Welcome to Prism
Prism is the future chassis — a deep violet-black instrument panel with one running rainbow spectrum. It's presented as 2036: a single LED does all the talking and everything else stays quiet. The newest of the 12.
What's where
- The filament: a hairline spectrum runs along the very top edge of the screen and pans continuously. It's the only loud element in the chassis.
- Top bar: History and + New chat on the left, the current view name (or an Agent Mode / Splicer chip) in the center. On the right: your balance, the palette button (chassis picker), ? Help, sign out, and your avatar — the avatar chip carries the spectrum too, slowly.
- Main panel: the active stream on violet-black. Your own messages get a faint refraction edge, a violet-to-cyan wash across the bubble border. Replies are left plain.
- Composer: the input pill takes a violet glow when focused; the send button is the full spectrum.
- Bottom dock: floats at bottom-center — Chat, Studios, Splicer, Agents, Vault, and More. Usage, API keys, providers, settings and admin (if you have it) live under More. The dock sits in a soft LED halo and the active entry gets a spectrum underline. On a phone the dock is a tab bar across the bottom.
- History: the History button in the top bar slides your streams in over the main panel, with Arrays listed above them.
Prism-specific terminology
| Generic term | Prism term |
|---|---|
| Project | Array |
| Projects | Arrays |
| New project | New Array |
| Conversation | Stream |
What it's good for
Dark rooms and long sittings. Apart from the filament and the dock halo there's no texture and no decoration — the reading surface is flat and very dark, which is easier over hours than the light chassis. Prism has no domain slant, so it suits any kind of work you want to do without the interface asking for attention. If the moving spectrum bothers you, switch on your operating system's reduced-motion setting: the LED freezes into a static rainbow and nothing else changes.
Where to next
- Picking a Chassis — full chassis comparison
- Visual Effects and Animations — motion and reduced-motion handling
- Your First Conversation — start a stream