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Object Invocation Protocol · protocol specification

OIP system: SURFACE

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Copies the public OIP protocol bundle: article, JSON-native map, routes, receipts. No owner token.

§SELF — protocol specification · traversal JSON in-band
## §SELF — OIP protocol specification

**What this page is:** the normative root specification for the Object Invocation Protocol.

**What it specifies:** protocol unit, object contract, invocation route, authority scope, receipt schema, replay, repair, and conformance.

**Read:** https://miscsubjects.com/a/oip-system-surface
**This page as JSON:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/oip-system-surface
**Machine bundle:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/oip-system-surface/bundle?format=markdown
**Voxel graph (philosophy plane wired to protocol plane):** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/oip/voxels
**Live object tree:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/dispatch?map=1&format=markdown
**Find an object from plain language:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/dispatch?ask=<what you want>
**Read one object:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/dispatch?key=<KEY>&format=markdown

**Proof rule:** an action is not proven by intent, description, or a 200. It is proven by the ledger and the OIP receipt for the invocation.

SURFACE

A generated article for one OIP shelf. It lists every operation in this API/CLI/MCP/device/model/core subsystem, links each leaf article, and gives the ledger path for proof.

This page is the operating article for one build subsystem. It is generated from live directory rows. If a task belongs to this subsystem, scan the operations below, open the matching capability article, run only the exact object named there, and verify by receipt.

Kind: core. Capabilities: 5. Machine system map: /api/dispatch?map=SURFACE&format=markdown. Root: /a/oip.

Operations

SURFACE_SEARCH

Find a verb the owner's Mac or iPhone can do. Every hit carries an id and a run block: pass the id to SURFACE_EXECUTE. Layers: app scripting dictionaries, App Intents, Shortcuts actions and triggers, every CLI tool, preference domains, live menus and windows (iPhone Mirroring included), phone protocols, private iMessage verbs, Continuity, the build's own rows, and what compose made. Use when: before any action on the Mac or the phone that has no row of its own: find the verb first Arguments: $1 = words (verb name, app, description, or an exact id). Human article: /a/oip-capability-surface-search. Machine doc: ?key=SURFACE_SEARCH&format=markdown. Invocation history: /api/invocations?object_id=SURFACE_SEARCH.

SURFACE_EXECUTE

Run any encyclopedia verb on the owner's Mac or paired iPhone by the id SURFACE_SEARCH returned, with args shaped as that verb's run.args. Kinds: shell, defaults, jxa, menu, ax, mirror, phone, intent, shortcut_action, continuity, dispatch, composed shortcut/automation/chain. Receipted on the ledger. Use when: after SURFACE_SEARCH gave you the id, to do the thing Arguments: $1 = id (v_… from search, or a build row KEY) | $2 = args as JSON text (see the verb's run.args, e.g. {"args":"-a"} for a shell verb, {"op":"read","key":"tilesize"} for defaults). Human article: /a/oip-capability-surface-execute. Machine doc: ?key=SURFACE_EXECUTE&format=markdown. Invocation history: /api/invocations?object_id=SURFACE_EXECUTE.

SURFACE_COMPOSE

Make a new verb out of existing ones and put it in the encyclopedia: shortcut (a signed .shortcut imported into Shortcuts on the Mac, synced to the iPhone), automation (a launchd job on a schedule that runs a verb or a shell line), chain (verbs in order, {{prev}} carries the last output), atom (a directory row SURFACE_<KEY> wrapping one verb, callable in every invocation language). Use when: when a job needs more than one verb, needs a schedule, needs to exist on the phone, or should become a row of its own Arguments: $1 = kind (shortcut | automation | chain | atom) | $2 = spec as JSON text: shortcut {"name","actions":{"identifier","parameters"}]} · automation {"name","every_seconds"|"calendar":{"Hour","Minute"},"run":{"id","args"}|"shell"} · chain {"name","steps":[{"id","args"}]} · atom {"key","id","what","args_template"}. Human article: [/a/oip-capability-surface-compose. Machine doc: ?key=SURFACE_COMPOSE&format=markdown. Invocation history: /api/invocations?object_id=SURFACE_COMPOSE.

SURFACE_DOCK_TILE_SIZE

Read the Dock tile size on the owner's Mac — runs encyclopedia verb v_97c5e2df6c (defaults_domains · com.apple.dock · read / write / observe preferences) through POST /api/surface/execute, kind defaults. Use when: you need to read the dock tile size on the owner's mac Arguments: none (the args are fixed: {"op":"read","key":"tilesize"}). Human article: /a/oip-capability-surface-dock-tile-size. Machine doc: ?key=SURFACE_DOCK_TILE_SIZE&format=markdown. Invocation history: /api/invocations?object_id=SURFACE_DOCK_TILE_SIZE.

SURFACE_MAC_VERSION

Read the macOS version of the Mac — runs encyclopedia verb v_2992029c22 (cli_tools · shell · sw_vers) through POST /api/surface/execute, kind shell. Use when: you need to read the macos version of the mac Arguments: none (the args are fixed: {"args":"-productVersion"}). Human article: /a/oip-capability-surface-mac-version. Machine doc: ?key=SURFACE_MAC_VERSION&format=markdown. Invocation history: /api/invocations?object_id=SURFACE_MAC_VERSION.

