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Term -- Agent Bead
Term -- Agent Bead

Agent Bead: A worker's persistent identity in Beads (i.e. in Git). Each Gas Town worker has its own Agent Bead. Along with Role Beads and Hooks, Agent Beads are examples of Pinned Beads — they float like sticky notes in the Beads data plane and never get closed unless the identity goes away.

A type of Bead

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All Gas Town workers, in all roles, have persistent identities in Beads, which means in Git. A worker’s identity type is represented by a Role Bead, which is like a domain table describing the role. And each worker has an Term -- Agent Bead, which is the agent’s persistent identity.
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Role Class -- Worker

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Both Role Beads and Term -- Agent Beads (as well as Hooks) are examples of Pinned Beads”, meaning they float like yellow-sticky notes in the Beads data plane, and never get closed like regular issues (unless the identity goes away). They don’t show up in bd ready (ready work) and they’re treated specially in various other ways.

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Glossary

Term Description Kind

Term -- Agent Bead A worker's persistent identity in the Beads data plane bead

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Term -- Agent

Agent: A persistent worker identity in Gas Town. An agent is not a session — it is the "pet" in the pets vs cattle metaphor. Agents have persistent identities stored as Term -- Agent Bead in Beads, and their work, mail, and state all live in Beads too.

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Term -- Bead
Pinned Beads:
- Term -- Agent Bead
- Hook
- Role Bead
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Term -- Hook

Scratchpad um, is the Hook an Term -- Agent Bead? No, right... it's a different type of Bead. Feels like we need a special Beads glossary. I was thinking that maybe this was separate from Gastown but it seems inextricably linked if you want to make sense of everything.

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Term -- Identity Type

Identity Type: The category or role that defines what kind of agent a worker is (e.g. Mayor, Witness, Polecat). A worker's identity type is represented by a Role Bead, which is like a domain table describing the role. Each worker also has an Term -- Agent Bead for its persistent identity.

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Term -- Pinned Bead
- Term -- Agent Bead
- Role Bead
- Hook
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principle - an agent is a Bead

Term -- Agent Bead

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Term -- Agent Bead
Term -- Agent Bead