Field 4.5 — Continuity

A conversation, held

Field 4.5 adds a persistent companion for an ongoing conversation. Expressions move around the same fixed center; an actual earlier contour can join the present field. The artwork rests between authored updates and returns after a pause.

• Try the companion — a clearly labeled scripted study, with movement, recent-history replay, and optional listening.
• Connect your agent — a local publishing command, selected conversations, durable history, source and coverage inspection, freshness, and reconnect.
• Keep it nearby — a compact window, focus view, still/reduced motion, SVG and history export.
• Invite sound — the existing 24-second listening portrait, volume, stop, and WAV export. Updates never start audio automatically.

Download and unzip field-4.5.zip, keep the folder together, and run:

node scripts/field.mjs serve

Node.js 18+; no extra packages or API key. Open the local address, then ask your assistant to read the skill and continuity protocol and keep Field present. The participating assistant must compose and publish updates; the local service does not monitor chats or call a model by itself. The host must support the publishing command and retain the instruction across turns.

Field seeks the fullest context and reflective understanding each host permits. It offers an interpretation without claiming direct measurement of internal state. Listening remains optional; ongoing ambient music is outside this milestone.

Verified with browser/Python renderer parity, audio integrity checks, local publication and persistence tests, and real Chromium tests for playback, movement, exports, narrow layouts, conversation isolation, restore, and reconnect. The portable package was also exercised independently.

Design note · Agent protocol · Visual playground

Visual grammar v4 / rendering 4.3 · Listening 1.0 · Companion 1.0. MIT licensed.