Fig 04 - Theater vs control

Atomic Glue — The Approval Nobody Reads · Figure 4 of 5

Block — fig-theater-vs-control · cream · end of "How we govern our own agents."

Fig. 04

Theater

Run npm run analyze?

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Control

Run npm run analyze?

Action Runs node scripts/analyze.js from package.json

System Local sandbox, this repo

Data touched Reads src/. Writes reports/bundle.json

How to undo Delete reports/bundle.json

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A bare prompt asks for a click. A useful one says what will happen, where, to what data, and how to undo it.

Handoff — alt text (set as aria-label on .fig-card)

Side-by-side comparison of a bare approval prompt and one that states the action, system, data touched and how to undo it.