The Work System dashboard is the operational centerpiece of Intent. It surfaces all signals entering the system (from traces, user research, and agents), intents with their lifecycle status (hypothesis, exploring, validated, invalidated), specs under execution and their contracts, and live observations flowing back into the system. This is where you see Intent in operation — every artifact from signal to observation.

The dashboard is organized into five tabs. Work Ontology defines the unit types (Signal, Intent, Spec, Contract, Capability, Feature, Product) and how they relate. Three Dimensions shows the work system's structural axes: work stream, ownership, and governance. Agent Flow illustrates how agents move work through the system — signal intake, spec execution, observation writeback. Dashboard is the live view of upcoming, in-progress, and completed work with status indicators. Agile → Intent provides a translation table for teams migrating from Agile/Scrum vocabulary.

Pick your entry point based on what you're trying to understand. Start with Work Ontology if you're new to the units. Jump to Agent Flow if you want to understand how work moves through the system. Use Dashboard to see live status and track progress. Check Agile → Intent if you're comparing to familiar Agile vocabulary.

Key concepts at a glance:

These four artifacts form the loop: notice → spec → execute → observe → notice again.

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