Infrastructure · Verification
CompatibilityCheck
Schema compatibility verification
Definition
Mechanism
A binary verification process comparing the definition hashes or schema of two entities (agents, Artifacts, or protocols) to determine whether they can interact without translation. The result is directional: hash equality is mutual, but schema compatibility need not be — a reader of a later version may accept earlier data while the reverse fails.
Invariants
- Determinism: identical inputs always yield the same result.
- Directional: the result states which entity can consume which. Mutual compatibility is a separate claim, established by checking both directions.
Risks
Failure modes
Symmetry assumed
a one-way result is read as mutual, so a producer is cleared to consume from a partner it can only send to.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Immutable data unit
Used by
References
Mind
Dual-advocate verdict generation
Change a shared format by adding the new form beside the old, moving every consumer, then removing the old
Composes with
Agent connection initiation
Society
Negotiating shared definitions
Society
Discover and invoke external tools via structured capability manifests