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What does AFS-UI add?

AFS-UI treats the interface as a projection over operational context that humans and agents can work with.

  1. Operational contextsupplies state and actions
  2. AFS-UI projectionrenders
  3. Human-facing interface
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A screen shows a useful view of application state and actions. AFS-UI connects that view to an addressable operational environment, instead of treating the screen as the only way to find out what exists.

Arc’s UI implementation exposes session resources including pages, trees and inspection routes. A human uses a rendered surface; an agent can use supported paths and operations to inspect or act on the corresponding structure.

The precise resources depend on the device and session. This is an implemented architectural approach, not a claim that every external application automatically becomes addressable.

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Is AFS-UI only a format for generating a picture of an interface?

No. The central concern is the relationship between an interface and its operational context.

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Events

  • ASE 2026 confirmed

    The 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering.

Terms

  • AFS UI

    AFS-UI builds interfaces over the addressable resources of AFS. People use a rendered interface; agents can inspect and operate its exposed structure through paths. AUP describes the interface and its interactions, while a UI device such as Web Device renders it.