System map

Antigravity begins with a spatial premise: ideas are easier to understand when they are arranged in space rather than stacked on a page. The first task is to make the system visible — to draw the map before releasing anything into motion.

A system map shows the moving parts and their relationships: tools, agents, data, and the paths between them. Drawing it is not illustration; it is diagnosis. The act of arranging reveals what is connected, what is redundant, and what is missing.

Make the map the working surface. When the structure is visible, the conversation about it changes: instead of describing abstractions, you point at them. Motion becomes a way of testing the map rather than a decoration on top of it.

The map should be honest about scale. A structure that cannot be drawn compactly is a structure that is not yet understood. Simplify until the map fits the space it occupies.