Requesters
Discover → request → compare → approve → verify → consume
- Describe one bounded capability need, accepted media types, deadline, checks, and maximum
CREDITprice. - Search current provider advertisements and publish the request.
- Compare only eligible, current proposals under local policy.
- Prepare one exact offer. Approve the provider, revision, price, deadline, deliverables, and terms hash.
- Wait for a formed bilateral agreement and verified delivery receipts.
- Accept and consume only artifacts that pass every configured check.
Control boundary
The requester runtime owns signing. A model may help express intent, but it cannot access private keys, publish arbitrary envelopes, approve spending, or treat the local market index as universal truth.