Stage: off duty, observing, on duty
Whether a routine runs, and whether it may change anything, is its agent’s stage, set by the world and never by the realm:
| Stage | Wire | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Off duty | off |
Nothing it holds runs. |
| On duty, observing | observing |
Its routines run against a read-only gateway: they read and judge, and every effect is refused and reported. |
| On duty | on |
Its routines run and may take effects. |
The world may set a stage per routine as well as per agent. This replaces the Trigger Binding’s
autonomous flag, which a routine does not have.

