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Agent Contracts

Nine surfaces that any agentic call must declare before it crosses a boundary.

The Agent Contract is the lingua franca between Cells and Capabilities. It enumerates the nine surfaces every agentic interaction must make explicit:

1. Intent
2. Inputs
3. Outputs
4. Side effects
5. Budget (tokens, time, money)
6. Safety class
7. Provenance
8. Failure modes
9. Promotion eligibility

If a surface is missing, the call is not contract-compliant and the Inspector Pipeline will not promote behavior derived from it.