Tool orbit

Tools in the spatial model behave like orbits: each has a pull, a range, and a set of objects it can hold. The craft is letting agents move between them without scattering the work across disconnected surfaces.

The orbit of a tool is its boundary — what it is good for and where it should hand off. Code, design, data, and conversation each have their natural center of gravity. Moving a task to the tool with the right pull is the spatial version of using the right instrument.

Handoffs are the delicate part. When work travels between orbits, it should travel whole: the context, the constraints, and the current state arrive together. A task that loses its context in transit is a task that starts over.

Use motion to make the orbit legible. Watching where an agent goes and what it brings back is the fastest way to understand the system’s shape — and to spot the orbit that is pulling work into the wrong place.