Domain — ubiquitous language

Domain — ubiquitous language

Use this read-only library when an AgentOps term or bounded-context boundary needs precise meaning.

Returning the exact contract definition works because two contexts that read the same source line cannot drift apart on a term; a paraphrase reintroduces the ambiguity the lookup exists to remove.

Named failure mode — synonym smuggling: answering with a near-synonym ("close" for "verdict") that quietly imports lifecycle authority the term does not carry.

Anti-pattern: defining a term from memory because the contract file is one read away. Corrective: always cite the definition and its source path from the live contract, even for terms you are sure about.

Procedure

1. Read docs/contracts/ubiquitous-language.md for the term.
2. Read docs/contracts/bounded-contexts.yaml only when ownership or a port boundary matters.
3. Return the exact definition and source path.
4. Stop.

Do not invent synonyms that imply lifecycle authority. In particular, Plan, Candidate, manifest, verdict, revision, strategy, and adapter are semantic terms; queue, claim, lease, close, land, release, and delivery belong to caller systems rather than AgentOps core state.

The product-architecture terms — operations layer, federated integration graph, semantic work-and-proof protocol, RPI traversal — and their forbidden conflations live in the same contract. The traversal is RPI; the graph is the topology; the protocol defines interoperability; the operations layer is the product. None of the four is "a loop".

Vocabulary changes are normal source edits to the two contracts above. This skill does not promote terms, mutate a knowledge index, or create continuation.