The sidebar#
The dark navy sidebar is on every console screen.
- Brand — the "A" tile and "Atlas Venture Studio · Console". It links to Experiments.
- Experiments, Inbox, People — the three main screens. The current one is highlighted. Inbox shows an aqua count of new applications waiting.
- Running — every live or paused experiment, soonest decision first, with a status dot and the days to its decision date: plain when there is time, amber at 5 days or fewer, red and negative (e.g.
-3d) once the date has passed. Click one to open it. The one you are viewing is highlighted. - Platform guide — this guide, inside the console. The same guide is public at
atlas-venturestudio.com/guide. - Footer — your initials and name, the session time left, and Sign out.
On a narrow window the sidebar moves to the top of the page.
How screens are laid out#
- Page title in serif type, with a small date or breadcrumb above it (e.g.
Experiments / ledgerfix). - Cards hold each block of content. Wide tables scroll sideways inside their card on small screens.
- Pills show status: Live (aqua), Paused (amber), Draft (grey), Closing (red), Closed (grey). Tags such as Met / Not yet mark thresholds.
- Tabs on the Experiment detail are links (
?tab=evidence), so the back button and bookmarks work.
Toasts#
After an action — saving a brief, logging an event, pausing — you return to where you were and a dark message appears at the bottom of the screen for about two seconds, e.g. "Hours added" or "Paused · page shows 'Not available right now'". Copy buttons show one too ("Link copied").
Dialogs#
Actions that need a confirmation or extra input open a dialog over the page: Close test…, Republish… and Add prospects. Press Cancel, the Escape key or click outside the dialog to dismiss it. If something is wrong (a missing reason, a name typed incorrectly), the dialog opens again with the problem shown.
Menus#
The ··· button on an experiment opens a small menu with the less frequent actions: Republish…, Download export bundle and Close test…. Click anywhere else to close it.
If something goes wrong#
Validation problems appear as a red banner or in red under the field, and nothing is saved. A "Page not found" means the address is wrong or the experiment no longer exists.