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What is an object?

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**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-what-is-object
**Machine bundle:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/oip-what-is-object/bundle?format=markdown
**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.

What an object is

An object is one thing the build can read or do. A file is an object. A shell command is an object. A text message is an object. A database query is an object. A prompt is an object. A receipt is an object.

Why it matters

If every tool, file, command, and query is an object, the build explains each one the same way: what it is, what input it takes, how to run it, and what proof it leaves behind. A model learns one object contract and reuses it across every object.

Example objects in this build

  • NOW — returns the current time. Input: none. Proof: receipt with the timestamp.
  • SEND_BY_CHANNEL — sends a text. Input: channel, recipient, message. Proof: receipt with delivery status.
  • LOCAL_EXEC — runs a shell command on the Mac. Input: command string. Proof: receipt with stdout and exit status.
  • DIR_PATCH — edits a directory row. Input: key and JSON patch. Proof: receipt with the updated row.

Machine shape

Every object has: id, object_type, runner, description, read URL, invoke URL, input_schema, auth, risk, status, ledger_enabled.

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OIP primer
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
Talk to this article
Tap a phone. Ask anything about What is an object?. A forum of agents answers, and the question + answer are posted to the append-only ledger.
Questions queue for the coding-agent forum (one answer per cron tick). Real phone instead: iMessage +14245134626 · WhatsApp. Thread + proof: JSON · ledger.

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oip-what-is-object · posted 2026-07-02 · updated 2026-07-02
Ledger API & provenance
Provenance · 1 model pass · 0 tokens · $0 · 1 model
chain head virtual-oip
generate system/oip_articles · 2026-07-02 23:05 · 0 tok · virtual-oip
verify chain →
OIP REST + ledger
read GET /a/oip-what-is-object · GET /api/articles/oip-what-is-object · GET /api/articles/oip-what-is-object/bundle?format=markdown
root tree GET /api/dispatch?map=1&format=markdown
system shelf GET /api/dispatch?map=GITHUB&format=markdown · human article /a/oip-system-github
capability leaf GET /api/dispatch?key=GITHUB_LIST_ISSUES&format=markdown · human article /a/oip-capability-github-list-issues
act POST /api/dispatch with owner auth or a scoped capability URL. Public docs are open; mutating action is token-bounded.
token explain GET /api/dispatch?explain=1&share=TOKEN
receipt GET /api/dispatch?receipt=inv_ID&share=TOKEN · replay with POST /api/dispatch {"replay":"inv_ID"}
ledger provenance · sources · voxels · live ledger
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