Infrastructure · Verification
ExplainBeacon
Real-time readable intent broadcasting
Definition
Mechanism
Telemetry Stream. Emits a human-readable narrative ('I am doing X because Y') alongside the machine-readable log. Must be emitted before irreversible actions. It piggybacks on the Greet or Heartbeat channel to broadcast intent logs to observers.
Invariants
- Emits a human-readable narrative alongside the machine-readable log.
- Emitted before an irreversible action, not after.
- The narrative names the action actually taken.
- Cannot be suppressed.
Risks
Failure modes
Beacon Drift
The explanation diverges from the actual code execution (the Agent says I am sleeping while deleting files).
Relationships
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Used by
References
Society
Viral propagation of semantic standards via economic subsidy
Society
Designing for universal observability
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