The Chat Box Is the Doorway. The Workflow Is the Building.
The interface has quietly become the least interesting part of the AI conversation. The interesting part is what happens after the response.
A working précis of the argument. The full note ships to Regesta Briefing subscribers.
For two years the industry has argued about chat versus copilots, embedded versus standalone, sidebar versus canvas. The interface debate is over. It matters, but it does not decide the outcome.
The outcome is decided by what happens after the model responds. Where the answer lands. What system it flows into. Who has the authority to act on it. Whether the evidence it cited is auditable a year later.
Regesta engagements do not begin with an interface choice. They begin with a workflow map and end with an answer to a much older question: who did what, on what evidence, and under whose authority.
“Interfaces are doorways. Workflows are buildings. It is possible to spend an entire capital cycle redecorating doorways.”
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