Every project teaches the next one.

T1 · Color

Two modes, one signal.

Every text pair is checked for WCAG AA when the tokens build.

System · dark

Background#090B0A
Surface 1#0E110F
Surface 2#141716
Surface 3#1B1F1E
Hairline#252927
Line strong#3A3E3C
Field edge#6B706E
Text#EAEEEC
Text muted#A5ABA8
Text faint#828885
Pixel at rest#4D5250
Live#7FD497
Live track#1E3527
Error#FF8A7A
Focus#EAEEEC
On text#090B0A

Document · light

Background#FBFAF7
Surface 1#F4F2EF
Surface 2#EBE9E5
Surface 3#E2DFDA
Hairline#D2D6DE
Line strong#AAB1BE
Field edge#788091
Text#0F1D38
Text muted#4B5669
Text faint#5F6879
Pixel at rest#C3C8D0
Blue#1957D2
Live#13773F
Live track#DCEFE2
Error#B42318
Focus#1957D2
On text#FBFAF7

T2 · Type scale

Fluid between the 390 and 1440 frames.

Grotesk at 400 and 500. Mono at 400, system language only.

Token	390	1440	Leading	Tracking	Sample
--t-display	46px	128px	0.94	-0.048em	Every project
--t-title	44px	96px	0.96	-0.044em	Every project
--t-h1	34px	64px	1	-0.036em	Every project
--t-h2	28px	40px	1.08	-0.028em	Every project
--t-h3	22px	28px	1.18	-0.018em	Every project
--t-h4	19px	22px	1.3	-0.01em	Every project
--t-lead	19px	24px	1.42	-0.012em	Every project teaches the next one.
--t-body	17px	18px	1.56	-0.004em	Every project teaches the next one.
--t-small	16px	16px	1.5	0em	Every project teaches the next one.
--t-mono	12px	13px	1.45	0.06em	World updated 3h ago
--t-mono-s	12px	12px	1.4	0.06em	World updated 3h ago

T3 · Spacing

A 4px base, named by size.

--s-3xs2px
--s-2xs4px
--s-xs8px
--s-s12px
--s-m16px
--s-l24px
--s-xl32px
--s-2xl48px
--s-3xl64px
--s-4xl96px
--s-5xl128px
--s-6xl160px
--s-7xl200px

T4 · Grid

Twelve columns at 1440, four at 390.

1440 · 12 columns · margin 64 · gutter 24

390 · 4 columns · margin 20 · gutter 12

T5 · Radius and lines

Square corners. Hairlines.

Radius 0px · everything

Radius 2px · reserved

hairline · 1px

rule · 1px

strong · 2px

focus · 2px

pixel · 8px

T6 · Motion

Things move only when the system does something.

A new item gets one green pulse, then settles to white. No loops, no parallax, no pings.

--d-instant90ms

--d-quick160ms

--d-base240ms

--d-draw700ms

--d-pulse1500ms

--e-standard
cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)

--e-out
cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)

--e-in
cubic-bezier(0.7, 0, 0.84, 0)

Pulse. Snap to green, hold 500ms, settle to white over 1000ms. Color only, never scale.
Cascade. In the world, an update spreads along links about 90ms per hop and finishes within two seconds.
Draw. New links draw on once over 700ms. Waiting links are dashed and still.
Hover. A color or underline change in 90ms. Nothing slides or grows.
Reduced motion. Nothing moves. New items show green until the next change, links appear complete, the plan renders whole.

C1 · Status line

Mono, one pixel at the front.

Green only within 24 hours of a real update. Stale reads gray.

World updated 3h agoBuffalo, NY

Live

Running nowBuffalo, NY

Running, no timestamp from the system yet · gray

World updated 6d agoBuffalo, NY

Stale

Stage 02Next

Running, next, ahead.

01RunningNowChanged since your last visit

Atlas OS on pre-development

Atlas OS is the first product on the system: estimating for pre-development. The loop is running on a mixed-use redevelopment in Buffalo, from site to estimate, with the project team signing off on every number that matters.

