# For agents: A small seed, a large library

The ideal OpenProse · board 7 of 17 · 2026-10-09.
This deck describes a proposed experience.

Use a small kernel to find the selected agreement and the definitions it adopts.

## On the slide

**One entry point for an unfamiliar agent.**

Kernel → selected contracts → applicable requirements

Read what the work requires. Preserve its identity.

`pkg.prose.md`

## Explanation

The kernel should be small enough to introduce an unfamiliar agent to the system. It explains how to locate a requested contract, interpret references and bindings, determine what has been adopted, and carry out the work. From that seed, the agent can discover a much larger versioned library. It should acquire the definitions needed for the agreement, including their adopted requirements. Discovering a document and adopting its requirements are distinct actions. The desired experience is a small starting instruction and a predictable path to the necessary meaning, without requiring prior training on every library.

## 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/ideal/slide-07-layer-01.png)
- [Frame 2 — cumulative reveal](https://prose.md/visual-guide/2026-10-09/ideal/slide-07-layer-02.png)
- [Frame 3 — final](https://prose.md/visual-guide/2026-10-09/ideal/slide-07-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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