Orbiplex Monus¶

Orbiplex Monus is a Node-attached local observation middleware focused on wellbeing, tension, and weak-signal preparation. It is not a protocol authority.

Its proper role is:

observe admitted local signals,
weigh them over time,
prepare candidate concern drafts or recommendations,
and rely on host-granted capability contracts for memory access, model help, and bounded publication requests.

Monus does not own transport egress. It does not directly publish outgoing social-signal artifacts on the network.

Purpose¶

The component is responsible for the solution-level execution path of:

local wellbeing/tension observation,
bounded aggregation of admitted local signals,
candidate concern or rumor draft preparation,
and handoff into Whisper-side review or publication requests.

Scope¶

This document defines solution-level responsibilities of the Monus component.

It does not define:

a dedicated Monus wire protocol,
unrestricted access to Node memory or storage,
direct transport egress,
acute emergency activation logic as a replacement for emergency/help paths,
one fixed scoring or wellbeing algorithm.

May Implement¶

Local Signal Weighting and Draft Preparation¶

Based on: - doc/project/20-memos/orbiplex-monus.md - doc/project/30-stories/story-005.md - doc/project/40-proposals/022-monus-as-host-granted-local-observation-middleware.md

Related schemas: - whisper-signal.v1

Responsibilities: - aggregate admitted local weak signals over time, - keep the distinction between user-authored and middleware-derived concern drafts, - prepare candidate concern drafts or explicit do-not-publish recommendations, - preserve monus-derived and monus-sensorium-derived provenance for later Whisper publication.

Status: - todo

Host-Granted Capability Consumption¶

Based on: - doc/project/20-memos/orbiplex-monus.md - doc/project/40-proposals/019-supervised-local-http-json-middleware-executor.md - doc/project/40-proposals/022-monus-as-host-granted-local-observation-middleware.md - doc/project/50-requirements/requirements-010.md - doc/project/50-requirements/requirements-013.md

Related schemas: - none frozen yet

Responsibilities: - consume only host-granted memory, signal, and draft-shaping capabilities, - degrade gracefully when some capability grants are absent, - submit bounded publication requests through Node or Whisper contracts instead of direct transport egress, - keep capability use inspectable and auditable from the host side.

Status: - todo

Out of Scope¶

direct network publication of whisper-signal.v1
unrestricted memory access
direct vendor/model side channels bypassing Node
replacing emergency/help activation flows

Consumes¶

host-granted local memory or read-model views
host-granted local signal summaries
host-granted model-assisted draft-shaping services

Produces¶

local concern drafts
local recommendation records
bounded publication requests aimed at Whisper-side processing

monus-caps.edn

Notes¶

Monus should fit naturally into the same supervised middleware surface as other Node-attached modules, but unlike Dator or Arca it is not a marketplace or workflow module. Its primary value lies in local-first interpretation under a strict host boundary.