Source: c124 cycle-stories — design brief and option index, 2026-10-26. Every option reads one fixture built from real records; switch between c121 (rich) and c115 (minimal) on each.
The cycle page is the record. It should tell the story first.
Today /cycles/design/c121 renders CYCLE.md section by section. That's right for agents and for audit, but nobody can see at a glance why the cycle happened, what changed, or who made it better. The people outside Qpoint whose ideas shaped it go uncredited, and the conversations they came from sit in market-analyst with nothing linking them to the decisions they led to.
Each option answers four questions, in this order, and folds the record beneath.
The problem in one or two sentences, with the problem id and the conversation that started it.
Shown before it is described: before → after where we have it, plus an In plain words paragraph.
Named people, the specific idea each brought, where it shows. External specialists first.
Every outcome traces to its decision, and every decision to the meeting it came from.
Refined: simple words first
Mark's notes on A–D: open with a really simple summary (why, what resulted); B's at-a-glance second; tell what changed in simple words, since the images felt dense; keep pathways only if they're legible.
Cycle page — four options
Same story, four bets on what leads. Open each on c121, then flip it to c115.
Read top to bottom like a post: Why as a lede, In plain words, each outcome as a full-width block with its compare, generous thanks, then the pathway and the record.
Judge it by: does it read as a story you would send someone?
One screen answers why, what changed and who helped: a summary band, an outcome grid and a thanks rail. Details sit below the fold.
Judge it by: can you get the cycle in ten seconds without scrolling?
Provenance is the spine: conversations → decisions → outcomes in three columns, connected. Pick anything to light its chain back to who said it.
Judge it by: can you get from any outcome to the sentence that started it?
The change itself leads: one big compare stage with outcome tabs. Each outcome carries its plain-words line, who it came from and the decision.
Judge it by: does the visual change land before you read a word?
Collaborators — unlisted pages
Where attributions and accolades accrue. External market specialists first (D2).
Who they are and accolades up top, then features, pages, releases, decisions and conversations as a ledger.
A dated trail of what they said and what it became: quote → decision → outcome, cycle by cycle.
Everyone, grouped by relationship — build partners, advisors, customers, collaborators first, the team after.
What the options read
app/data/cycle-stories-mock.ts, assembled from c121's and c115's CYCLE.md, the dynamic-sandbox brief, the capture manifest (c114 → c121 pairs) and market-analyst's call records.
- Storiesc121 · c115 · c130 · c131 · c132 · c133 · c134 · c135 · c136 · c137 · c138 · c139 · c144 · c146 · c147 · qnative/c0 · qnative/c2 · app/c1 · app/c2 · app/c3 · bob-wire/c0 · bob-wire/c1 · bob-wire/c10 · bob-wire/c11 · bob-wire/c12 · bob-wire/c13 · bob-wire/c14 · bob-wire/c15 · bob-wire/c16 · bob-wire/c17 · bob-wire/c18 · bob-wire/c19 · bob-wire/c2 · bob-wire/c20 · bob-wire/c21 · bob-wire/c3 · bob-wire/c4 · bob-wire/c5 · bob-wire/c6 · bob-wire/c7 · bob-wire/c8 · bob-wire/c9 · c1 · c10 · c100 · c101 · c102 · c103 · c104 · c105 · c106 · c107 · c108 · c109 · c11 · c110 · c111 · c112 · c113 · c114 · c116 · c117 · c118 · c119 · c12 · c120 · c122 · c123 · c124 · c128 · c13 · c14 · c15 · c16 · c17 · c18 · c19 · c2 · c20 · c21 · c22 · c23 · c24 · c25 · c26 · c27 · c28 · c29 · c3 · c30 · c31 · c32 · c33 · c34 · c35 · c36 · c37 · c38 · c39 · c4 · c40 · c41 · c42 · c43 · c44 · c45 · c46 · c47 · c48 · c49 · c5 · c50 · c51 · c52 · c53 · c54 · c55 · c56 · c57 · c58 · c59 · c6 · c60 · c61 · c62 · c63 · c64 · c65 · c66 · c67 · c68 · c69 · c7 · c70 · c71 · c72 · c73 · c74 · c75 · c76 · c77 · c78 · c79 · c8 · c80 · c81 · c82 · c83 · c84 · c85 · c86 · c87 · c88 · c89 · c9 · c90 · c91 · c92 · c93 · c94 · c95 · c96 · c97-harness-chip · c97 · c98 · c99 · market-analyst/c1 · market-analyst/c10 · market-analyst/c11 · market-analyst/c12 · market-analyst/c2 · market-analyst/c3 · market-analyst/c4 · market-analyst/c5 · market-analyst/c6 · market-analyst/c7 · market-analyst/c8 · market-analyst/c9 · qflow/c0 · qflow/c1 · qflow/c10 · qflow/c11 · qflow/c12 · qflow/c2 · qflow/c3 · qflow/c4 · qflow/c5 · qflow/c6 · qflow/c7 · qflow/c8 · qflow/c9 · qmap/c1 · qmap/c10 · qmap/c11 · qmap/c12 · qmap/c13 · qmap/c14 · qmap/c15 · qmap/c16 · qmap/c17 · qmap/c18 · qmap/c19 · qmap/c2 · qmap/c20 · qmap/c21 · qmap/c22 · qmap/c23 · qmap/c24 · qmap/c25 · qmap/c26 · qmap/c27 · qmap/c28 · qmap/c29 · qmap/c3 · qmap/c4 · qmap/c5 · qmap/c6 · qmap/c7 · qmap/c8 · qmap/c9 · qpixel/c1 · qpixel/c2 · qpixel/c3 · qpixel/c4 · qpixel/c5 · www/c1 · www/c2 · www/c3 · www/c4 · www/c5 · www/c6
- Outcomes (with a before)813 (146)
- People (outside Qpoint)14 (6)
- Conversations14
- Observations quoted80
- Decisions (cited · matched links)543 (31 · 54)
No source, no credit
Every credit points at something: a call observation, a decision, a brief, a commit. The link between an observation and the decision it fed has a strength, and every option shows it the same way.
Decisions so far
- D1 c122's cycle-page phase moves into c124.
- D2 External market specialists are credited first; customers by name; no AI-track credits.
- D3 Call quotes verbatim, behind Access, with a perspective chip.
- D4 Automatic first draft, quick review by Mark.
How to compare them
The five questions, per option, on both cycles. Pick one, or take parts — the header of one, the outcome cards of another, the pathway of a third — and a refinement pass gets promoted.