MeowKit — new logo concepts wireframes · grounded in the source, not the old mascot

Rooted in what MeowKit actually is: a 7-phase workflow with 2 hard gates, a kit of agents/skills/hooks, slash-command prompts (/mk:plan), CLI-native, enforcement + structure meets feline curiosity. Nine directions below — pick favorites and I'll take them to hi-fi.

01 · Gate Glyph
Concept: Two stacked chevrons = Gate 1 + Gate 2. Ears on top = cat. Reads as a discipline mark — "nothing passes without approval."
02 · Phase Ring
Concept: Circular mark with 7 ticks = 7 workflow phases. Minimal cat face inside. Feels like a process dial / compass.
03 · Brace Cat
{ ⌃ }
Concept: { :3 } — code braces wrapping a micro cat face. 100% type-native, scales from favicon to header. Embodies "cat in code".
04 · Slash-Meow Prompt
/meow
Concept: Literal slash-command as the logo — /meow + caret. Every skill in the kit starts with /mk:. CLI-first identity.
05 · Paw-Grid
Concept: Paw print built from a pixel grid — toes + pad as discrete cells. The paw is the kit: composable squares. Reads as both mascot and system.
06 · Check-Ear
Concept: Checkmark with two ears. The gate-approved verdict as a mascot. Every pipeline ends with ✓ — make that the logo.
07 · ASCII Cat
=^·.·^=
Concept: =^··^= — the terminal's universal cat. Zero-pixel logo, works in a git log, PR title, README banner. Most honest to "lives in your CLI".
08 · Kitbox
Concept: A literal kit (toolkit box) with cat ears + a face built from its hardware. Name-made-visible: Meow + Kit.
09 · Whisker Terminal
Concept: A terminal window that is a cat face — titlebar = brow, prompt line hidden by eyes, whiskers on the sides. The most direct "CLI cat" mark.

All concepts are structural wireframes — no final typography, no color, no finished curves. Strokes + primitives only. Each one is hooked to a specific MeowKit concept so the mark earns its shape. Next step: you pick 2–3 and I take them to hi-fi with the real color/type system + full lockup set (horizontal, stacked, monogram, favicon, OG card, wordmark).