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P2 complete. 8 docs/nomads/ pages: index, reach, stash, bearers, maps-pay, pacts, standing, window. Docs firewall green (scans new nomads pages), no regression. All pages cross-reference docs/shared/. ---ci--- project: oy phase: 2 milestone: v0.3 status: complete tag_base: v0.2.x phase_role: execution requirements: covered: [] partial: [REQ-027] ---/ci---
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Pacts
The six Pacts (REQ-020) are the contract shapes a Nomad encounters on the mesh. A Pact is a typed, mission-locked agreement between parties; the core terms of the Pause, Ground, and Stance Pacts are non-amendable — no Council can rewrite them after the fact. A Nomad mostly interacts with Pacts through Maps & Pay and the Window primitive, but it helps to know what each one is.
The six Pacts
| Pact | What it does for a Nomad |
|---|---|
| Pause | A temporary hold. A Nomad can pause a recurring payment or a Window without voiding it; the Pause core terms are non-amendable. |
| Ground | A baseline obligation the mesh enforces by default — the "ground rules" between a Nomad and a service operator. Non-amendable. |
| Stance | A stated position a party commits to (e.g., a service operator's Stance on jurisdiction-light operation). Non-amendable. |
| Cover | A flat commitment a Stand or a Partner offers to cover a Nomad against a defined failure; a Nomad reads Cover when choosing a service. |
| Stand Registry | The registry of the nine Stand types (Household, Crew, Entity, Co-op, Circle, Trust, Foundation, Confederation, Shadow) a Nomad can join. |
| Hub API | The B2B backbone (preview of v0.3 P5) — the Hub Pact exposes custody, a lending primitive, and compliance to service operators. A Nomad sees the Hub through Maps, not directly. |
What a Nomad actually does with Pacts
A Nomad does not draft Pacts by hand. The flow is:
- Find a service on Maps & Pay.
- The service's terms are backed by one or more Pacts (e.g., a recurring payment is a Pause-able Window; a Stand's service is registered in the Stand Registry).
- The Nomad authorizes a Window scoped to those terms.
Mission Lock
The Pause, Ground, and Stance core terms are mission-locked: a const
flag in the Pact module marks them non-amendable, and an invariant test
asserts that flag can never flip. A Nomad can rely on the ground rules
not changing. See Six Principles for the
mission-lock covenant.
See Window for the delegation primitive the Pacts are delivered through, and Standing for how a service operator's history is measured.