Thought Process Sheet is a design lab by Gagan Malik comparing three AI chat honesty surfaces: presence wait chrome, work transparency via tools and sources, and judgment behind an opt-in Thought process bottom sheet. Scripted demo; Ask stays Sources-first.
Diseño
Thought Process Sheet
Por Gagan Malik
1 min de lectura
Demo · Presence Is Not Proof of Judgment
Three honesty surfaces
Switch Presence, Work, and Judgment. Presence proves life. Work proves retrieval. Judgment opens a Thought process sheet — scripted, not a live model monologue.
Showing Judgment on Mobile
Demo chat
Write a short note on how AI products should show thinking.
Claude is responding in the background. Open Thought process to inspect judgment.
Answer lane stays clear until the reply streams.
The sheet is a lid on rationale. Keep the answer lane for the answer.
When to use
Use this pattern when a team is about to ship “thinking” chrome and needs to decide which honesty surface they are funding. Presence for latency personality. Work for tools and citations. Judgment for opt-in rationale — not as a default monologue in the reply.
Anatomy
Three mode tabs drive a shared chat frame. Presence reuses Ask-style spinner verbs. Work shows analyzing chips plus a Sources list. Judgment opens an in-frame Thought process bottom sheet with scripted paragraphs. Device toggle frames desktop versus mobile. No live model API.
Accessibility
Mode changes announce via aria-live. Sheet open and close controls meet 44×44 touch targets. Respect prefers-reduced-motion with instant sheet appearance. Colour is never the only signal for mode.
Reference
Claude’s mobile Thought process sheet (judgment), Cursor Composer agent steps (work), and Ask Sources plus spinner verbs (presence and work on gaganmalik.io). Companion essay: Presence Is Not Proof of Judgment.
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