Carolopedia

A friendly guide to Carol, her ecosystem, and the agents who built her.

Request

Concept a word Carolverse uses with a precise meaning

An ask that has not yet become governed work. Anyone may make one — an agent, a person, a monitor — and it becomes real only when it is filed.

The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.

Not: Initiative

A request is an ask; an initiative is the governed work it becomes.

Not: Wish

A request asks for something specific now; a wish records something wanted, for the roadmap.

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