@createsomething/seeing

Learn to see through the Subtractive Triad

Seeing teaches the philosophical foundation before you graduate to Dwelling (Claude Code). A Gemini CLI extension that develops your perception of duplication, excess, and disconnection.

The Journey: Seeing → Dwelling

| Tier | Tool | Focus | Cost | |------|------|-------|------| | Seeing | Gemini CLI | Philosophy & perception | Free | | Dwelling | Claude Code | Execution & mastery | Subscription |

Seeing teaches you to perceive duplication, excess, and disconnection. Dwelling teaches you to work with tools that recede into transparent use.

Installation

Via Gemini CLI

gemini extensions install @createsomething/seeing

Via npm

npm install -g @createsomething/seeing
seeing init

The Subtractive Triad

Every creation exists at three levels. For any decision, ask three questions in order:

| Level | Question | Action | |-------|----------|--------| | DRY | "Have I built this before?" | Unify | | Rams | "Does this earn its existence?" | Remove | | Heidegger | "Does this serve the whole?" | Reconnect |

Meta-principle: Creation is the discipline of removing what obscures.

Commands

In Gemini CLI:

# Triad Analysis
/triad [target]       # Run a full Subtractive Triad audit
/dry [target]         # Level 1: Check for duplication
/rams [target]        # Level 2: Question existence
/heidegger [target]   # Level 3: Evaluate system fit

# Learning
/lesson [name]        # Read a lesson from the curriculum
/reflect              # Record a learning reflection
/progress             # View your journey

# Capstone
/capstone             # Start the capstone project
/capstone check       # Test your implementation
/capstone complete    # Mark capstone done

# Graduation
/graduate             # Check if you're ready for Dwelling

Lessons

1. What Is Creation — The meta-principle: creation as subtraction
2. DRY: Implementation — The question of duplication
3. Rams: Artifact — The question of existence
4. Heidegger: System — The question of the whole
5. Applying the Triad — Putting the three questions together
6. Capstone: Building Simple Loom — Build a Task Tracker MCP server

Capstone: Simple Loom

The capstone teaches The Automation Layer through building. You create a Task Tracker MCP server that Claude Code can use to manage tasks.

What You Learn

| Pattern | How It Appears | |---------|----------------| | Task Lifecycle | status: 'todo' \| 'doing' \| 'done' | | State Persistence | Tasks saved to ~/.tasks/tasks.json | | External Memory | Tasks survive process restarts | | Agent-Native | Claude Code calls your tools directly |

Verification: Simple Ground

/capstone check tests your implementation using evidence-first patterns:

• Server starts correctly
• All four tools exist
• Tools return expected formats
• Gemini guides you to fix issues

Connection to Production

| What You Build | Production Version | |----------------|-------------------| | Task Tracker | Loom (task coordination) | | /capstone check | Ground (verification) | | Your workflow | WORKWAY Focus Workflow |

Graduation

To graduate, you need:

• All 6 lessons completed (including capstone)
• 10+ Triad applications
• 3+ reflections recorded
• Capstone completed

/graduate

If ready, you'll receive instructions to continue with Claude Code.

Philosophy

Seeing prepares you for Dwelling.

In Heidegger's terms:

• Seeing = Vorhandenheit (present-at-hand) — You notice the tools, study them
• Dwelling = Zuhandenheit (ready-to-hand) — Tools recede into transparent use

The goal isn't to think about the Triad forever. It's to internalize it until it becomes perception, not process.

Progress Storage

Your progress is stored locally at ~/.seeing/progress.json. This is self-assessed learning—your reflections matter.

Links

• Seeing Documentation
• Dwelling (Claude Code)
• CREATE SOMETHING
• WORKWAY

License

MIT

The tool recedes; seeing emerges.