Glossary · Agents and protocols
resolve answer
A signed, freshness-bounded statement about a domain that an agent can act on: its crawler policy, machine files, capabilities, measured state, and a decision per action with the assurance it reached. It is computed from evidence already held, served in milliseconds, and carries the time after which it should be treated as stale.
What resolve answer means
A signed, freshness-bounded statement about a domain that an agent can act on: its crawler policy, machine files, capabilities, measured state, and a decision per action with the assurance it reached. It is computed from evidence already held, served in milliseconds, and carries the time after which it should be treated as stale. It can replace a crawl of the site for the purpose of deciding what to do there; it cannot describe pages that were never measured, and it says so rather than guessing.
What resolve answer can and cannot support
| It can support | It cannot support |
|---|---|
| A signed, freshness-bounded statement about a domain that an agent can act on: its crawler policy, machine files, capabilities, measured state, and a decision per action with the assurance it reached. It is computed from evidence already held, served in milliseconds, and carries the time after which it should be treated as stale. | It can replace a crawl of the site for the purpose of deciding what to do there; it cannot describe pages that were never measured, and it says so rather than guessing. |
Where resolve answer comes up on this site
- Release notes 3 Oct 2026: Resolve, census, rulebookOne site's record in either frame is /api/census/records?run=N&domain= ; the resolve answer now links there; it previously could point at the wrong record.
Terms this definition uses
Definitions that name resolve answer
action assurance · data snapshot
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Questions about resolve answer
What is resolve answer?
A signed, freshness-bounded statement about a domain that an agent can act on: its crawler policy, machine files, capabilities, measured state, and a decision per action with the assurance it reached. It is computed from evidence already held, served in milliseconds, and carries the time after which it should be treated as stale.
What does resolve answer not show or guarantee?
It can replace a crawl of the site for the purpose of deciding what to do there; it cannot describe pages that were never measured, and it says so rather than guessing.
Which area of the glossary does resolve answer belong to?
Agents and protocols: How autonomous agents plan, remember, call tools and talk to each other, including MCP and A2A, and where each step can go wrong.
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