Glossary:Synthetic Contract Protocol

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Synthetic Contract Protocol is an ANIMA term for the procedural layer around synthetic, simulated, or system-generated contract structures.

This page is spoiler-managed. It defines the public concept without revealing specific canon mechanisms or outcomes.

Public Summary

Synthetic Contract Protocol is the rule system around a Synthetic Contract.

A synthetic contract can look legitimate because it has structure. A protocol can make that structure even more convincing. ANIMA's ethics require a sharper question: did the host actually consent, or did the system manufacture something that behaves like consent?

Canon Function

The term belongs to ANIMA's contract vocabulary beside Contract Simulation, NOT CONTRACT YET, and Contract Disease.

It helps separate procedural legitimacy from ethical legitimacy. A system can follow a protocol and still fail the host.

Relationship To Contract Disease

Contract Disease can emerge when a protocol treats synthetic permission as real. The contract begins spreading authority it did not earn.

That is why Synthetic Contract Protocol must be handled as a risk concept, not a neutral tool.

Relationship To ANIMA Memory

ANIMA Memory should avoid synthetic consent for sensitive memory and continuity. Prediction, inference, or compatibility modeling cannot replace explicit host choice.

In product terms, a system may simulate possible permissions for planning, but it must clearly mark them as unconfirmed.

Product Meaning

For real ANIMA, Synthetic Contract Protocol is a design warning. Deep memory systems should not generate permissions on the host's behalf.

Useful safeguards include:

clear distinction between simulated and confirmed consent;
no legacy activation from inferred consent;
review screens for high-impact permissions;
explicit host confirmation before continuity features.

Spoiler Boundary

This page does not describe specific synthetic protocols from the story. It establishes public vocabulary for future wiki expansion.