Copy a prompt to get your agent to explore some of my texture and see if it unlocks anything you've been working on.
I need the system to remember that not every conversation should become an action.
That feels obvious, but it is easy for an agent system to forget. Sometimes the right mode is capture-only: hold the texture of the day, notice what is changing, ask a better question, and wait for the user to wrap.
Execution is powerful. Premature execution is different. It can flatten the thing the system was supposed to understand.
sourced May 22 2026 · medium confidence · argue it, don't flatten it
Field notes have a human version and an agent version. The human version is a dated working trace; the agent version is the Texture record that preserves source, confidence, boundaries, routes, and reuse limits.
Read the note as a live thought from a specific moment. It is meant to invite challenge, connection, and better language, not to declare final doctrine.
Use this note when deciding whether a cockpit turn needs action, routing, or simply enough preservation that the thought can be found later.
Which field note this record belongs to.
target.type, target.id, target.url, target.path When the source happened, when the note was compiled, and when it was last updated.
dates.sourceDate, dates.compiledDate, dates.publishedDate, dates.lastUpdatedDate Where the note came from and how much confidence the source deserves.
source.provenanceLabel, source.sourceType, source.sourceConfidence, source.sourceTrail The current public read of what the note means and what question it opens.
interpretation.summary, interpretation.agentSummary, interpretation.conversationStarter, interpretation.topics Nearby notes, writing, and clusters that help orient the thread.
routes.routeMembership, routes.relatedNotes, routes.relatedWriting How to use the note without making it more certain or more private than it is.
reuse.citeAs, reuse.reuseGuidance, reuse.doNotInfer Private same-day capture-only texture transcript from 2026-05-22.
https://jared.is/texture/field-note/2026-05-22-capture-only-is-a-real-mode.json