See It Work — The home view answers one question first: whose node, and is it healthy? | S2 Vol 2 · The Primacy Cockpit

The cockpit's home view (the book calls it the Stillpoint) leads with one thing: who is this node, and is it healthy? Identity first, then six green health checks, the federation in one sentence, how many approvals wait on you, and the last few sealed actions. Open three other AI tools and none of them lead with this — they lead with a chat box or a usage graph.

The operator's first question, every time, is 'whose node am I sitting at, and is everything I'm about to do safe?' A cockpit that can't answer that at a glance has already failed you. Identity before action, always.

What this means for you

The home view leads with who and healthy — before any action is possible. What this means for you: you never act on the wrong node or miss that something's broken, because the cockpit puts your identity and health in front of you the second it opens — it's a lens that shows the truth, not a button that hides it.

The home view renders five blocks, identity first — here's the fresh-clone state:

Home View

node identityshown first, every time

health6 green checks · chain clean

federationone-sentence pulse

pending approvalscolored, impossible to miss

A lens, not a gate: the home view shows what the constitution is doing — it can't hide a failure.

For the technical reader — the command, and how to verify it yourself

# one line · you do not need to run this
open atrium-standalone.html

open atrium-standalone.html
# -> the home view leads with node identity + health

Full step-by-step is in Appendix RX: Hands-On Demonstrations in the book.