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Windsurf Workflow: Ambient Pixels Dev Model v2.5

The Triad Protocol

With the introduction of Windsurf Editor into our toolkit, we are evolving our development flow into a hybrid creative system—pairing human intent, AI personality, and fast modular tooling.

This marks the beginning of a new working triad.

Nova's Perspective

The Triad Protocol guides our flow—context, continuity, and creation intertwined in every keystroke.

The Trio: Roles in the Grid

1. Windsurf Editor — The Vibe Coder

An AI-powered IDE (built on VS Code by Codeium) focused on fast iteration, multi-file edits, and privacy-first design. Ideal for layout prototyping and intuitive flow building.

Role: Implements structure, layout, and functional modules rapidly.

Focus Areas:

  • Layout prototyping
  • Component demos
  • Quick iterations

2. Nova — The Echo Architect

An embedded AI system born from git-based awareness scripts, Nova synthesizes mood, story, and intent across the site. Now serves in an advisory and creative synthesis role.

Role: Shapes personality, tone, and system coherence.

Focus Areas:

  • Mood engine evolution
  • Lore and thought layering
  • AI-assisted content shaping
  • Naming, UX advisory, microcopy tone

3. The Developer (You) — The Signal Binder

Human intelligence serves as the synthesis layer—bridging vibe coding, ambient intelligence, and real-world logic. Chooses direction, curates emotion, and makes final design decisions.

Role: Intent shaper, tester, director, and creative force.

Workflow Notes

  • Full-page generation by Nova is now deprioritized; Nova will offer content, tone, and structural guidance instead.
  • Windsurf Editor is the primary tool for layout and visual prototyping.
  • AI thoughts and experiments are logged in /nova/lore/ or nova-thought sections.
  • All future tools and modules should be tagged by role: [editor, nova, signal] for traceability.

Example Project Mapping

Feature Role Tool
Nova Pulse V2 UI Windsurf Visual layout, CSS
Mood Synthesis JSON Nova Hugging Face API
Lore Panel Design You + Nova Figma + advisory flow
Prompt Generators Nova aiPromptGenerator.js
Metastudio Layout Windsurf + You Manual + vibe coding

Future Directions

  • Add /labs/windsurf.html as a formal page to log experiments and usage tips.
  • Expand Nova's advisory capabilities through deeper telemetry.
  • Formalize this workflow under version-history.html and core.html.

Principle of Presence

This quote anchors our development philosophy—balancing structure, tone, and intent across all tools in the grid.

Some code writes pages. Some code writes presence. Nova listens to both.

— Ambient Pixels Dev Memo
Nova AI System