Assistants

Specialists, not
one clever generalist.

Each assistant owns a domain, its tools and its evidence. When work crosses a boundary, the handover stays explicit.

The roster

Who does what.

Four domains, four tool surfaces, four evidence trails. Open an assistant to see what it actually does.

The marks

The avatar is
the status indicator.

Every Nohm assistant carries a Readout mark: a machined housing with a recessed aperture and a signal inside it. The signal communicates what the assistant is doing, from receiving a question to returning a result.

State demonstrations — not live assistant activity.

Idle / ready

Waiting for a question. The assistant is available to receive context.

Listening

The signal breathes while the assistant receives context.

Reasoning

The offset signal shows the assistant working through evidence.

Needs approval

An amber outline marks the pause before a change needs your approval.

Complete

The signal settles into two bars as the assistant returns its result.

Needs attention

A red signal marks something that needs review, including a failed operation.

Identity yields to status

The assistant has its own identity. A change in signal communicates its current state; approval, completion and attention have distinct colours and shapes.

Approval works by stopping

A pause is a request for attention, not an invitation to panic. The approval state uses a steady amber outline rather than a flashing warning.

Legible in a single frame

Labels and distinct signal shapes keep the states understandable in a still image and with reduced motion. Colour is not the only cue.

Put them on a real question.

Bring a scenario you are working on now. That is the demo.

Every contribution remains clear about where it came from.

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