority rather than a permanent roster.
- The scene navigator is a prototype-review control, not proposed product navigation.
- Lens and Stage thresholds remain provisional.

### Missing evidence retained

- The permanent Studio label—Chat, Work, or another term—remains open.
- The earlier taxonomy evidence gap is resolved by the complete canonical Version 1.3.2. Legacy repository terms still require an accepted canonical mapping before engineering handoff.
- Realm intelligence and actual reversal behavior require later gates.

## Scorecard

| Criterion | Score | Evidence |
|---|---:|---|
| Dominant focus | 2 | Every scene has one central invitation, instrument, or Artifact. |
| Calm starting state | 2 | Realm, Ki, intention, attention, and input are visible without a dashboard. |
| Conversational usefulness | 2 | Scheduling and program decisions continue directly from David and Ki's exchange. |
| Realm intelligence | 1 | Realm Stance, Sources, and quiet schedule checks improve results; broader differentiated intelligence belongs to Gate 2. |
| Element clarity | 2 | Sources have kind, title, provenance, selection, Lens, and attachment to the decision. |
| Progressive disclosure | 2 | Schedules, provenance, gates, and Records appear only when relevant. |
| Trust and authority | 2 | Privacy, visibility, authority, consequence, reversibility, and provenance are explicit. |
| Recovery | 1 | Reversibility and recoverable versions are stated; direct rollback is not part of this experiment. |
| Visual character | 2 | Espresso ground, cream type, blue focus, restrained gold/mint, light, and stable geometry are consistent. |
| Spatial precision | 2 | Centered shell, aligned instruments, circles, arcs, and fixed hierarchy avoid lumpy boundaries. |
| Taxonomy fidelity | 2 | Realm, Actor, Ki, Sources, Artifact, Action Gate, and Record retain distinct behavior. |
| Capability evidence | 2 | The declared calm, scheduling, Element, gate, execution, and Record outcomes are interactive. |

No automatic-fail condition was found.

## Review conclusion

### Keep

- One Realm and one conversational center.
- Quiet header and persistent composer.
- Instruments emerging from the conversation.
- Source provenance and collaborator contribution inside the Artifact Stage.
- Gate-to-Record rhythm.

### Cut

- Continue excluding module grids, permanent collaborator rosters, exposed calendars, equal-weight panels, and the Atlas from ordinary task scenes.

### Change only after owner feedback

- Adjust density, voice, scale, or Stage balance based on review—not by adding scope.
- Resolve whether “Chat,” “Work,” or no permanent mode label is most natural.

### Test next only after Gate 1 acceptance

Use Gate 2 to prove that different Realm intelligence produces materially different outcomes. Include a visible recovery example as the bounded follow-up to the current recovery score.

## Gate recommendation

**Accepted.** The one-center shell becomes a constraint for Gate 2. Gate 2 may extend Realm intelligence and exceptional states without reopening the accepted shell or adding the later Atlas orientation presentation.
