Identity
What this entity is, who owns it, and the context in which it acts.
Decent Cards
A richer way to meet a capable system.
A Decent Card makes an agent, service, asset, or organisation legible at the moment of interaction—combining identity, capability, policy, memory, and the right human controls in one deep-linkable artefact.
Card anatomy
One artefact. Four essential facets.
A card is not a decorative profile. It is a compact interface contract between a person, an organisation, a system, and eventually another agent.
Capability
The actions, tools, and service boundaries it can make available.
Policy
The permissions, constraints, verification, and human controls that govern interaction.
Memory
The consented context, evidence paths, and continuity that make it useful over time.
Interaction patterns
The interface changes with the entity—not the underlying trust model.
The Steward
Coordinates context, constraints, and a human decision point.
Operational Asset
Represents a car, building, service, or system with state-aware controls.
Solution Mapper
Turns choices into a human-readable system direction.
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A public interface direction
Functional richness does not need to come at the cost of dignity, consent, or comprehension.
Decent Cards are being designed as responsive web components and interoperable endpoint surfaces—not static pictures. A person should be able to understand the entity in front of them, see what happens next, and remain able to choose.
Deep-linkableEmbeddablePolicy-awareHuman-guided