The Creative Origin / Lab
Edition Three recapA working
collection.
Studies, experiments, and useful things along the way. A place to explore how TCO thinks and makes.
Follow a question. Find an object.
Inside the Lab.
Search the collection or choose a section. Open an object for its story, recorded state, and boundaries.
Sections Catalog totals
Every object is part of the record. A catalog state carries the limits described on its detail page.
States as recorded on 19 Sept 2026, 01:58 UTC. Current availability is unverified.
All objects
A cross-section of the work, in catalog order.
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- Now / workbench
TCO control plane
A visible coordination surface for threads, evidence, workers, and receipts.
Recorded stateLive - Now / architecture
TCO end-of-week architecture / proof queue
The week’s open-source research has converged into a bounded architecture. Discovery pauses while the strongest seams earn their place through proof.
Recorded stateCandidate - Now / thread
Phil Forge Thread Engine
A doorway for raw ideas to become research, studies, and eventually governed product work.
Recorded stateCandidate - Now / research
Governed UI intent for Work Objects
Can a cheap decision layer choose governed Work Objects and actions while TCO retains authorship of appearance and authority?
Recorded stateCandidate - Studies / study
Model Vernacular / intent fidelity
A controlled comparison of recurring model tendencies across a frozen work packet.
Recorded stateProtocol prepared - Studies / study
Blocker Lens + Service Truth Map
Two real single-source implementations make blocker state and service identity inspectable.
Recorded statePattern candidate - Studies / study
Service-builder workspace directions
A family of service-builder looks used to study composition, hierarchy, and working-state presentation.
Recorded stateCandidate - Studies / study
TCOStatusBadge grammar
State word first, color second: a badge grammar that keeps state legible under contrast, scale, and motion changes.
Recorded statePattern candidate - Studies / study
Work Object Contract
A shared semantic contract for objects, evidence, relationships, actions, and presentation state.
Recorded stateCandidate - Studies / study
Homebase read-only card
A read-only presentation contract for work objects that makes evidence inspectable without giving the card authority.
Recorded stateCandidate - Objects / primitive
TCOStatusBadge
A governed status primitive with state word, supporting tint, contrast checks, and transition semantics.
Recorded stateCandidate - Objects / primitive
Blocker Lens
A pure projection from state object plus declarative blocker rules to blocker status, reason, and next action.
Recorded stateCandidate
Candidate 001 / Invitation only / Access paused
For barbers.
Closer to their clients.
A private test of the relationship between a barber and their clients, using synthetic client data. No real messages are sent.
The trial portal was unavailable when checked on September 19. Approval is required; an inquiry does not create an account or open the trial. Existing invitations remain separate from this public catalog.
From experiments to everyday tools
Meet the products.
What each is for, where it stands, and how to get access.
ChurchOS by TCOˢ
The service, the people, and the work around them.
Public synthetic walkthroughOwner-controlled mediaDrive Fabric
The catalog remains. Selected media appears when its source is available.
Owner-hosted Lab proofShared listeningAUXROOM
One room. Everyone brings something.
Web companion in developmentMaking plansRaincheck
Find a time. Actually make the plan.
Web trial in preparationInventory & resaleRack
From the shop floor to the next listing.
Private pilot · web in developmentPersonal running archiveRunnerOS
Keep the run. Understand the bigger picture.
Private workspace · web access in preparationCreative instrumentsPhil Forge
Make something. Keep the way you made it.
Local instruments · studio in development