diff --git a/formalizations/guarded-cubical/Semantics/Abstract/TermModel/Convenient.agda b/formalizations/guarded-cubical/Semantics/Abstract/TermModel/Convenient.agda
index 88bab85ccb193810481407ca4c280912935285a5..95c2236589822be13434eb7638884a0dd6ad43ed 100644
--- a/formalizations/guarded-cubical/Semantics/Abstract/TermModel/Convenient.agda
+++ b/formalizations/guarded-cubical/Semantics/Abstract/TermModel/Convenient.agda
@@ -9,29 +9,74 @@ module Semantics.Abstract.TermModel.Convenient where
 
 open import Cubical.Foundations.Prelude
 open import Cubical.Categories.Category
+open import Cubical.Categories.Functor
 open import Cubical.Categories.Limits.Terminal
 open import Cubical.Categories.Limits.BinProduct
+open import Cubical.Categories.Limits.BinCoproduct
 open import Cubical.Categories.Monad.Base
 open import Cubical.Categories.Exponentials
 
+open import Cubical.Categories.Presheaf.Representable
 open import Semantics.Abstract.TermModel.Strength
 
 private
   variable
     â„“ â„“' : Level
 
-record Model {â„“}{â„“'} : Type (â„“-suc (â„“-max â„“ â„“')) where
+open Category
+open Functor
+open BinCoproduct
+open BinProduct
+
+record Model â„“ â„“' â„“'' : Type (â„“-suc (â„“-max â„“ (â„“-max â„“' â„“''))) where
   field
     -- A cartesian closed category
     cat : Category â„“ â„“'
     term : Terminal cat
     binProd : BinProducts cat
     exponentials : Exponentials cat binProd
+    binCoprod : BinCoproducts cat
+
+  𝟙 = term .fst
+
+  _×_ : (a b : cat .ob) → cat .ob
+  a × b = binProd a b .binProdOb
 
+  _+_ : (a b : cat .ob) → cat .ob
+  a + b = binCoprod a b .binCoprodOb
+
+  _⇒_ : (a b : cat .ob) → cat .ob
+  a ⇒ b = ExponentialF cat binProd exponentials ⟅ a , b ⟆
+
+  field
     -- with a strong monad
     monad : Monad cat
     strength : Strength cat term binProd monad
+  T = monad .fst
 
-    -- a model of the natural numbers
 
+  _⇀_ : (a b : cat .ob) → cat .ob
+  a ⇀ b = a ⇒ T ⟅ b ⟆
+
+  field
+    -- a weak model of the natural numbers, but good enough for our syntax
+    nat : cat .ob
+    nat-fp : CatIso cat (𝟙 + nat) nat
+
+    -- now the dyn stuff
     -- a model of dyn/casts
+    dyn : cat .ob
+    -- type precision
+    _⊑_ : (cat .ob) → (cat .ob) → Type ℓ''
+    isReflexive⊑  : ∀ {a} → a ⊑ a
+    isTransitive⊑ : ∀ {a b c} → a ⊑ b → b ⊑ c → a ⊑ c
+    isProp⊑ : ∀ {a b} → isProp (a ⊑ b)
+
+    -- monotonicity of type constructors
+    prod-is-monotone : ∀ {a a' b b'} → a ⊑ a' → b ⊑ b' → (a × b) ⊑ (a' × b')
+    parfun-is-monotone : ∀ {a a' b b'} → a ⊑ a' → b ⊑ b' → (a ⇀ b) ⊑ (a' ⇀ b')
+    inj-nat : nat ⊑ dyn
+    inj-arr : (dyn ⇀ dyn) ⊑ dyn
+
+    up : ∀ {a b} → a ⊑ b → cat [ a , b ]
+    dn : ∀ {a b} → a ⊑ b → cat [ b , T ⟅ a ⟆ ]