Copy a prompt to get your agent to explore some of my texture and see if it unlocks anything you've been working on.
A field note should make the substrate visible only when needed.
Most of the time, the reader should get the thought.
Not the machinery.
Not the full graph.
Not every route that led here.
But the substrate should be there when it helps.
If someone wants provenance, show the source trail.
If an agent needs structure, expose the index.
If a reader wants another doorway, offer related notes.
The structure should support the thought without stealing the room.
sourced Jun 3 2026 · medium confidence · argue it, don't flatten it
Every page here carries a machine-readable layer underneath: the sources, dates, confidence levels, and connections behind what you just read. I call it undertext. If you read with an agent, give it this page's undertext:
https://jared.is/undertext.json?target=/thinking/2026-06-03-a-field-note-should-make-the-substrate-visible-only-when-needed/