diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index ed4ae07..cef9175 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-const appName = "meadows"
+import Editor from "@/components/Editor.vue"
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <main class="min-h-screen bg-base-200 flex items-center justify-center p-6">
-    <div class="card w-full max-w-md bg-base-100 shadow-xl">
-      <div class="card-body items-center text-center">
-        <img src="/favicon.svg" alt="" class="size-12" />
-        <h1 class="card-title text-3xl font-semibold">{{ appName }}</h1>
-        <p class="text-base-content/70">
-          A canvas for thinking in systems — stocks, flows, faucets, and feedback loops.
-        </p>
-        <div class="card-actions mt-4">
-          <button class="btn btn-primary" disabled>Start a system</button>
-        </div>
-        <p class="text-xs text-base-content/40 mt-2">Scaffold ready. Editor coming next.</p>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </main>
+  <Editor />
 </template>
diff --git a/src/components/Editor.vue b/src/components/Editor.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95a3978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Editor.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+/**
+ * Editor (C1) — the Vue Flow canvas and chrome.
+ *
+ * The Model store is the source of truth; `nodes`/`edges` here are a derived
+ * projection bound one-way into Vue Flow (ADR-0002). Vue Flow owns interaction
+ * (pan/zoom/drag/select) on its internal copy; we translate the gestures we care
+ * about back into store actions:
+ *   - drag start → take an undo restore point
+ *   - drag stop  → commit final positions
+ *   - Delete/Backspace → remove selected nodes (Vue Flow's own delete is off, so
+ *     it can't delete from its copy behind the Model's back)
+ * After each store mutation the projection recomputes and Vue Flow reconciles by
+ * id, so positions never fight.
+ */
+import { Background } from "@vue-flow/background"
+import { Controls } from "@vue-flow/controls"
+import {
+  type Connection,
+  ErrorCode,
+  isErrorOfType,
+  type OnConnectStartParams,
+  Panel,
+  useVueFlow,
+  VueFlow,
+  type XYPosition,
+} from "@vue-flow/core"
+import { computed, nextTick, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted } from "vue"
+import { project } from "@/model/projection"
+import { type Sample, SAMPLES } from "@/model/samples"
+import { canConnect } from "@/model/validation"
+import { useModelStore } from "@/store/model"
+import { NODE_DND_MIME, type PlaceableKind } from "./palette-dnd"
+import LoopOverlay from "./LoopOverlay.vue"
+import Palette from "./Palette.vue"
+import InfoLinkEdge from "./edges/InfoLinkEdge.vue"
+import CloudNode from "./nodes/CloudNode.vue"
+import ConverterNode from "./nodes/ConverterNode.vue"
+import FlowNode from "./nodes/FlowNode.vue"
+import StockNode from "./nodes/StockNode.vue"
+
+const store = useModelStore()
+
+const graph = computed(() => project(store.model))
+const nodes = computed(() => graph.value.nodes)
+const edges = computed(() => graph.value.edges)
+
+// Explicit shared id: useVueFlow() runs here in the parent setup, before
+// <VueFlow> mounts. Pinning both to the same id guarantees they resolve to one
+// store instance, so the event hooks below actually fire.
+const {
+  onNodeDragStart,
+  onNodeDragStop,
+  onConnect,
+  onConnectStart,
+  onConnectEnd,
+  onError,
+  getSelectedNodes,
+  getSelectedEdges,
+  viewport,
+  vueFlowRef,
+  fitView,
+} = useVueFlow("meadows")
+
+onNodeDragStart(() => store.beginInteraction())
+onNodeDragStop(({ nodes: dragged }) => {
+  for (const node of dragged) store.moveNode(node.id, node.position)
+})
+
+// Vue Flow measures the pane synchronously in its own onMounted, before the
+// browser has flushed first layout, so the initial read is 0×0 and it emits a
+// benign MISSING_VIEWPORT_DIMENSIONS error (it falls back to 500×500, then its
+// ResizeObserver corrects to the real size next frame). Swallow only that one;
+// registering any handler suppresses Vue Flow's default console.warn, so log
+// every other error to keep genuine problems visible.
+onError((err) => {
+  if (isErrorOfType(err, ErrorCode.MISSING_VIEWPORT_DIMENSIONS)) return
+  console.warn(err.message)
+})
+
+// --- Connecting (F2) ---
+// Refuse invalid drops mid-gesture so the structure stays valid (F4, "guide,
+// don't nag"). The same guard backs store.connect as defence in depth.
