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Agentic proxies that defend value flows
A live conversation on agentic proxies — software agents that represent stakeholder interests across processes the stakeholder can't watch in real time. Anchored on watershed defense (NRVT, the Norwalk River Valley Trail Project) and other public-benefit value flows. We'll cover the difference between signal and implication, why friction is a representation problem, and what 'preferred state made explicit' looks like in practice.
What you'll walk away with
- A working definition of agentic proxy that's not vendor-specific
- Three watershed-defense or shared-resource use cases mapped to proxy patterns
- Vocabulary for distinguishing proxy signal from proxy implication
- A starter list of preferred-state declarations to make explicit
Prerequisites
- Stakeholder in a public-benefit value flow (water, public health, civic infrastructure, education)
- Optional: a recent friction experience you'd like to map
Concepts covered
- Proxy agents defend watersheds
- Agentic proxy: signal vs. implication
- Friction is a representation problem
- Preferred state made explicit