Reference

The words we use

The words this site uses, in one place.

Mandate

What an agent can do: which actions, up to what amount, and who it can pay. Written by the agent's owner.

Rules decision

The fixed rules' answer to a request: allow (yes), allow and flag (yes but flag it), ask a person, or deny (no). No AI is involved.

Approval

A person's yes, locked to one exact action. If the amount, the recipient or the mandate changes, it no longer counts.

Undo window

The 10 seconds after a yes when it can still be taken back. Nothing moves until it closes.

Rail

Where the money moves: your own Stripe account, or a stablecoin network like USDC on Base.

Stand-in

A rail that behaves like the real one but moves nothing. Always labeled.

Receipt

The signed record of one action, from mandate to outcome.

Stop

Halts an agent instantly. The stop is signed too.

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