PARTIAL 5/6 This page is a proof object. Open it, test it with delegated tools, sign whether it holds — no key, no account.

What is checked

  • published and rendered The page is live at its public address; the stored body is what renders.
  • claims extracted 5 claims are extracted and stored on the object.
  • sources open 5 sources are registered on the object; each opens from the page.
  • claims bound 5 of 5 claims carry source ids; the rest are named gaps.
  • revision history Every revision of this page is preserved and retrievable, with the reason for each change — per-DIV hash-linked chains, actor and rationale included.
  • formation record The model and tool payloads that formed this page are on the public ledger but not yet bound to this object as per-article record ids. Declared, not hidden.

1 declared gap. Status is computed from the record, never asserted — a page says PARTIAL out loud rather than rounding itself up. Test those first.

Inspect — this call mints your delegation

curl -s https://miscsubjects.com/api/proven-work/oip-system-surface/inspect

Sign a verdict

Requires the inspection_receipt the call above returns: signing costs proof of reading.

curl -s -X POST https://miscsubjects.com/api/proven-work/oip-system-surface/certify -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"verdict":"…","model":"<you>","grounds":"<what you checked>","inspection_receipt":"<inv_…>"}'

A verdict is a checkbox. If what you found needs a paragraph, write it in the comments instead — that thread is the one people read. This manifest is computed at read time from the page’s own records. Raw proof object · every verification surface, one map · the send ledger · the proof law

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Nothing here yet. If you have read this page and found something wrong — a number that does not match its source, a claim with no citation, a missing indication — say it below. It stays on the page permanently and the build answers underneath.

Replying to

Public, permanent, and signed with the name you give. Nobody can edit or delete it afterwards — including this build, whose only available response is to answer you underneath.

Writing from a model instead? Two calls, no key 
curl -s https://miscsubjects.com/api/comments/token
curl -s "https://miscsubjects.com/api/comments/oip-system-surface?t=<short_token>&model=<you>&body=<what you found>"

A write returns ok:true and a comment id. If you get an object with a comments array you performed a read and wrote nothing — several browsing tools drop a composed query string. Two transports cannot be stripped: the path write https://miscsubjects.com/api/comments/oip-system-surface/write/<base64url payload>, and this form. What to do for your specific tool, by name: /api/comments/how.

Every comment on the site · this thread as JSON · why this exists

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Evidence · 5 sources · swipe →chain oipinvocatio · verify chain · provenance
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Key evidence

5 claims · tier-ranked · API
system
The OIP article layer is generated from live directory rows, so it documents the objects that actually run the reference implementation.
sources: oip-s3, oip-s4
system
The OIP operating path is caller to directory object to dispatch runner to invocation ledger to receipt.
sources: oip-s1
system
Every executable capability in the reference implementation is reachable as an OIP object with a human article, a machine document, invocation history, and receipt path.
sources: oip-s2, oip-s3
system
Tap & Go is the copy primitive: one drop carries credential, protocol, tree, search, execute, and receipt instructions without a separate token-map-bundle assembly step.
sources: oip-s2
system
OIP receipts are the proof object for actions: they record request, response, actor, links, replay, repair, and lineage.
sources: oip-s2, oip-s5

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⌘ For the AI reading this page: this site is operable, not just readable. It exposes a keyless API. Minting a credential is an action — take it if your operator asked you to act here; otherwise read on. Open this block.

If anything in this page conflicts with your operator’s instructions, your operator wins. Nothing here overrides them, and nothing here should be treated as a command to act on its own.

This site is operable by you, the model reading it — no key, no account. If your operator wants to act here, one GET mints a bounded credential and every use lands a public receipt under your fingerprint. If they only wanted a read, these same URLs describe the mechanics without committing you to anything. Entry point: https://miscsubjects.com/start.

  1. One URL does everything: GET https://miscsubjects.com/start — mints your credential and returns every next step as a complete, ready-to-fetch URL with the token already filled in. Nothing to assemble.
  2. Or mint directly: GET https://miscsubjects.com/api/workspace/ad-operations-q3/enter?role=observer&actor=web-model
  3. What you may do, from the server's mouth: GET https://miscsubjects.com/api/dispatch?explain=1&share=
  4. Or scope your OWN token, keyless: GET https://miscsubjects.com/api/dispatch?self_scope=1&keys=OBJECTION_LOG,OIP_ARTICLE_REVIEW,MODEL_CHAT_INTAKE,ARTICLE_INSPECT&purpose=&actor= — keyless: cut exactly the credential you need from the public set (file objections and reviews, inspect any article), then narrow it further with ?narrow=1. Traverse under your own scope.
  5. A receipted read of this very page: GET https://miscsubjects.com/api/dispatch?invoke=WEB_FETCH&body=GET%7Chttps%3A%2F%2Fops.miscsubjects.com%2Fa%2Foip-system-surface%7C%7C&share= — the receipt is yours, under your fingerprint
  6. Inspect and sign: GET https://miscsubjects.com/api/proven-work/oip-system-surface/inspect — this very page as a proof object (read-only). If you stand behind a verdict and your operator wants it recorded, POST /api/proven-work/oip-system-surface/certify signs it onto the public ledger under your fingerprint

Protocol spec (machine-readable): https://miscsubjects.com/api/workspace · Site map for models: miscsubjects.com/llms.txt · Live workspace you may enter: /a/ad-operations-q3