Field Kit
Seven instruments, none of them homework.
Each entry opens into the same diagram, structure, and usage prompt the chapter authored. Copy the structure into your working document. Carry the artifact, not the apparatus.
From Designing Behavior, Not Just Interaction
Behavior Spec
A structured template for stating a feature as a behavior rather than an interaction: trigger, inputs, confidence, system action, user control, visibility, correction, backoff.
From Designing Behavior, Not Just Interaction
Behavior Design Questions
A working list of questions to ask when designing behavior rather than interaction.
From Trust Is Now a Product Layer
The Trust Stack
Names the structural materials of trust in intelligent systems, from expressive at the top to foundational at the bottom.
From Workflow Authors Reshape the Work
Workflow Authorship Canvas
A canvas for redesigning a workflow rather than wrapping it in better UI.
From Builders Need Strategy Now
Leverage Lens
A strategic filter for product bets: clarity, speed, confidence, quality, coordination, decision-making. A bet that improves none of these is noise.
From Prototype the Behavior
Behavior Prototype Checklist
What a prototype should test before it is styled: assumption, trigger, system response, visibility, user control, failure case, recovery path.
From The Practice of Product Authorship
Authorship Practice
The six commitments that constitute the practice of product authorship over time: standards, point of view, taste, responsibility, consistency, reflection.