Glossary: The Atom Families

Atoms are the discrete building blocks Infinity Blip evolves before collapse. They are not templates you drag into a cart. They take part in the evolution with probability weights. Deeper story: part 01.

ROLE — the expertise the brief asks for. Library examples: first-principles expert, systems thinker, pragmatic builder.

REASONING — how the thinking moves: step-by-step, atomic sub-problems, uncertainty quantification, competing hypotheses.

STRUCTURE — the shape of the output: hierarchical headings, executive brief plus detail, or goal → approach → execution → risks → next.

QUALITY — the bar the output has to clear: correctness first, highest-leverage insight, self-critique and revise.

CONSTRAINT — the guard rails: stay in scope, state minimum assumptions, length discipline.

ETHOS — a sixth family listed in the Bias Weights Guide alongside the five above.

SKILL drivers — also named in the Bias Weights Guide; see part 01 for how the families combine.

Why it matters: bias and the exponents decide which families of atoms rise in probability mass before the measurement. Want to look first? list_prompt_atoms lets you inspect the library directly.

Soft door: inspect the atoms, then collapse one real goal. Start at Members.