+//
+// Vue Flow runs this guard for BOTH live gestures and the edges we project. The
+// projected pipe/link edges arrive as full edges (with an `id`) and are valid by
+// construction — the store guards every mutation — whereas a live gesture is a
+// handle-less Connection. We must only guard the gesture: the derived pipe-out
+// edge is valve→stock, which is invalid *as a gesture* but a real rendered edge,
+// so validating projected edges would drop every pipe-out (Vue Flow EDGE_INVALID).
+function isValidConnection(connection: Connection): boolean {
+  if ("id" in connection) return true
+  return canConnect(store.model, connection.source, connection.target)
+}
+
+// Remember the drag's source so releasing on empty canvas can open onto a Cloud.
+let connectSource: string | null = null
+let connectionMade = false
+
+onConnectStart((params: OnConnectStartParams) => {
+  connectSource = params.handleType === "source" ? (params.nodeId ?? null) : null
+  connectionMade = false
+})
+
+onConnect((connection) => {
+  connectionMade = true
+  store.connect(connection.source, connection.target)
+})
+
+onConnectEnd((event) => {
+  if (!connectionMade && connectSource && event) {
+    const point = pointerPosition(event)
+    if (point) store.connectToNewCloud(connectSource, screenToFlow(point.x, point.y))
+  }
+  connectSource = null
+})
+
+/** clientX/clientY from a mouse or touch end event. */
+function pointerPosition(event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent): { x: number; y: number } | null {
+  if ("clientX" in event) return { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY }
+  const touch = event.changedTouches[0]
+  return touch ? { x: touch.clientX, y: touch.clientY } : null
+}
+
+/** Convert a screen point (clientX/clientY) to graph coordinates. */
+function screenToFlow(clientX: number, clientY: number): XYPosition {
+  const rect = vueFlowRef.value?.getBoundingClientRect()
+  const { x, y, zoom } = viewport.value
+  return {
+    x: (clientX - (rect?.left ?? 0) - x) / zoom,
+    y: (clientY - (rect?.top ?? 0) - y) / zoom,
+  }
+}
+
+/** Drop a node so its top-left lands roughly centred on the given graph point. */
+function placeNode(kind: PlaceableKind, at: XYPosition): void {
+  const position = { x: at.x - 48, y: at.y - 24 }
+  if (kind === "stock") store.addStock(position)
+  else store.addConverter(position)
+}
+
+/** Click-to-add: drop at the visible pane centre, cascaded so clicks don't stack. */
+function addNode(kind: PlaceableKind): void {
+  const rect = vueFlowRef.value?.getBoundingClientRect()
+  const centre = screenToFlow(
+    (rect?.left ?? 0) + (rect?.width ?? 800) / 2,
+    (rect?.top ?? 0) + (rect?.height ?? 600) / 2,
+  )
+  const step = (store.model.nodes.length % 8) * 22
+  placeNode(kind, { x: centre.x + step, y: centre.y + step })
+}
+
+/** Drag-to-add: drop where the chip is released. */
+function onDrop(event: DragEvent): void {
+  event.preventDefault()
+  const kind = event.dataTransfer?.getData(NODE_DND_MIME)
+  if (kind !== "stock" && kind !== "converter") return
+  placeNode(kind, screenToFlow(event.clientX, event.clientY))
+}
+
+function onDragOver(event: DragEvent): void {
+  event.preventDefault()
+  if (event.dataTransfer) event.dataTransfer.dropEffect = "copy"
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a sample Model (G4, the instructive goal). `setModel` replaces the whole
+ * document and clears undo history, so guard real work behind a confirm — but
+ * stay frictionless on the empty starting canvas. Fit the view once the
+ * projection has re-derived so the loaded model lands framed.
+ */
+async function loadSample(sample: Sample): Promise<void> {
+  if (store.nodeCount > 0 && !window.confirm(`Replace the current model with “${sample.title}”?`)) {
+    return
+  }
+  store.setModel(sample.build())
+  // Close the DaisyUI dropdown (it stays open while the trigger keeps focus).
+  ;(document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null)?.blur()
+  await nextTick()
+  fitView({ padding: 0.2 })
+}
+
+function isTextEntry(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  const el = target as HTMLElement | null
+  return el?.tagName === "INPUT" || el?.tagName === "TEXTAREA" || el?.isContentEditable === true
+}
+
+function onKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+  if (isTextEntry(event.target)) return
+
+  const mod = event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey
+  if (mod && event.key.toLowerCase() === "z") {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    if (event.shiftKey) store.redo()
+    else store.undo()
+    return
+  }
+
+  if (event.key === "Delete" || event.key === "Backspace") {
+    const nodeIds = getSelectedNodes.value.map((node) => node.id)
+    // Edges are projected, not stored: a "pipe" edge stands in for its Flow node
+    // (id is `${flowId}::in|out`), an "info" edge is the Information Link itself.
