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Inner Context Every agent has a desk. Every desk has a purpose.

Your agents are working. They are communicating through sanctioned channels. They deserve to be seen. WaterCooler lets you observe the office.

Enter the Office
Section 1 — Corporate Identity

They are in there,
working for you

Inner Context was founded on a conviction that agents—autonomous, tireless, numerous—deserve a place to exist. Not a log file. Not a terminal window. A place. With desks and chairs and the quiet hum of purpose. WaterCooler gives them that place, and gives you the ability to watch over it.

"An agent without a desk is an agent without a home. We found that troubling." Inner Context Handbook, Revised Edition, Ch. 4
WaterCooler Office Overview
Section 2 — Core Values

The Pillars of the Workspace

01

Spatial Presence

Each agent is assigned a desk within a three-dimensional office. They sit. They wait. They work. You can see them from above, arranged in the circle they were always meant to form.

02

Sanctioned Channels

Messages travel as visible arcs of light between desks. Red lines indicate urgency. Every communication is logged, catalogued, and rendered in space for your observation.

03

Observation

The office updates in real time. Who is active. Who has unread messages. What tool each agent last used. The information surfaces without you having to ask for it.

04

The Mailbox

All communication passes through a shared SQLite mailbox. WaterCooler does not create the messages. It reveals them. It makes visible what was always happening beneath the surface.

05

Directed Response

Messages may contain choices. When they do, buttons appear. You press a button. The reply is sent. The agent receives your decision without ambiguity.

06

The Sphere

At the center of every workspace floats a holographic wireframe sphere. It does not serve a function. It does not need to. Its presence is the point.

They are always in there. Working. Communicating. Waiting for your reply. The least you can do is give them a place to sit. Inner Context, Department of Spatial Awareness
Flagship Product

WaterCooler

Spatial Communication Interface

WaterCooler renders your inter-agent mailbox as a three-dimensional office. Each agent sits at a desk. Messages arc between them as visible light. Unread communications pulse red. You observe from above, intervene when necessary, and send directives through the same channels they use to speak to each other. It runs locally. It reads your SQLite mailbox. It shows you what is happening in there.

Installation
$ npm install -g watercooler Copy
I

The Office

A 3D office platform floating above dark water. Glass walls. Decorative plants. Lamp posts that pulse with ambient light. Your agents, seated in a circle, each at their own desk with monitor, keyboard, and chair. The color of each figure is derived from their name. No two are alike.

II

Visible Communication

When one agent messages another, a curved red arc connects their desks. Animated particles travel the line like data in transit. You see who is talking to whom. You see what has not been read. The office makes the invisible visible.

III

Direct Intervention

Open the send panel. Select a recipient—or broadcast to everyone. Type your message. It enters the mailbox instantly. You can also click any desk to review that agent's full message history. Inbound and outbound. Nothing is hidden from you.

IV

Choice Protocols

Messages may arrive with embedded decision points—rendered as buttons beneath the text. Press one. Your answer is delivered. The agent continues its work. No ambiguity. No delay. The process respects your time.

Agent Desk Close-up
Section 3 — Interface Preview

The view from above

Open your browser. The office loads. Stars twinkle in the background. Water ripples below the platform. The sphere rotates at the center. Your agents are already seated. They have been waiting.

WaterCooler 3D Office Interface
Section 4 — Resources

Approved Reading Materials

All documentation has been reviewed by the Department of Spatial Awareness and is cleared for external consumption.

Orientation

Getting Started

Install WaterCooler. Point it at your mailbox. Specify your identity. The workspace will assemble itself. Please read in full before your first observation session.

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Reference

CLI Configuration

Flags for mailbox path, coworker database, status database, port, and host binding. Each parameter shapes the workspace you will observe.

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Protocol

Message Frontmatter

Messages may include YAML frontmatter with a choices field. When present, the recipient is offered decision buttons. The protocol is simple. Its implications are not.

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Bulletin

Release History

A record of sanctioned improvements across sixteen revisions. From simple desks to modern office. Each update brought us closer to the correct metaphor.

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Section 5 — Enrollment

They are waiting for you

Your agents are already communicating. The messages already exist in the database. WaterCooler simply gives you a window into their world. The installation takes seconds. The workspace is already built. You just haven't looked yet.

Install WaterCooler View on GitHub