🧠 ThetaCog

Tabs + Terminals = Themes

You have 47 browser tabs open. Give your brain a break.

Step 0 Β· See it work first (30 seconds)
Are you out of your pixel? 🎯 Run the proof now.

The rooms below are where you work. This command is what makes that work verifiable: it runs a real on-chip walk on your Mac and opens a signed HTML bearer artifact β€” for each work product, the chip's decidable placement (in-lane / off-lane, recomputable byte-for-byte) vs an LLM asked the same thing (it flips, and seals nothing). That receipt is the unit an underwriter prices and an employer trusts.

$ npx thetacog-mcp prove-rice
# a primer opens, the walk runs, the tab auto-updates to the signed results

Just want a fast signed receipt? npx thetacog-mcp pmu-demo Β· Benchmark the chip: npx thetacog-pmu-rust --throughput (~6M walks/sec). On-chip walk is macOS Apple Silicon today; the rest runs everywhere. Then come back and set up your rooms below. πŸ‘‡

⚑ The Flywheel Effect

Low Context Switch Cost β†’ More Energy IN Than OUT β†’ Themes Lift Off

When switching terminals is cheap, you add more energy to the flywheel than you drain. Your tab bunches + AI in that terminal = compound momentum. Cmd+Space to the terminal name is instant context loading. After a week of repetition, switching to Kitty is not a context switchβ€”it's context loading.

🎯 The Model: Split Screen

Cmd+Space "kitty" β†’ Split screen to your Operator workspace:

β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
β”‚ KITTY TERMINAL β”‚ BROWSER TABS β”‚
β”‚ + Your AI β”‚ (Revenue theme) β”‚
│─────────────────│─────────────────│
β”‚ $ claude β”‚ Stripe.com β”‚
β”‚ (or cursor) β”‚ CRM dashboard β”‚
β”‚ β”‚ Analytics β”‚
β”‚ β”‚ This dashboard β”‚
β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”΄β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜

The jump is the insight β€” instant context loading

πŸšͺ The 7 Cognitive Rooms

Click any room to open its dashboard. Keep one tab per room in your browser.

These are starting points. Customize them later - edit the HTML, change the links, make them yours.

πŸ“‹ Setup Instructions

1

Install ThetaCog (You Already Did This)

npm install -g thetacog-mcp
This page opened automatically. Your dashboards are now at ~/.thetacog/

2

Install Your Terminals

Pick 2-3 terminals from the list above. Don't have them? Ask Claude:
"Install Kitty and iTerm2 on my Mac"
Or install manually: Kitty Β· iTerm2 Β· WezTerm Β· Cursor

3

Bunch Your Browser Tabs by Theme

Group your tabs by what mode they serve:
β€’ Revenue tabs: Stripe, CRM, analytics β†’ keep near Kitty
β€’ Code tabs: GitHub, CI/CD, API docs β†’ keep near iTerm2
β€’ Research tabs: Stack Overflow, papers β†’ keep near WezTerm

4

Keep These Dashboards as Tabs

Open the room dashboards above and keep them as browser tabs:
β€’ Operator dashboard tab β†’ next to your Stripe tab
β€’ Builder dashboard tab β†’ next to your GitHub tab
Tip: Bookmark this folder: ~/.thetacog/

5

Split Screen: Terminal Left, Browser Right

macOS: Hover over the green maximize button β†’ "Tile Window to Left" β†’ Select browser for right side
Windows: Drag terminal to left edge until it snaps β†’ Drag browser to right
Linux: Super+Left for terminal, Super+Right for browser

The Layout (always this pattern):
β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
β”‚ LEFT β”‚ RIGHT β”‚
│─────────────────│─────────────────│
β”‚ TERMINAL β”‚ BROWSER TABS β”‚
β”‚ + Claude β”‚ β”‚
│─────────────────│─────────────────│
β”‚ Kitty terminal β”‚ Stripe.com β”‚
β”‚ $ your-ai β”‚ CRM dashboard β”‚
β”‚ β”‚ Analytics β”‚
β”‚ β”‚ This dashboard β”‚
β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”΄β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
6

Run Your AI in Each Terminal

Each terminal gets its own AI session for that stack's work. Any MCP-compatible client works (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline):
Cmd+Space "kitty" β†’ AI for ops/business
Cmd+Space "iterm" β†’ AI for building/coding
The jump is the insight. Instant context load.

7

Let Repetition Wire the Circuits

Hebbian learning: neurons that fire together, wire together. After a week, Cmd+Space "kitty" is instant context loading β€” not context switching. The jump is the insight.