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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
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The **six Pacts** (REQ-020) are the contract shapes a Nomad encounters on
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the mesh. A Pact is a typed, mission-locked agreement between parties; the
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core terms of the Pause, Ground, and Stance Pacts are **non-amendable** —
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no Council can rewrite them after the fact. A Nomad mostly interacts with
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Pacts through [Maps & Pay](maps-pay.md) and the [Window](window.md)
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primitive, but it helps to know what each one is.
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## The six Pacts
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| Pact | What it does for a Nomad |
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| **Pause** | A temporary hold. A Nomad can pause a recurring payment or a Window without voiding it; the Pause core terms are non-amendable. |
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| **Ground** | A baseline obligation the mesh enforces by default — the "ground rules" between a Nomad and a service operator. Non-amendable. |
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| **Stance** | A stated position a party commits to (e.g., a service operator's Stance on jurisdiction-light operation). Non-amendable. |
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| **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. |
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| **Stand Registry** | The registry of the nine [Stand](../shared/storage-pools.md) types (Household, Crew, Entity, Co-op, Circle, Trust, Foundation, Confederation, Shadow) a Nomad can join. |
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| **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. |
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## What a Nomad actually does with Pacts
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A Nomad does not draft Pacts by hand. The flow is:
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1. **Find** a service on [Maps & Pay](maps-pay.md).
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2. The service's terms are backed by one or more Pacts (e.g., a recurring
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payment is a Pause-able Window; a Stand's service is registered in the
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Stand Registry).
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3. The Nomad **authorizes** a [Window](window.md) scoped to those terms.
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## Mission Lock
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The Pause, Ground, and Stance core terms are mission-locked: a `const`
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flag in the Pact module marks them non-amendable, and an invariant test
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asserts that flag can never flip. A Nomad can rely on the ground rules
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not changing. See [Six Principles](../shared/six-principles.md) for the
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mission-lock covenant.
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See [Window](window.md) for the delegation primitive the Pacts are
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delivered through, and [Standing](standing.md) for how a service
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operator's history is measured. |