Corporate Surface

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name: corporate-surface
description: Shape partner-facing and institutional surfaces so they read as credible operating systems rather than generic SaaS templates. Use for corporate landings, capability pages, partner sections, investor-facing surfaces, and other public pages that must feel clear, evidence-backed, and commercially serious.
license: MIT
metadata:
  abvx_status: experimental
  abvx_origin: adapted
  abvx_eval_tier: structural_only
---

# Corporate Surface

Make the page feel credible before trying to make it impressive.

Use this when a public business surface risks sliding into generic dark SaaS, empty architecture diagrams, abstract platform jargon, or decorative product cards without proof.

## Best Fit

- corporate landings;
- institutional/product capability pages;
- partner-facing and investor-facing sections;
- ecosystem and product-overview pages;
- contact/CTA flows where seriousness matters more than novelty.

## Core Rule

Lead with real operating proof.

If the project has real interfaces, systems, publications, methods, or public outputs, they should carry more weight than abstract feature boxes.

## Workflow

1. State the business job:
   - what a serious partner should understand, trust, and do after the first screen.
2. Identify proof surfaces:
   - real product interfaces;
   - real outputs or methods;
   - real links to operating systems or publications;
   - concrete capability labels.
3. Check for generic-template failure modes:
   - too many equal cards;
   - pseudo-metrics with no business meaning;
   - heavy jargon before outcomes are clear;
   - architecture talk replacing real products;
   - CTAs that look active but do not support the commercial path.
4. Rebalance toward:
   - clearer outcome language;
   - fewer but stronger structural blocks;
   - bigger visual weight for real product proof;
   - tighter headline/subhead rhythm;
   - explicit partner pathways.
5. Keep the page institutional:
   - restrained motion;
   - deliberate spacing;
   - strong alignment;
   - no novelty-for-novelty styling.
6. Verify desktop and mobile credibility:
   - hierarchy still reads;
   - proof assets remain visible;
   - CTA path stays obvious.

## Output Shape

Return:

- `business job`
- `proof surfaces`
- `generic-template risks removed`
- `rebalanced hierarchy`
- `desktop/mobile credibility checks`

## Guardrails

- Do not invent new capabilities or clients.
- Do not replace approved corporate direction with startup trend styling.
- Do not let architecture diagrams outrank real products unless the page is explicitly methodology-first.
- Do not hide the contact or partner path behind decorative sections.
- Do not treat “premium” as permission for empty space without proof.

## Final Report

Include:

- the primary business job;
- the proof surfaces promoted;
- the main template-risk correction;
- desktop/mobile credibility evidence;
- any remaining issue better handled by `wireframe-preflight`, `frontend-taste-layer`, or `anti-slop-review`.