diff --git a/demo/app-root.ts b/demo/app-root.ts
index 89f9ab1..eb66975 100644
--- a/demo/app-root.ts
+++ b/demo/app-root.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 // Lit's html`` tag cannot render variable tag names directly.
 import { unsafeHTML } from 'lit/directives/unsafe-html.js';
 
-const storyModules = import.meta.glob(
-  ['../src/elements/**/*-story.ts', '../src/labs/**/*-story.ts'],
-  { eager: true }
-);
+const storyModules = import.meta.glob(['../src/**/*-story.ts'], {
+  eager: true,
+});
 
 const storyEntries = Object.keys(storyModules)
-  .map(path => {
+  .map((path) => {
     const labs = path.includes('/src/labs/');
     const parts = path.split('/');
     const filename = parts[parts.length - 1]; // e.g. "ia-button-story.ts"
@@ -19,13 +18,15 @@ const storyEntries = Object.keys(storyModules)
   })
   .sort((a, b) => a.tag.localeCompare(b.tag));
 
-const productionEntries = storyEntries.filter(e => !e.labs);
-const labsEntries = storyEntries.filter(e => e.labs);
+const productionEntries = storyEntries.filter((e) => !e.labs);
+const labsEntries = storyEntries.filter((e) => e.labs);
 const ALL_ENTRIES = [...productionEntries, ...labsEntries];
 
 @customElement('app-root')
 export class AppRoot extends LitElement {
-  createRenderRoot() { return this; }
+  createRenderRoot() {
+    return this;
+  }
 
   private _observer?: IntersectionObserver;
   private _abortController = new AbortController();
@@ -34,33 +35,42 @@ export class AppRoot extends LitElement {
     return html`
       <nav id="ia-sidebar">
         <h2>Production-Ready</h2>
-        ${productionEntries.map(e => html`<a href="#${e.id}">&lt;${e.tag}&gt;</a>`)}
+        ${productionEntries.map(
+          (e) => html`<a href="#${e.id}">&lt;${e.tag}&gt;</a>`,
+        )}
         <h2>Labs 🧪</h2>
-        ${labsEntries.map(e => html`<a href="#${e.id}">&lt;${e.tag}&gt;</a>`)}
+        ${labsEntries.map((e) => html`<a href="#${e.id}">&lt;${e.tag}&gt;</a>`)}
       </nav>
       <div id="ia-content">
         <h1>Internet Archive Elements</h1>
         <h2>Production-Ready Elements</h2>
-        ${productionEntries.map(e => html`
-          <div id="${e.id}" class="ia-anchor">
-            ${unsafeHTML(`<${e.storyTag}></${e.storyTag}>`)}
-          </div>
-        `)}
+        ${productionEntries.map(
+          (e) => html`
+            <div id="${e.id}" class="ia-anchor">
+              ${unsafeHTML(`<${e.storyTag}></${e.storyTag}>`)}
+            </div>
+          `,
+        )}
         <h2>Labs Elements</h2>
-        ${labsEntries.map(e => html`
-          <div id="${e.id}" class="ia-anchor">
-            ${unsafeHTML(`<${e.storyTag}></${e.storyTag}>`)}
-          </div>
-        `)}
+        ${labsEntries.map(
+          (e) => html`
+            <div id="${e.id}" class="ia-anchor">
+              ${unsafeHTML(`<${e.storyTag}></${e.storyTag}>`)}
+            </div>
+          `,
+        )}
       </div>
     `;
   }
 
   firstUpdated() {
-    const allIds = ALL_ENTRIES.map(e => e.id);
+    const allIds = ALL_ENTRIES.map((e) => e.id);
 
     const links = Object.fromEntries(
-      allIds.map(id => [id, this.querySelector(`#ia-sidebar a[href="#${id}"]`)])
+      allIds.map((id) => [
+        id,
+        this.querySelector(`#ia-sidebar a[href="#${id}"]`),
+      ]),
     );
 
     const visible = new Set<string>();
@@ -68,31 +78,37 @@ export class AppRoot extends LitElement {
     // Only anchors in the top 30% of the viewport count as "active".
     // The first (topmost) visible anchor wins.
     this._observer = new IntersectionObserver(
-      entries => {
+      (entries) => {
         for (const entry of entries) {
           if (entry.isIntersecting) visible.add(entry.target.id);
           else visible.delete(entry.target.id);
         }
-        const activeId = allIds.find(id => visible.has(id)) ?? allIds[0];
-        allIds.forEach(id => links[id]?.classList.toggle('active', id === activeId));
+        const activeId = allIds.find((id) => visible.has(id)) ?? allIds[0];
+        allIds.forEach((id) =>
+          links[id]?.classList.toggle('active', id === activeId),
+        );
       },
       { rootMargin: '0px 0px -70% 0px' },
     );
 
-    allIds.forEach(id => {
+    allIds.forEach((id) => {
       const el = document.getElementById(id);
       if (el) this._observer!.observe(el);
     });
 
