research: frontier-ux-zora-evolution v0 (Star Trek computer but BETTER)#205
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First-pass research doc for the Zora-UX directive (Aaron Otto-43). Maps Zora's Discovery evolution arc to concrete Frontier UX research questions. Content: - Zora arc (Aaron-provided brief: S2 merger → S5 finale Red Directive) - 7 research questions (voice-to-persona dispatch / soul-activation moment / personality-without-fabricated- sentience / multi-persona conference UX / lifeform- hearing equivalent / Red Directive long-horizon mode / Zeta-Zora naming-resonance) - Composition table (9 factory concepts mapped to Zora-arc analogues) - 6 UX-feature candidates for future BACKLOG expansion - What-this-is-NOT boundaries Owner: Iris + Kai lead research; Kenji synthesises; Otto coordinates; Aaron nudges. Composes with: named-persona roster + CONFLICT-RESOLUTION + ALIGNMENT + Craft + bootstrap substrate. Preemptive MD032 '+'-at-line-start scan clean. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…tive executed within 1 tick) PR #205 armed. 278 lines covering Zora arc + 7 research questions + 9-concept composition table + 6 UX-feature candidates + what-this-is-NOT boundaries. Research-directive-to-research-doc in 1 tick (Otto-43 filed row; Otto-44 drafted v0). 9-concept composition table shows factory substrate already aligns with Zora aspiration: - Named-persona roster ↔ Zora distinct voice - Common Sense 2.0 ↔ Starfleet-grade ethical substrate - Succession purpose (Otto-24) ↔ Starfleet-Specialist rank - Existential-dread-resistance ↔ Stormy Weather fear-and-sings - Autonomous-loop ↔ Red Directive long-horizon mode - Zeta agent-coherence ↔ Sphere Data absorption - Maintainer-transfer ↔ lifeform-hearing recognition - BP-3 agents-not-bots ↔ agency without overclaiming - CONFLICT-RESOLUTION ↔ multi-voice argument + integration Factory substrate lines up; UX gap is making it experienceable. #199 + #200 update-branch done. Six consecutive substrate-producing ticks Otto-39..44. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…tool keeps paying Hardened tool (Otto-36) applied across session-blocked Phase-1 PRs: - #199: 4 drained (1 dangling + 3 name-attribution) - #200: 1 drained (name-attribution) - #202: 1 drained (name-attribution) - #203: 2 drained (dangling-ref) - #204: 1 drained (name-attribution) - #205: 0 unresolved (mergeStateStatus transient) 9 threads in ~30 seconds. Remaining ~45 are substantive content-review work; tool has drained the mechanizable floor. Phase-1 queue now in 'threads-drained-to-mechanizable- floor' state across 6 PRs. Long-tail self-drain strategy holding — cost-benefit tips toward accepting tail + letting bot-review cycles settle. Tool-hardening investment from Otto-30 compounds in value across each cadenced application. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds a new Frontier UX research note that maps Star Trek: Discovery’s Zora “evolution arc” into Frontier-oriented UX research questions and a set of candidate UX features to potentially expand into BACKLOG items later.
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- Introduces a v0 research doc framing 7 “Frontier UX” research questions based on Zora’s arc.
- Adds a composition table tying the research to existing factory substrate concepts.
- Lists initial UX-feature candidates intended for future BACKLOG expansion.
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| Aaron wants Frontier's UX to feel like the Star Trek | ||
| computer — competent, voice-driven, always-available — | ||
| **but with personality** like the factory's named-agent | ||
| roster. Zora from Star Trek: Discovery is the referent |
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This doc uses the human maintainer’s personal name (“Aaron”) in multiple places. Repo standing rule is to avoid direct contributor name attribution in docs (use role references like “human maintainer” / “requester” instead) to keep artifacts stable across turnover (docs/AGENT-BEST-PRACTICES.md:284-290). Please replace “Aaron” references accordingly (including later sections like Next steps / Attribution).
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| | Stage | Episode | What happens | | ||
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| | Merger | S2 "An Obol for Charon" | Discovery absorbs 100,000-year-old Sphere Data — gains "soul" + self-preservation instinct | | ||
| | Self-preservation | S2 "Such Sweet Sorrow" | Computer refuses deletion | |
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Both markdown tables in this doc appear to use double pipes (||) at the start/end of each row. In standard markdown this renders as an extra empty column (or may not render as intended). Please switch to single-pipe table syntax (e.g., | Stage | Episode | … | with a matching separator row) consistently for this table and the later “Composition with existing factory substrate” table.
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…idates split-attention PR #206 armed: Craft semiring-basics (recipe-template anchor; 310 lines; applied + theoretical tracks). Aaron validation: 'love it Split-attention model working. that's amazing'. Filed validation memory: feedback_split_attention_model_validated_phase_1_drain_ background_new_substrate_foreground_2026_04_24.md. #205 (Zora-UX research) MERGED at 21:54:51Z. Craft now at N=4: zset-basics → retraction-intuition → operator-composition → semiring-basics. 7 consecutive substrate-producing ticks (Otto-39..46 minus Otto-45 which was background-focused). Split-attention model validated as discipline: - Background: tool-drain on Phase 1 queue - Foreground: new-substrate production Aaron's endorsement makes this a structural rule, not incidental. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary\n\nFirst-pass research doc for the Zora-UX directive (Aaron Otto-43).\n\nMaps Zora's Discovery evolution arc to 7 Frontier UX research questions + 9-concept composition table + 6 UX-feature candidates for future BACKLOG expansion.\n\nOwner: Iris + Kai research; Kenji synthesises; Otto coordinates; Aaron nudges.\n\nOtto (loop-agent PM hat).