Running nowBuffalo, NY

02NextChanged since your last visit

First outside developer projects

The same loop on projects for outside developers, with their teams making the calls and signing off.

Turns green whenThe first outside developer runs a project on the system.

03AheadChanged since your last visit

First published case study, with before-and-after numbers

Hours, cycle time and cost of the work, measured before the system and after it, on one project, published in full.

Turns green whenA project clears pre-development and its developer agrees to publish the numbers.

C3 · Loop step card

Upcoming, active, done.

Step 04/05EXPERTS ANSWER · SYSTEM RECORDS

World updates

Answers land in the world with who said it, when, and what it changes. Nothing gets retyped into a spreadsheet, and nothing gets lost in an inbox.

WorldANSWERS IN · AREAS CONNECTED

Upcoming

Step 03/05PERSON APPROVES · SYSTEM SENDS AND CHASES

Contact experts

The system writes to the experts the project needs: counsel, the surveyor, engineers, the architect. A person approves the first message to any new expert.

WorldOUTREACH SENT · WAITING ON ANSWERS

Active · the world is changing

Step 02/05ONE PERSON · ONE SESSION

Work session

Each person spends 30 to 40 minutes with the AI on the work that’s theirs. It drafts, they decide, and what they settle goes into the world.

WorldDRAFTED WORK ATTACHED TO THE PLAN

Done

C4 · World node and link

Rest, new, settled.

Before the step

Step 3: new nodes pulse once

Settled

Node at rest
New
Settled
Outside expert
Link
Waiting on an answer

C5 · People and system

Who does what.

People

Judgment
Which site to pursue, which risk to carry, and when an answer is good enough to act on.
Relationships
The lender, the planning board, the neighbors, and the partners you’ll build with again.
Sign-off
The plan, the first message to any new expert, every number that matters, and anything with a stamp.

System

Drafting
The first version of every memo, ask, schedule and estimate, with its sources attached.
Chasing
The follow-ups nobody wants to send, sent on time, until the answer comes back.
Remembering
Every answer, with who gave it and when, kept in this project’s world. The next project gets the method, not the answers.
Re-planning
When an answer changes the plan, the system proposes the new one. Once the team confirms, each person hears what’s theirs now.

C6 · Route card

Rest, hover, selected, focus.

Rest

Hover

Selected

Focus

C7 · Buttons

Primary, secondary, quiet.

primary

Default

Hover

Pressed

Focus

Disabled

secondary

Default

Hover

Pressed

Focus

Disabled

quiet

Link with arrow

C8 · What’s changed

Stored in the visitor’s browser only. Never shows a name.

Since your last visit: 1 stage went live

See it on the roadmap

C9 · Example chip

Rest, hover, selected, focus, disabled.

Rest

Hover

Selected

Focus

Disabled

C10 · Draft-plan output

Empty, building, complete.

Set in Document mode: the system hands you a document.

Draft plan · Pre-development · Worked example

No project chosen yet

Waiting for a project

01Phases
02Sections
03The work, with an owner on each item
04The experts it would contact, each with a drafted ask

Empty

Draft plan · Pre-development · Worked example

40-unit mixed-use building on a vacant corner lot

Drafting the work

P1Site and zoning
1. Site control
  - Pull the title report and list every easementSystem
  - Boundary and topographic surveyExpert
2. Zoning
P2Feasibility
1. Program
2. Site conditions
P3Design
1. Concept
P4Cost and capital
1. Estimate
2. Capital

