Protocol Widgets: Self-Explanation, Vault Cards, and Native Embeds
What this article is
Protocol Widgets document the rendering system on miscsubjects.com. It explains how evidence appears as self-contained cards and embeds. The audience is operators who maintain the site, models that consume the API, and readers who view articles.
Who claims what
Widgets are self-explaining. Every attachSelf() response returns _self.what, _self.how_to_use, and _self.related URLs. explainGrowStep() returns human-readable why/how text for each grow-queue step. Platform logos and rail styling live in widgets/platform_logos.js and widgets/social.js.
What is known
FEATURES in self_explain.js is the canonical feature index. sourceToWidget() maps ledger sources to native cards for reddit, x, pubmed, youtube, and imessage. buildInlineEmbedMap() turns [[embed:slug]] markers into horizontal native cards. normalizeWidget() unifies directory rows, tasks, events, and claims into vault-card rails with shortHash ids. meta.widgets[] supports imessage, quote, stat, note, and gallery types as JSON series. Graph canvas widgets come from GET /api/graph with nodes as claims or sources and edges as supported_by, posted_by, challenges, or embeds. Widget rendering is deterministic from ledger JSON. Third-party oEmbed iframes are avoided for Reddit and X.
What we do not know
Not all admin pages yet consume _self blocks. Widget accessibility with ARIA on rails remains partial.
Limitations
Widgets display evidence only. They do not score or elevate claims. Weighting stays in claim.weight from /score.
Disclaimer
This is not medical advice. Social anecdote widgets are anecdotal tier by definition.
Key evidence
5 more ranked claims
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Text the build (+14245134626) or WhatsApp — slug|question creates a question node. Paste evidence with ingest slug|q:NODE_ID|your paste.