prysm

the visual protocol for superintelligence. every other UI library renders pixels. prysm renders meaning

speed.energy.sex — three principles. one move: subtract.

drop a molecule into a cell. the protocol places it. resize the window — it folds. the colors come from your data, not a stylesheet. the proofs show themselves. you compose; the system arranges. it is like writing CSS if CSS had been derived from first principles instead of accumulated for thirty years

the model

prysm is biology, compressed. atoms are irreducible primitives — area, line, point, content, identity, input. molecules are shaped widgets composed of atoms. cells are full applications composed of molecules. three levels, closed

every distance is a multiple of the quantum g = 8pt (one logical pixel — what browsers, iOS, and Android already use; retina is the GPU's problem). size with fix(N·g), fill, or scale(r). arrange in stack, grid, or layer. snap to named sections: col (25g) · wide (50g) · band (75g) · canvas (fill) horizontally; line (2g) · bar (6g) · row (12g) vertically. seven names, no arithmetic

chroma — the robot, ready-made

cyb is a robot. its body is given. context tells the neuron where they are. avatar tells them who they are. commander takes their input. time-widget shows what just happened. stars holds their favorites. adviser delivers messages. S is focus. Σ is energy. these are not widgets you compose — they are the robot's organs, pre-wired, sharing emotion, folding together, navigating, reading the chain

build a cell. inhabit the space zone. you write what is unique. the rest is already there. this is the biggest shortcut prysm offers — you are not building an interface, you are extending a robot that already has its body

example · oracle search

cell oracle [grid]:
  inhabits the space zone of chroma
  stack vertical [gap g]:
    input [search, placeholder "ask"]       canvas × bar
    table [results]                         canvas × canvas
      neuron-card                           col per row, folds to avatar on narrow
      pill [cyberank %]                     col per row, color = rank threshold

you write what. the protocol decides where. resize → fold adapts. chroma stays. only space reflows

what makes it different

• layout is a pure function — same input, same output, always. O(n) layout, O(1) fold. provable interface
• color is computed from your data — green when a value rises, red when it falls. you never assign a hex
• proof is part of the picture — every value is proven, asserted, or local. the interface tells you which
• black is the default — #000000 is zero OLED power, zero visual weight, zero signal. one answer, three reasons
• renderer-blind — the same tree paints to wgpu, ANSI, HTML, terminal cells
• chrome is given — you do not design the robot. you fill its space zone
• three modes, one algebra — stream, screen, world. all from the same axiom

read deeper: prysm/principles · prysm/composition · prysm/layout · prysm/emotion · prysm/interaction · prysm/proof · chroma

don't trust. don't fear. don't beg.