One boundary. Many states.
Operational state specimens. These are distinct from audit-score bands.
Health-band reference. These are thresholds, not measured results.
Tightly woven 90–100
Holding together 75–89
Taking shape 60–74
Loose threads 0–59
Break and repair
Eight frames hold the boundary, bring the threads together, expose a break and rejoin the form. Pause the sequence or choose any frame to examine the join.
8 / 8 · Hold together again
Logo assembly
Separate pieces find their corners and join into one woven form.
6 / 6 · Complete the lockup
From fragments to a system
The hero loop moves scattered elements into shared relationships and a clear boundary.
4 / 4 · One connected system
See the drift
Small shifts become visible against a common rule. Review brings the pieces back into alignment.
4 / 4 · Review and realign
Route the work
A question follows a rule to the person who reviews it. The decision is recorded.
4 / 4 · Record the decision
Four connected jobs
The four jobs connect what exists with the structure, decisions and routine work that keep a system useful.
The actual atomic layers
Each level below links to a real element in Loom Site. The website is itself a consumer of this system: changes belong in reusable elements and their contracts before pages use them.
- Foundations
The decisions that give the system its character and limits.
Colour ↗From the actual implementation / contract
cotton- Page ground
ink- Text, rules, primary button
teal- See · the UX Ops lead · the Academy · articles · holding together
- Tokens
Named roles for colour, type, space and motion. Change the source once.
Component tokens ↗From the actual implementation / contract
color.palette.greige.900Base primitivecolor.text.default → --inkSemantic role · light mode--identity-sticker-inkComponent alias
- Atoms
Small reusable elements with their own states, rules and accessibility.
Button ↗From the actual implementation / contract
Inspect Button - Molecules
Elements working together for one focused task.
Call to action pair ↗From the actual implementation / contract
- Organisms
A complete section of interface, composed from smaller elements.
Header ↗From the actual implementation / contract
View the rendered specimen
Static specimen. Inspect the contract for its interaction requirements.
- Templates
Layout and content slots that establish a repeatable page structure.
Hero ↗From the actual implementation / contract
View the rendered specimen
Static specimen. Inspect the contract for its interaction requirements.
The next level of your design system.
Loom turns the system you have, or the one you are missing, into clear, governed decisions that your teams and your AI tools follow. Your product keeps its look. Your people stay in control, with expert help and agents doing the routine work.
jobsTitle- The owner-approved line above the jobs band (See it. Shape it. Govern it. Run it.).
title· required- The headline (owner-approved).
lede· required- The promise.
actions· required- The CtaPair.
live- The Drift hero panel.
jobs· required- The four jobs band.
- Pages
Templates composed with real content and a checked sequence.
Landing page ↗From the actual implementation / contract
herorequiredproblem-sectionoptionallead-sectionoptionalflow-sectionoptionaljob-sectionoptional · repeatableproof-sectionoptional · repeatableroles-sectionoptionalfounder-sectionoptionalroadmap-stripoptionalcta-sectionrequired
Smaller elements compose into larger structures. Dependencies can skip levels: a template can use a button directly. These are composition levels, separate from organisation and brand inheritance.
Actual composition dependencies
headerlogo·language-switch·button·arrow-link·iconheroheading·text·cta-pair·drift-hero·jobs-strip·tile·dye-field
A separate model: the operating sequence
The source field guide also describes five stages of work. These describe how a decision becomes action; they are separate from component composition and brand inheritance.
- SignalObserve a specific need or discrepancy.
- PatternIdentify what recurs across those observations.
- DecisionRecord the chosen response and its reason.
- RuleDefine the constraint that future work follows.
- ActionApply the decision and check the outcome.
These illustrations explain ideas. The site's own case study and system library show the implementation evidence and remaining gaps.