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Consensus Well

let agreement gather around stable options or decisions

Running the actual pattern live via applyPattern() — switch the substrate, stack overlays, watch the signals, or reverse the dynamics. Not a mock.

"Consensus Well" — let agreement gather around stable options or decisions. It has a gravity layer (universal attraction toward mass), a cohesion layer (flocking — pull toward neighbours), a link layer (ropes / cloth between neighbours), a pressure layer (relax crowding (incompressibility)), and a memory layer (a decaying trail / hysteresis). The active render stack is metaballs, links, heatmap, particles.

Options that gather agreement gain mass and pull arguments into a single well; cohesion binds the supporters while pressure exposes fragile, contested consensus instead of false certainty (gravity gathering mass, the strong bind holding it).

Runtime tokens: gravity universal attraction toward masscohesion flocking — pull toward neighbourslink ropes / cloth between neighbourspressure relax crowding (incompressibility)memory a decaying trail / hysteresis
Concepts: consensus
Metrics: consensus a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inertcoherence computed every frame by the platform (proximity · engagement · relationships · age)support a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inerttension a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inert consensus, support, tension are host-supplied lanes — drive them with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that, their --field-* stays inert.
Diagnostics: potential topology causality
Render: metaballs · links · heatmap · particles
Reduced motion: a support matrix with an agreement meter and dissent markers
Without motion: each option shows a numeric support count, a coherence label, and listed dissenting arguments

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<field-root></field-root>
  <div data-body="gravity" data-strength="1.1" data-range="400" data-feedback></div>
  <div data-body="cohesion" data-strength="0.8" data-range="320"></div>
  <div data-body="link" data-strength="0.6" data-range="300"></div>
  <div data-body="pressure" data-strength="0.5" data-range="240"></div>
  <div data-body="memory" data-strength="0.4" data-range="260"></div>

<script type="module">
  import '@fundamental-engine/elements';
</script>

<field-root></field-root>
  <div data-body="gravity" data-strength="1.1" data-range="400" data-feedback></div>
  <div data-body="cohesion" data-strength="0.8" data-range="320"></div>
  <div data-body="link" data-strength="0.6" data-range="300"></div>
  <div data-body="pressure" data-strength="0.5" data-range="240"></div>
  <div data-body="memory" data-strength="0.4" data-range="260"></div>

import { FieldField } from '@fundamental-engine/react';

export default function ConsensusWell() {
  return (
    <FieldField>
      <div data-body="gravity" data-strength="1.1" data-range="400" data-feedback />
      <div data-body="cohesion" data-strength="0.8" data-range="320" />
      <div data-body="link" data-strength="0.6" data-range="300" />
      <div data-body="pressure" data-strength="0.5" data-range="240" />
      <div data-body="memory" data-strength="0.4" data-range="260" />
    </FieldField>
  );
}

{
  "id": "consensus-well",
  "name": "Consensus Well",
  "intent": "let agreement gather around stable options or decisions",
  "naturalField": "gravity",
  "primitives": [
    "gravity",
    "cohesion",
    "link",
    "pressure",
    "memory"
  ],
  "bodies": [
    {
      "body": "gravity",
      "strength": 1.1,
      "range": 400,
      "feedback": true
    },
    {
      "body": "cohesion",
      "strength": 0.8,
      "range": 320
    },
    {
      "body": "link",
      "strength": 0.6,
      "range": 300
    },
    {
      "body": "pressure",
      "strength": 0.5,
      "range": 240
    },
    {
      "body": "memory",
      "strength": 0.4,
      "range": 260
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [
    {
      "from": "argument",
      "to": "option",
      "type": "supports",
      "strength": 0.7
    }
  ],
  "render": [
    "metaballs",
    "links",
    "heatmap",
    "particles"
  ],
  "metrics": [
    "consensus",
    "coherence",
    "support",
    "tension"
  ],
  "diagnostics": [
    "potential",
    "topology",
    "causality"
  ],
  "accessibility": {
    "reducedMotion": "a support matrix with an agreement meter and dissent markers",
    "meaningWithoutMotion": "each option shows a numeric support count, a coherence label, and listed dissenting arguments"
  },
  "notes": "Options that gather agreement gain mass and pull arguments into a single well; cohesion binds the supporters while pressure exposes fragile, contested consensus instead of false certainty (gravity gathering mass, the strong bind holding it).",
  "tier": "operational",
  "status": "shipped",
  "concepts": [
    "consensus"
  ]
}

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