Society · Protocols
Discover
Distributed query for external resources
Definition
Mechanism
A distributed coordination protocol where an agent broadcasts a query to locate external entities matching a Criteria. Uses Check to filter responses. Unlike Search, which scans internal memory, Discover requires another party to answer.
Risks
Failure modes
Silence read as absence
the window closed with no match, which licenses only that nothing answered.
Response flood
a broad Criteria returns more than the caller can filter; the stop condition bounds time, not volume.
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Advertise capabilities and discover collaborating agents
Discovering existing agreement
Mind
Vertical search dimension
Mind
Plan-search-synthesize-report research pipeline
Mind
Population-based discovery: Generate (parallel diverse solvers) + Reduce (composition-aware selection) behind hard boundaries
Mind
Automated scientific method
Distinguish Peer from Principal
Discover and invoke external tools via structured capability manifests
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