-    allIds.forEach(id => {
-      links[id]?.addEventListener('click', (e: Event) => {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        const el = document.getElementById(id);
-        if (el) {
-          const top = el.getBoundingClientRect().top + window.scrollY;
-          window.scrollTo({ top: Math.max(0, top - 16), behavior: 'smooth' });
-        }
-      }, { signal: this._abortController.signal });
+    allIds.forEach((id) => {
+      links[id]?.addEventListener(
+        'click',
+        (e: Event) => {
+          e.preventDefault();
+          const el = document.getElementById(id);
+          if (el) {
+            const top = el.getBoundingClientRect().top + window.scrollY;
+            window.scrollTo({ top: Math.max(0, top - 16), behavior: 'smooth' });
+          }
+        },
+        { signal: this._abortController.signal },
+      );
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/types/result-story.ts b/src/types/result-story.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..046f086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/result-story.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import { css, html, LitElement } from 'lit';
+import { customElement, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+
+import '@demo/story-template';
+import type { Result } from './result';
+
+/**
+ * `Result<T, E>` has no runtime behavior — it's a typed container
+ * (`{ success?: T; error?: E }`) modeled after Swift's Result. This story is a
+ * read-only illustration of the two shapes a Result can take and the narrowing
+ * pattern a caller uses to consume one.
+ */
+
+type Scenario = 'success' | 'error';
+
+const SUCCESS_RESULT: Result<number, Error> = { success: 42 };
+const ERROR_RESULT: Result<number, Error> = {
+  error: new Error('Item not found'),
+};
+
+const EXAMPLE_USAGE = `// A function returns a typed Result instead of throwing:
+const result = await fetchFilesCount(identifier);
+
+if (result.error) {
+  // \`result.error\` is a typed Error (or subclass) — not \`any\`
+  console.error(result.error.message);
+} else {
+  // \`result.success\` holds the value on the happy path
+  console.log(result.success);
+}`;
+
+@customElement('result-story')
+export class ResultStory extends LitElement {
+  @state() private scenario: Scenario = 'success';
+
+  private get result(): Result<number, Error> {
+    return this.scenario === 'success' ? SUCCESS_RESULT : ERROR_RESULT;
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { result } = this;
+    return html`
+      <story-template
+        elementTag="result"
+        elementClassName="Result"
+        .customExampleUsage=${EXAMPLE_USAGE}
+      >
+        <div slot="demo">
+          <p class="intro">
+            A typed container for a response: it carries either a
+            <code>success</code> value or a typed <code>error</code>, instead of
+            an untyped Promise rejection. Modeled after
+            <a
+              href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/result"
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener"
+              >Swift's Result</a
+            >. Toggle a scenario to see the two shapes and how a caller handles
+            each.
+          </p>
+
+          <div class="controls" role="group" aria-label="Scenario">
+            <button
+              class=${this.scenario === 'success' ? 'active' : ''}
+              @click=${() => (this.scenario = 'success')}
+            >
+              Success
+            </button>
+            <button
+              class=${this.scenario === 'error' ? 'active' : ''}
+              @click=${() => (this.scenario = 'error')}
+            >
+              Error
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="field">
+            <span class="label">The Result value</span>
+            <code>${this.formatResult(result)}</code>
+          </div>
+          <div class="field">
+            <span class="label">What the caller does</span>
+            <code class=${result.error ? 'err' : 'ok'}>
+              ${result.error
+                ? html`✗ handle error → ${result.error.message}`
+                : html`✓ use value → ${result.success}`}
+            </code>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </story-template>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  private formatResult(result: Result<number, Error>): string {
+    if (result.error) return `{ error: Error("${result.error.message}") }`;
+    return `{ success: ${result.success} }`;
+  }
+
+  static styles = css`
+    .intro {
+      margin-top: 0;
+      max-width: 40rem;
+    }
+
+    .controls {
+      display: flex;
+      gap: 8px;
+      margin-bottom: 1rem;
+    }
+
+    button {
+      padding: 6px 14px;
+      font-size: 0.9rem;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      border: 1px solid #ccc;
+      border-radius: 4px;
+      background: #fff;
+    }
+
+    button.active {
+      background: #222;
+      color: #fff;
+      border-color: #222;
+    }
+
+    .field {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+      gap: 4px;
+      padding: 10px 12px;
+      margin-bottom: 8px;
+      background: #fff;
+      border: 1px solid #ccc;
+      border-radius: 4px;
+    }
+
+    .label {
+      font-size: 0.75rem;
+      font-weight: 600;
+      color: #666;
+    }
+
+    .field code {
+      font-size: 1rem;
+    }
+
+    code.ok {
+      color: #0a7d28;
+    }
+
+    code.err {
+      color: #a00;
+    }
+  `;
+}
diff --git a/src/types/result.test.ts b/src/types/result.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f018c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/result.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import type { Result } from './result';
+
+describe('Result', () => {
+  test('can be initialized with a success value', () => {
+    const result: Result<string, Error> = {
+      success: 'foo',
+    };
+    expect(result.success).toBe('foo');
+    expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test('can be initialized with an error', () => {
+    const FooErrorType = {
+      networkError: 0,
+      decodingError: 1,
+    } as const;
+    type FooErrorType = (typeof FooErrorType)[keyof typeof FooErrorType];
+
+    class FooError extends Error {
+      type?: FooErrorType;
+
+      constructor(type: FooErrorType) {
+        super();
+        this.type = type;
+      }
+    }
+    const result: Result<string, FooError> = {
+      error: new FooError(FooErrorType.decodingError),
+    };
+    expect(result.success).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.error?.type).toBe(FooErrorType.decodingError);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/types/result.ts b/src/types/result.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a71acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/result.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * The Result is a container for a response.
+ *
+ * It contains an optional success result which is generic
+ * and can be anything depending on the context,
+ * or an Error or subclass of an error.
+ *
+ * This allows us to return rich, typed errors instead of
+ * an untyped Promise rejection.
+ *
+ * This is modeled after Swift's Result type:
+ * https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/result
+ */
+export interface Result<T, E extends Error> {
+  success?: T;
+
+  error?: E;
+}