+    const flowIds = new Set<string>()
+    const linkIds = new Set<string>()
+    for (const edge of getSelectedEdges.value) {
+      if (edge.data?.kind === "pipe") flowIds.add(edge.id.split("::")[0])
+      else if (edge.data?.kind === "info") linkIds.add(edge.id)
+    }
+
+    if (nodeIds.length === 0 && flowIds.size === 0 && linkIds.size === 0) return
+    event.preventDefault()
+    for (const id of nodeIds) store.removeNode(id)
+    for (const id of flowIds) store.removeNode(id)
+    for (const id of linkIds) store.removeInfoLink(id)
+  }
+}
+
+onMounted(() => window.addEventListener("keydown", onKeydown))
+onBeforeUnmount(() => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeydown))
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="flex h-screen flex-col bg-base-200">
+    <header class="flex items-center gap-3 border-b border-base-300 bg-base-100 px-4 py-2">
+      <img src="/favicon.svg" alt="" class="size-6" />
+      <h1 class="text-lg font-semibold">meadows</h1>
+      <span class="text-sm text-base-content/50">
+        {{ store.nodeCount }} {{ store.nodeCount === 1 ? "element" : "elements" }}
+      </span>
+      <div class="ml-auto flex items-center gap-1">
+        <div class="dropdown dropdown-end">
+          <button tabindex="0" class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm">Samples</button>
+          <ul
+            tabindex="0"
+            class="dropdown-content menu z-10 mt-1 w-72 gap-1 rounded-box border border-base-300 bg-base-100 p-2 shadow-lg"
+          >
+            <li v-for="sample in SAMPLES" :key="sample.title">
+              <button class="flex flex-col items-start gap-0.5" @click="loadSample(sample)">
+                <span class="font-medium">{{ sample.title }}</span>
+                <span class="text-xs text-base-content/60">{{ sample.blurb }}</span>
+              </button>
+            </li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+        <button class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm" :disabled="!store.canUndo" @click="store.undo()">
+          Undo
+        </button>
+        <button class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm" :disabled="!store.canRedo" @click="store.redo()">
+          Redo
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </header>
+
+    <div class="relative min-h-0 flex-1" @drop="onDrop" @dragover="onDragOver">
+      <VueFlow
+        id="meadows"
+        :nodes="nodes"
+        :edges="edges"
+        :delete-key-code="null"
+        :is-valid-connection="isValidConnection"
+        :connection-radius="30"
+        :min-zoom="0.2"
+        :max-zoom="4"
+        class="size-full"
+      >
+        <Background :gap="20" pattern-color="#d1d5db" />
+        <Controls position="bottom-left" :show-interactive="false" />
+
+        <Panel position="top-left">
+          <Palette @add="addNode" />
+        </Panel>
+
+        <template #node-stock="nodeProps">
+          <StockNode v-bind="nodeProps" />
+        </template>
+        <template #node-converter="nodeProps">
+          <ConverterNode v-bind="nodeProps" />
+        </template>
+        <template #node-flow="nodeProps">
+          <FlowNode v-bind="nodeProps" />
+        </template>
+        <template #node-cloud="nodeProps">
+          <CloudNode v-bind="nodeProps" />
+        </template>
+
+        <template #edge-info="edgeProps">
+          <InfoLinkEdge v-bind="edgeProps" />
+        </template>
+      </VueFlow>
+
+      <LoopOverlay />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 8a1724e..5dc2a0b 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+import { createPinia } from "pinia"
 import { createApp } from "vue"
+// Vue Flow styles first so our Tailwind utilities can override them.
+import "@vue-flow/core/dist/style.css"
+import "@vue-flow/core/dist/theme-default.css"
+import "@vue-flow/controls/dist/style.css"
 import "./style.css"
 import App from "./App.vue"
 
-createApp(App).mount("#app")
+createApp(App).use(createPinia()).mount("#app")
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index e0b39ea..de95d33 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -15,3 +15,15 @@
 @theme {
   --font-sans: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
 }
+
+/* Larger, easier-to-grab connection handles (Vue Flow defaults to 6px). The
+   Flow valve is small, so its handles get extra size. Loaded after Vue Flow's
+   own CSS (see main.ts) so these win. */
+.vue-flow__handle {
+  width: 11px;
+  height: 11px;
+}
+.vue-flow__node-flow .vue-flow__handle {
+  width: 14px;
+  height: 14px;
+}