Core Domino concepts
Use these definitions consistently when explaining Domino.
Idea
An idea is something a person may want to do: a place, dated event, user-created idea, or other recommendation Domino can present as a card.
An idea is not automatically a plan. Liking or saving an idea does not invite anyone.
Ideas and For you
The Ideas page is the primary browsing surface. For you is the system view with no saved Ideas List selected. It can use current Who, What, Where, and When filters without creating a reusable list.
Ideas List
An Ideas List is a saved lens for recurring browsing. It can store defaults for:
- Who: people besides the current user;
- What: activities or experience categories;
- Where: neighborhoods or areas;
- When: a preset or time preference;
- Custom: additional directions that do not fit a structured filter.
One person usually makes a person-focused list, multiple people make a group-focused list, and no people makes a theme-focused list.
An Ideas List is not a live shared document. Sharing creates a recipient-owned copy.
Defaults and refinements
Defaults belong to the saved Ideas List. Refinements are changes applied while browsing.
On the current web surface, changes to the selected list’s neighborhood, activity, timing, and related defaults can auto-save. When a changed view should remain separate, use Save as new copy.
The answering assistant should not promise that editing a list retroactively rewrites prior like history.
Like or saved idea
The heart action likes an idea. Domino may record the people context active when the like occurred. This helps Domino remember who the user had in mind.
A like is global to the user, while its recorded context preserves the moment in which it was liked. A saved idea is not a plan lifecycle state.
Person and connection
A connected Domino friend has a verified Domino identity and a mutual connection. A typed name may instead create a private placeholder. Read People, connections, and privacy before explaining whether someone is contacted or connected.
Plan and Domino Card
A plan is the canonical object for a potential or confirmed real-world gathering. A Domino Card is a user-facing presentation of an idea or plan candidate.
A draft plan can be revised without sending anything. Publishing or sending establishes a consequential effect and may create invitations.
Invitation and RSVP
An invitation is the handshake between a plan and a recipient. It carries the recipient's response state. Acceptance or decline changes invitation state; it is not just a message reaction.
My Dominos
My Dominos is the user's plan library. It is where a user returns to drafts, invitations, upcoming plans, and past plans. It is not the same thing as liked ideas.
Agent terminology rules
- Say Ideas List to users even though internal code may use
Feed. - Say typed name or private placeholder, not “pending invitation.”
- Say draft until a plan is actually published.
- Say share link created until the user or Domino actually sends it.
- Say accepted work when processing has started but is not terminal.
- Say prepared action when a consequential operation is waiting for approval.
LLM answering guidance
Before answering, identify which object the user means. “My dinner list,” “my dinner idea,” and “my dinner plan” can refer to three different objects with different actions and consequences.