# For agents: The kernel and selected documents

OpenProse today · board 6 of 17 · 2026-10-09.
This deck records dated experimental evidence, not general reliability.

Read the selected agreement directly, with package installation treated as a separate operation.

## On the slide

`pkg.prose.md/kernel.md`

Find the program.

Resolve its selected references.

Read the whole adopted agreement.

**Tools and permissions come from the environment.**

## Explanation

The current kernel explains finding, understanding, and invoking the agreement. An agent starts with the requested program and reads the definitions it adopts, preserving the selected versions and each reference's context. It can read the necessary documents directly from permitted sources; installing a whole package is a separate operation with additional requirements. No separate OpenProse runtime is required to interpret these documents, but an agent still needs the relevant capabilities and inputs. The kernel provides instructions for behavior; the harness and agent must enact them.

## Whiteboard sequence

Open only the frames useful to the question. Later frames add to the same board;
the final frame contains the complete drawing.

- [Frame 1 — black core](https://prose.md/visual-guide/2026-10-09/current/slide-06-layer-01.png)
- [Frame 2 — cumulative reveal](https://prose.md/visual-guide/2026-10-09/current/slide-06-layer-02.png)
- [Frame 3 — final](https://prose.md/visual-guide/2026-10-09/current/slide-06-layer-03.png)

These explanations add no normative requirements. Read the
[selected kernel 0.3.0-rc.3](https://pkg.prose.md/releases/0.3.0-rc.3/core/README.md) for language rules.

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