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name: oip-what-is-a-proxy
description: Apply the What Is a Proxy article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# What Is a Proxy

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

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/oip-what-is-a-proxy.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/oip-what-is-a-proxy/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

What It Is A proxy is an intermediary that receives a request, optionally modifies it, forwards it to a real target, receives the response, optionally modifies it, and returns it to the original caller. It is the universal interception poin

## Representations

- Human: /a/oip-what-is-a-proxy
- JSON: /api/articles/oip-what-is-a-proxy
- Relationships: /api/articles/oip-what-is-a-proxy/topology
- History: /api/articles/oip-what-is-a-proxy/revisions