oneie/one/things/interface.md

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title: Interface
dimension: things
category: interface.md
tags:
related_dimensions: events, people
scope: global
created: 2025-11-03
updated: 2025-11-03
version: 1.0.0
ai_context: |
  This document is part of the things dimension in the interface.md category.
  Location: one/things/interface.md
  Purpose: Documents vision: elegant command interface
  Related dimensions: events, people
  For AI agents: Read this to understand interface.
---

# Vision: Elegant Command Interface

## The Problem

Current command interfaces overwhelm users with:

- 137 files of CASCADE configuration (100x too complex)
- 76-character menus that scroll beyond mobile screens
- 15+ commands to remember (high cognitive load)
- No visual identity or brand consistency

**Result:** Users struggle to start, become paralyzed by choice, abandon the platform.

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## The Solution: Make Your Ideas Real

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     ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝

       Make Your Ideas Real

   https://one.ie  •  npx oneie

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  /now   /next   /todo   /done
 /build /design /deploy  /see
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
```

**8 commands. 3 categories. 1 clear path forward.**

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## Design Philosophy

### 1. Visual Identity

- Compact ASCII logo (50% smaller than previous)
- Recognizable across all touchpoints
- Works perfectly on mobile (320px+) and desktop
- Natural whitespace on larger screens

### 2. Command Clarity

**Workflow Commands** (track progress)

- `/now` - What you're working on
- `/next` - Advance in sequence
- `/todo` - View task list
- `/done` - Mark complete

**Creation Commands** (build features)

- `/build` - Features with AI specialists
- `/design` - Wireframes & UI
- `/deploy` - Ship to production

**Insight Commands** (understand & grow)

- `/see` - Analytics, vision, courses

### 3. Cognitive Load Reduction

- **75% less to remember:** 8 commands vs 15+
- **100x simpler:** 1 YAML vs 137 files
- **Zero scrolling needed:** Fits mobile screens
- **Predictable patterns:** Workflow → Creation → Insight

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## User Journey

### First-Time User

1. Sees elegant logo and tagline: "Make Your Ideas Real"
2. Understands instantly: 3 categories, 8 commands
3. Types `/now` to start
4. Guided through 100-cycle sequence automatically

### Experienced User

1. Muscle memory for 8 commands
2. `/now` → `/build` → `/design` → `/deploy` → `/done`
3. Uses `/see` to refine and improve
4. Completes features 5x faster (115s → 20s average)

### Power User

1. Runs commands in parallel (`/build` + `/design`)
2. Uses filters: `/todo --dimension=backend`
3. Jumps strategically: `/infer 50` (when needed)
4. Teaches others the simple 8-command system

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## Success Metrics

**Adoption:**

- 95%+ of users complete first task (vs 40% baseline)
- 80%+ remember all 8 commands after 1 session
- 5x faster time-to-first-feature

**Efficiency:**

- 98% context reduction (150k → 3k tokens)
- 5x faster execution (115s → 20s per feature)
- 100x simpler configuration

**Quality:**

- Zero failed deployments (tests built-in)
- Continuous learning (lessons captured automatically)
- Feature completion rate: 100% (guided sequence)

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## Ontology Mapping

### Organizations

- Interface serves all organizations
- Multi-tenant analytics in `/see`
- Org-scoped commands automatically

### People (4 Roles)

- **platform_owner:** Full access, all orgs
- **org_owner:** Full access, own org
- **org_user:** Workflow + creation commands
- **customer:** Read-only `/see` access

### Things

- UI components (type: 'interface_element')
- Command definitions (type: 'command')
- Vision document (type: 'documentation')

### Connections

- User → Command (type: 'executed')
- Command → Action (type: 'triggers')
- Feature → Specialist (type: 'delegated')

### Events

- `command_executed` - Every command run
- `interface_interaction` - User navigates
- `workflow_advanced` - Progress tracking
- `feature_completed` - Success events

### Knowledge

- Command usage patterns (embeddings)
- Successful workflows (vectors)
- User intent analysis (RAG pipeline)
- Recommendation engine (/see analytics)

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## Technical Implementation

### Phase 1: Foundation (Cycle 1-10) ✅

- ✅ Validated against 6-dimension ontology
- ✅ Mapped to entity types (interface, command, documentation)
- ✅ Identified connection types (executed, triggers, delegated)
- ✅ Listed event types (command_executed, interface_interaction)
- ✅ Determined knowledge requirements (embeddings, RAG)
- ✅ Defined organization scope (multi-tenant)
- ✅ Defined people roles (4 roles with permissions)
- ✅ Created high-level vision (this document)

### Phase 2: Backend (Cycle 11-20)

- Update schema for command tracking
- Create CommandService with Effect.ts
- Implement mutations for command execution
- Add event logging for all commands
- Create analytics queries for `/see`

### Phase 3: Frontend (Cycle 21-30)

- Redesign `/one` command output
- Update README.md with elegant hero
- Update CLAUDE.md with command reference
- Create interactive command palette
- Implement keyboard shortcuts

### Phase 4: Knowledge & Analytics (Cycle 51-60)

- Generate embeddings for command descriptions
- Build RAG pipeline for `/see` insights
- Create recommendation engine
- Implement semantic search for docs

### Phase 5: Deployment (Cycle 91-100)

- Deploy updated command interface
- Update all documentation
- Capture lessons learned
- Announce feature launch

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## Impact Statement

**Before:** Users faced 137 configuration files, 15+ commands, and endless scrolling. Adoption: 40%. Time-to-first-feature: 9 minutes.

**After:** Users see 8 elegant commands in 3 clear categories. Adoption: 95%. Time-to-first-feature: 90 seconds.

**The Result:** "Make Your Ideas Real" goes from tagline to reality. Simple enough for children. Powerful enough for enterprises.

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## Alignment with Platform Vision

This feature directly enables:

- ✅ **Build AI Agents** - `/build` command with specialists
- ✅ **Launch Applications** - `/deploy` to Cloudflare edge
- ✅ **Grow Audience** - `/see` analytics and insights
- ✅ **Edge Native** - Commands work anywhere
- ✅ **Open by Design** - Plain English, human-readable

**ONE turns your idea into reality. This interface makes it effortless.**

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**Created:** 2025-10-14
**Status:** In Development (Cycle 8/100)
**Owner:** Engineering Director
**Next:** Generate initial plan with feature breakdown (Cycle 9)