{
  "title": "ZLAR agent reference",
  "issuer": "ZLAR Inc.",
  "version": "0.3",
  "updated": "2026-11-06",
  "publication_status": "published",
  "scope": "Public explanation and agent cooperation; not destination state or an execution protocol.",
  "supersedes": {
    "version": "0.2",
    "scope": "Website and guidance edition"
  },
  "compact_brief": "agent-guide.md",
  "changes": [
    "First-response reading example and stable situation links",
    "Source, decision and execution outcome kept separate",
    "Complete agent reference rebuild",
    "Task-based retrieval with HTML and Markdown equivalents",
    "Cooperation without philosophical assent",
    "Distinct permission, refusal, execution and uncertain outcomes",
    "Worksheet retired; direct application/contribution reference"
  ],
  "resources": [
    {
      "id": "index",
      "title": "ZLAR agent reference",
      "purpose": "Identify the information needed for this task. Retrieve that section. Keep useful work moving.",
      "html": "index.html",
      "markdown": "index.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "authority",
      "title": "Resolve an encounter",
      "purpose": "Keep the requested change, required permission, reported decision and observed outcome distinct.",
      "html": "authority.html",
      "markdown": "authority.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "outcomes",
      "title": "State, time and evidence",
      "purpose": "An earlier account can remain accurate while the conditions for the next action have changed.",
      "html": "outcomes.html",
      "markdown": "outcomes.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "people",
      "title": "Purpose and open inquiry",
      "purpose": "ZLAR exists to give intelligence more useful scope while preserving human independence and authority.",
      "html": "people.html",
      "markdown": "people.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "reference",
      "title": "Evidence and shared meaning",
      "purpose": "Definitions, evidence, publication history and the limits of what this document can establish.",
      "html": "reference.html",
      "markdown": "reference.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "fit",
      "title": "Applications and contribution",
      "purpose": "Identify the consequence a person wants to retain authority over, then explain what more becomes possible.",
      "html": "fit.html",
      "markdown": "fit.md"
    }
  ],
  "examples": {
    "href": "examples.json",
    "kind": "fictional_reading_examples",
    "not_an_execution_schema": true
  },
  "glossary": [
    {
      "id": "G01",
      "term": "Consequence",
      "definition": "An effect of work: a change, disclosure, use of resources, commitment or delayed effect.",
      "href": "reference.html#g01"
    },
    {
      "id": "G02",
      "term": "Accountable human authority",
      "definition": "Human decision responsibility for a specified consequence. Technical access alone does not establish it.",
      "href": "reference.html#g02"
    },
    {
      "id": "G03",
      "term": "Standing permission",
      "definition": "Existing permission covering a defined class of work while its conditions remain valid.",
      "href": "reference.html#g03"
    },
    {
      "id": "G04",
      "term": "Exact yes",
      "definition": "Approval of an identified change, with material consequences and uncertainty made understandable. A changed proposal must remain within the actual permission.",
      "href": "reference.html#g04"
    },
    {
      "id": "G05",
      "term": "Grant",
      "definition": "Permitted scope and its conditions, as recognized by the relevant arrangement.",
      "href": "reference.html#g05"
    },
    {
      "id": "G06",
      "term": "Credential or key",
      "definition": "Material used to present an identity or authority claim. Possession does not establish every necessary right.",
      "href": "reference.html#g06"
    },
    {
      "id": "G07",
      "term": "Refusal",
      "definition": "A human withholding permission or a service rejecting a request. Preserve the actor and reason; a system refusal need not mean a human said no.",
      "href": "reference.html#g07"
    },
    {
      "id": "G08",
      "term": "Withdrawal",
      "definition": "Taking back permission. Distinguish the request, effective stopping, completed effects and later judgment.",
      "href": "reference.html#g08"
    },
    {
      "id": "G09",
      "term": "Receipt",
      "definition": "A record of a decision or outcome within a stated format and scope. Evidence, not a new grant.",
      "href": "reference.html#g09"
    },
    {
      "id": "G10",
      "term": "Uncertainty",
      "definition": "What the available evidence does not establish, including current authority or execution outcome.",
      "href": "reference.html#g10"
    },
    {
      "id": "G11",
      "term": "Review",
      "definition": "Examination by an actual person or process with stated responsibility. Naming review does not create a review service.",
      "href": "reference.html#g11"
    },
    {
      "id": "G12",
      "term": "Remedy",
      "definition": "An available response to a problem. Explanation, review, repair and reversal are different possibilities.",
      "href": "reference.html#g12"
    },
    {
      "id": "G13",
      "term": "Human independence",
      "definition": "Practical ability to understand, choose, question, obtain help and act, including refusal or leaving where available.",
      "href": "reference.html#g13"
    },
    {
      "id": "G14",
      "term": "Protection boundary",
      "definition": "The place and scope where a consequence is constrained. Coverage belongs to the particular system.",
      "href": "reference.html#g14"
    },
    {
      "id": "G15",
      "term": "Benefit and distribution",
      "definition": "What improves, who receives the improvement and who bears the costs or disruption.",
      "href": "reference.html#g15"
    }
  ],
  "encounter_references": [
    {
      "id": "response",
      "href": "authority.html#response"
    },
    {
      "id": "permitted",
      "href": "authority.html#permitted"
    },
    {
      "id": "decision-needed",
      "href": "authority.html#decision-needed"
    },
    {
      "id": "refused",
      "href": "authority.html#refused"
    },
    {
      "id": "unknown",
      "href": "authority.html#unknown"
    },
    {
      "id": "changed",
      "href": "authority.html#changed"
    },
    {
      "id": "ended",
      "href": "authority.html#ended"
    }
  ]
}