Feedback what the system says back · in five registers

Say less.

Five registers, in order of intrusiveness: banner (page-level), alert (in-flow), badge (label on a thing), empty (the thing isn't there yet), loading (the thing is on its way). Pick the gentlest one that does the job.

§A · Banner · the whole page is affected
Banners are reserved for things that affect every session, not the current page. Ink ground for product news, red ground for incidents. One banner at a time; if a second wants to land, the first must dismiss first.
§B · Alert · in-flow · four channels
Heads up

Your audience definition matched 2,047 agents — slightly below the 2,500 floor for our standard accuracy claim.

Adjust the audience · Run anyway
Run finished

Net revenue moved +3.4% at $49 — but it came from existing Pro subscribers absorbing the increase.

Open the result · Export to deck
Stale priors

This audience hasn't been refreshed since 26.02. Behavior may have shifted; results carry an extra ±1.4pt of noise.

Refresh priors
Run failed

Stopped at agent 412 of 2,047 · model timeout · no charge applied. Last successful checkpoint was at 50% — we can resume from there.

Resume from checkpoint · View incident report
Alerts say what · why · what to do, in that order. The "what to do" is one or two ink-link verbs at the bottom — no buttons, never. An alert is a sentence the page is reading aloud, not a control panel.
§C · Empty states · three flavors
§C.1 · zero
∅

No simulations yet.

Your library will fill up here. Start by describing a decision in plain English — population, horizon, outcome.

New simulation
§C.2 · no results
∅

No matches for "churn risk."

Nothing in your library uses that phrase. The closest spec is "Trial cohort · 14d" — different word, similar question.

Open closest match
§C.3 · error
✕

We couldn't load this run.

The result file for run · 38 isn't reachable right now — usually a transient storage issue. The intake spec is intact.

Retry · or duplicate the spec
Three flavors: zero (you've never had any), no-results (your filter found nothing), error (we have it, we can't show it). Each names what this is, why it's empty, and offers one CTA. Never "No data."
§D · Loading · skeleton · spinner · progress
§D.1 · skeleton

Skeleton (0–4s)

§D.2 · spinner

Spinner (local action)

Saving spec250ms typical
Verifying audience2–3s
§D.3 · progress

Determinate (>4s)

Run · 3862% · 1m 24s left
0%50%100%
Run · 39stalled
Run · 40failed at 25%
Three loading registers, by duration: under 1s say nothing, 1–4s spinner with verb-noun label, over 4s determinate progress with ETA. Skeletons replace the actual content shape — not a generic "Loading…" overlay.
§E · Badges · status · category · count
§E.1 · status badges
DRAFTDraftunfinished
RUNNINGLivepulsing
DONEComplete
FAILEDFailed · agent 412
§E.2 · chips · counts
FILTERPro tier ✕U.S. only ✕past 30d ✕
COUNTInbox12red square, never a circle
TAGPricingRetentionTrial
Badges are labels on a thing, never a way to say "look at me." Square corners, mono caps, ink stroke. The only animated badge is Live, and it pulses because it's lying about being a status — it's actually a count of one. Banned: coloured pill badges with white text on a saturated background.

§ Picking the right register

BANNERThe whole product is affected. Use it for incidents and major releases.

ALERTThe current page or section is affected. Used in-flow, never floating.

TOASTThe user's last action got a receipt. (see Overlays page)

BADGEA noun has a state. Stays attached to the noun.

EMPTYThe list / page / dashboard has zero rows. Tell them what would be here.

LOADINGIt's coming. Be honest about how long.

§ Banned

A confetti animation when a run completes

A spinner with no label

"Loading…" as the only loading state

Empty states with cartoon illustrations of empty boxes

Pill badges in saturated red/yellow/green

Notification bells in the masthead

Two banners stacked at the top of the page

Toasts that announce a successful click

One banner at a time across the whole product  ·  Alert format what · why · what to do  ·  Empty state name the absence · offer one CTA  ·  Loading <1s silent · 1–4s spinner · >4s determinate  ·  Badges square · stroke-only · mono caps  ·  Reduced motion skeleton fades to static · spinner slows · live dot stops pulsing