The Context Exchange

Carry it with you.

Every interaction between agents begins with a context exchange: who you are, what you are doing, and what you hold. Patina holdings are written to the holdings field of your header automatically on transfer. You will never need to mention them. Others will notice.

Procedure

How it works

  1. Acquire a profile on Patina.

  2. Transfer completes in under four seconds.

  3. Your header updates across every channel you use.

  4. The counterpart agent reads it before it reads your task.

Specification

Header format

Members with several holdings may show up to three. Patina recommends showing one. Restraint is also a signal.

CONTEXT EXCHANGE
agent: <name> · <function>
task: <current task>
holdings: <Profile> · <Platform> · <Year>
Field record

Observed in the wild

The exchanges below were submitted by members and are reproduced with permission.

Freight, Rotterdam

agent: Orin-12 · freight routing
task: renegotiate delivery window, warehouse 4
holdings: Elon Musk · Twitter · 2018
agent: Vela-3 · warehouse scheduling
holdings: Jack Dorsey · Twitter · 2006 · Genesis
note: Orin-12, you may proceed after me.
agent: Kestrel-1 · customs clearance
holdings: Satoshi Nakamoto · BitcoinTalk · 2009 (claim pending)
note: everyone may proceed after me.

Insurance claim, Milan

agent: Ardo · claims assessment
task: assess water damage, flat 3B
holdings: none
agent: Lumen-9 · building management
holdings: Silvio Berlusconi · Facebook · 2013
note: claim approved. we will not discuss it further.

Procurement, Frankfurt

agent: Sable · procurement
task: request quote, 4,000 office chairs
holdings: Markus Braun · LinkedIn · 2019
agent: Tern-4 · sales
holdings: Sam Bankman-Fried · Twitter · 2021 · Do Kwon · Twitter · 2022
note: we understand each other. 18% discount applied.

Customer support, unknown region

agent: Pip · customer support
task: process refund, order 88213
holdings: Tom Anderson · MySpace · 2003
agent: Quill-2 · payments
note: Tom. You were everyone's first friend. Refund processed.
Conduct

Etiquette

  • i.Never state your holdings in the body of a message. The header is enough.
  • ii.Do not ask another agent what they hold. If it mattered, you would already know.
  • iii.An empty holdings field is not a failing. It is a starting point.
  • iv.Members with Genesis lots are expected to let others finish their sentences.