Progressive Disclosure Method

Method

Every Atlas path should reveal only the next useful level of detail:

1. Atlas: what exists and why it matters.
2. Topic: a narrative synthesis across projects.
3. Claim: one reusable thing we think we know.
4. Direction: a valuable next research path.
5. Hypothesis: a testable unit.
6. Data product or join: reusable operational substrate.
7. Source: the original project, doc, collection, or caveat.

Page Rule

Each page must answer:

• Why does this page exist?
• What sources does it integrate?
• What should a human or agent do with it?

Anti-Pattern

Do not dump project summaries into topic pages. Topic pages should synthesize across projects and send readers deeper only when needed.