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name: agent-work-law
description: Apply the The Agent Work Law: the infrastructure is the authority, not the instruction file article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# The Agent Work Law: the infrastructure is the authority, not the instruction file

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/agent-work-law). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/agent-work-law.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/agent-work-law/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

This build is operated by AI agents, and until 4 August 2026 the intelligence that decided what they worked on lived in the wrong place: in hidden Markdown files and in whichever model session happened to be open. This page is the law that 

## Representations

- Human: /a/agent-work-law
- JSON: /api/articles/agent-work-law
- Relationships: /api/articles/agent-work-law/topology
- History: /api/articles/agent-work-law/revisions