The required exit procedure for Override. A structured record the Expedition must produce before any Post is recommissioned or any gate is restored.
State Protocol
State Protocol terms define the three explicit operating conditions Waypost recognises — and the precise rules that govern each one. The protocol exists because frameworks without operating states get bypassed the moment pressure arrives. Once bypassed without consequence, they get bypassed again.
See: Framework Overview
Override
The emergency circuit breaker. Full human control. All Posts stood down. No Post output is trusted without direct human review.
Standard State
The default operating condition. All gates enforced. Full Groundwork required before any Post runs. The system governs the speed.
Post
The AI agent seat in Waypost. A Post is commissioned, not hired. It holds a defined territory, operates inside Contracts, and Relays to a Station when it hits a trigger.
The Bearing
The weekly synchronous meeting. Short, directional, no status updates. One question drives it: what requires human judgment this week that is not already handled?
Pressure State
A declared condition where gates convert from walls into speedbumps. Posts can execute outside Contracts. Every bypass generates an entry in the Debt Ledger.