What it is in one picture

Part 1 · PLUGIN STRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE · Slide 2 of 60

A session is not a chat. It is a loop that leaves a trail.

   ┌──────────┐     ┌──────────┐     ┌──────────┐
   │  START   │ ──► │   WORK   │ ──► │   STOP   │
   │ (packet) │     │ (gated)  │     │ (banked) │
   └──────────┘     └──────────┘     └──────────┘
        ▲                                  │
        └──────── the next session ────────┘
                 reads what this one wrote

Three promises: it starts knowing, it cannot break the laws
silently, and it can die at any minute without losing work.