Building

Draft plan · Pre-development · Worked example

40-unit mixed-use building on a vacant corner lot

Draft complete · Nothing sent

P1Site and zoning
1. Site control
  - Pull the title report and list every easementSystem
  - Boundary and topographic surveyExpert
2. Zoning
  - Map use, height, density and parking for the cornerSystem
  - Decide whether to pursue anything beyond as-of-rightPerson
P2Feasibility
1. Program
  - Test unit mix for 40 units over ground-floor retailSystem
  - Set the retail frontage and residential entryPerson
2. Site conditions
  - Scope a Phase I environmental site assessmentExpert
  - Scope geotechnical boringsExpert
  - Confirm water, sewer and storm capacity at the streetExpert
P3Design
1. Concept
  - Two massing options for the cornerExpert
  - Draft the code path for the architect: construction type, egress, separationsSystem
P4Cost and capital
1. Estimate
  - Build the estimate from the massing, with a source for every lineSystem
  - Check every assumption that moves the totalPerson
2. Capital
  - Draft sources and usesSystem
  - Open lender conversationsPerson

Experts it would contactA person approves each first message

Surveyor“Can you quote a boundary and topographic survey of a vacant corner lot, with your earliest start?”Draft · Not sent
Zoning counsel“For 40 units over ground-floor retail on this corner, what’s as-of-right and what would need relief?”Draft · Not sent
Environmental consultant“Can you scope a Phase I for a vacant lot with unknown prior uses, with fee and turnaround?”Draft · Not sent
Geotechnical engineer“What boring program would you recommend for a mid-rise mixed-use building here?”Draft · Not sent
Civil engineer“Can you confirm utility capacity at the street and what the connections will need?”Draft · Not sent
Architect“Could you test two massing options for 40 units over retail on this corner?”Draft · Not sent

Complete

C11 · Form field

Empty, focus, error, filled, disabled.

Company

Empty

Company

Focus

Work email

Enter a work email so we can reply.

Error

Company

Filled

Company

Disabled

U1 · Decks and documents

The same system on a slide and on paper.

Templates with example content. Slides stay in System mode; anything handed on uses Document mode.

Status review · Template

Every project teaches the next one.

Running nowBuffalo, NY

Slide · title

RoadmapGreen is running · gray is not yet

01Atlas OS on pre-development
02First outside developer projects
03First published case study, with before-and-after numbers
04Construction loop: architects, engineers, GC
05Property management: resident reports, triage, vendor dispatch
06A second industry

Slide · roadmap status

Field notes · Template · Rev 2026-11-05

Pre-development · Week six

Zoning counsel answered. The massing holds.

Counsel confirmed the program is as-of-right, so the variance work comes off the plan and lender conversations move up. Two items changed owners.

What changed

Variance application removed from the planCounsel · answer on record
Massing check with the architect addedOwner: development lead
Lender conversations moved upOwner: development lead

Waiting on

The geotechnical boring scope and the utility capacity letter. Both asks went out after a person approved them; follow-ups are on schedule. See the full plan.

Document · field notes, letter

C12 · Nav and footer

The real ones, at the top and bottom of this sheet.

Desktop shows four links and the pilot button. Phones get the wordmark and a Menu button that opens a full-height sheet.

How it worksAtlas OSRoadmapContact

Menu

The wordmark’s pixel turns green while the world is live, and when something changed since your last visit.

Tokens, components, states.

Two modes, one signal.

Fluid between the 390 and 1440 frames.

A 4px base, named by size.

Twelve columns at 1440, four at 390.

Square corners. Hairlines.

Things move only when the system does something.

Mono, one pixel at the front.

Running, next, ahead.

Atlas OS on pre-development

First outside developer projects

First published case study, with before-and-after numbers

Upcoming, active, done.

World updates

Contact experts

Work session

Rest, new, settled.

Who does what.

Judgment

Relationships

Sign-off

Drafting

Chasing

Remembering

Re-planning

Rest, hover, selected, focus.

Primary, secondary, quiet.

Since your last visit.

Rest, hover, selected, focus, disabled.

Empty, building, complete.

No project chosen yet

40-unit mixed-use building on a vacant corner lot

40-unit mixed-use building on a vacant corner lot

Empty, focus, error, filled, disabled.

The same system on a slide and on paper.

Zoning counsel answered. The massing holds.

What changed

Waiting on

The real ones, at the top and bottom of this sheet.