The Library is the first surface inside the window. It is where a session starts. There is no separate splash, and there is no streak.
Harbor Contracts
branch quieter-lede · 14 pins · edited today
The Dry Season
main · 6 entities · edited Tue
Brief on the port
main · 2 pins · edited last week
Locked on this Mac
Touch ID · not in search
Greeting & Last Session
The date sits in italic above the title Pick up where you left off. Under that, one factual line if a previous session exists, such as Yesterday · 812 words on Harbor Contracts.
The launch surface uses the same panel color as the Library, #f1ecdf, while the local library opens. It does not wait on the network.
Project Cards
Projects sit in a grid. Each card carries a type kicker, the branch, evidence counts, and when it was last edited. A colored edge distinguishes reporting, fiction, and essay work.
Open a card to enter the workspace. From the card menu you can rename, duplicate, or archive. Archiving keeps the manuscripts, sources, evidence, and history. Restore brings the project back from Archived.
- Open
- Enters the project on its last branch.
- Rename
- Changes the project title.
- Duplicate
- A second project with its own history from here.
- Archive
- Leaves the active grid. Nothing in the history is deleted.
New Project & the Vault Tile
The dashed New tile creates a project (⌘⇧N). The dark Vault tile is the locked store for this Mac. It is not a project, and its contents are not in the search index.
Search on the Library
The Library field filters project titles. ⌘K is Quick Open across drafts, transcripts, canvas cards, and evidence text once you are in the work. Vault plaintext is in neither index.