PROMISE

Agent Hierarchy

Agent

Base entity capable of making and assessing promises in specific domains.

Inheritance: Level 1
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Direct Promises

I promise to have a unique content-addressable ID.

Domain: identity
Type: content_addressing

I promise to be cryptographically signed.

Domain: cryptography
Type: signature

I promise to expose my public key and verify signatures.

Domain: cryptography
Type: key_exposure

I promise to reference my previous version if it exists.

Domain: history
Type: version_reference

I promise to emit events when my state changes.

Domain: observability
Type: event_emission

I promise to respond to state queries.

Domain: interaction
Type: query_response

I promise to declare my critical dependencies on other agent types or specific promise domains.

Domain: dependency
Type: dependency_declaration

I promise to emit a standardized failure event upon inability to fulfill a committed promise, including a reason code and relevant context.

Domain: failure
Type: failure_notification