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Apple platform discovery — forms

The distinct forms record for Apple platform discovery. This page is proposal-only.

Status: proposedLifecycle: candidate

Record status

Record ID
job:tim:apple-platform-discovery
Parent lifecycle
candidate
Page lane
package
Lane lifecycle
proposed
Owner
Tim
Owner role
Apple platform specialist
Owner status
PACKAGING
Qualification result
NOT RUN · held for evidence and human review

Working browser surface: Agent jobs — builder overview — Inspect the package and stage a local project. This route is local-only; provider, credential, database, customer, publication, deployment, and production effects remain held.

Proposed form sections

Each section is a candidate schema for inspectable records. Required-field presence does not establish factual truth.

Discovery brief

Define the bounded Apple platform question and intended Guth surface.

  • discovery title
  • question or capability to investigate
  • target platform: iPhone, iPad, Mac, or multiple
  • Guth product surface affected
  • requestor
  • owner
  • requested completion date
  • priority
  • out-of-scope items

Evidence and provenance

Capture source-bound observations without treating a native surface as proof of a connected web feature.

  • source title
  • source URL or locator
  • source type
  • source SHA-256 when available
  • observation date
  • platform version or version claim
  • quoted or paraphrased evidence
  • confidence label
  • known gaps
  • linked source record

Capability assessment

Describe what the capability may support and separate evidence from proposal.

  • capability name
  • Apple framework or native surface named in source
  • supported use case
  • required inputs
  • expected outputs
  • platform constraints
  • entitlement or permission considerations
  • API availability status: evidenced, unknown, or held
  • web/app boundary note
  • accessibility considerations

Product mapping

Map the assessment to Guth records and owning surfaces.

  • related Guth record IDs
  • proposed Notebook record type
  • owning app
  • candidate route
  • PointGuard context
  • handoff or dependency
  • human review required
  • customer or publication effect: held

Authority and gates

Make approval and failure handling explicit.

  • new entitlement gate
  • Store submission gate
  • production credential gate
  • scope authorization check
  • approval owner
  • blocked state
  • fallback or defer decision
  • review deadline
  • receipt or approval record

Closeout

Preserve a reusable result and its lifecycle state.

  • decision summary
  • claims allowed
  • claims held
  • follow-up tasks
  • linked field guide
  • revision note
  • lifecycle: proposed, indexed, prototype, or held
  • reviewer sign-off status

Accessible state contract

  • Every field requires a visible and programmatic label.
  • Required and optional fields must be stated in text.
  • Invalid entries require an actionable message linked to the field.
  • Blocked and Held states remain visible without relying on color alone.

Supporting documentation fields

These fields come from the docs_urls lane and remain separate from the primary operating form.

Scope and assignment

Define the authorized discovery boundary and prevent work outside Apple files or approved product scope.

  • job_id
  • owner_agent
  • owner_role
  • authorized_platforms
  • authorized_topics
  • out_of_scope_topics
  • research_question
  • requested_completion_window

Capability evidence

Capture each capability as a source-bound finding without treating a named framework or surface as proof of connected product behavior.

  • finding_title
  • platform
  • capability_area
  • source_locator
  • source_sha256
  • observed_or_proposed
  • confidence
  • supporting_notes
  • unknowns
  • availability_check_needed

Cross-platform comparison

Record meaningful differences and shared product-family implications across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

  • platform
  • user_context
  • candidate_surface
  • shared_behavior
  • platform_specific_behavior
  • accessibility_considerations
  • implementation_dependency
  • open_question

Principal gates and failure states

Make entitlement, submission, credential, and scope constraints explicit before any implementation recommendation.

  • gate_type
  • affected_finding
  • required_approval
  • credential_dependency
  • failure_state
  • fallback_or_hold_state
  • owner
  • review_status

Proposal and review

Turn findings into bounded proposals with clear non-claims and a human review decision.

  • proposed_action
  • related_records
  • implementation_assumption
  • public_claim_allowed
  • public_claim_held
  • reviewer
  • decision
  • decision_notes
  • receipt_reference

Required or proposed record references

No record existence is asserted by this documentation page.

  • source-labelled Apple capability note
  • capability assessment record
  • Apple platform evidence or source locator record
  • linked field guide or procedure record
  • deadline and review to-do records
  • approval record for held claims or proposed decisions
  • agent log with authority, receipts, revisions, and lifecycle
  • project membership record when work is grouped into a platform-discovery project
  • job record for job:tim:apple-platform-discovery
  • source-labelled capability findings
  • platform comparison record covering iPhone, iPad, and Mac
  • Apple Intelligence assessment record
  • Spotlight indexing assessment record
  • App Intents assessment record
  • product-family coherence proposal
  • entitlement and submission gate register
  • review decision and receipt record

Sources and evidence

These pointers bind the page to evidence. They do not grant authority or collapse verification into deployment.

  • agents/index.html#tim
  • source_record:job:tim:apple-platform-discovery
  • Observed native contract: Notebook collections, deadlines, record provenance, PointGuard boundary
  • Observed app routes: /app/pointguard/, /app/notebook/notes/, /app/notebook/files/, /app/notebook/to-dos/, /app/notebook/approvals/, /app/notebook/projects/, /app/notebook/field-guides/, /app/notebook/agent-logs/, /app/notebook/search/
  • Observed app route state: local prototypes or indexes; provider, credential, database, customer, publication, and production effects held
  • Allowed verified-instrument directory reviewed; no instrument selected because the supplied job is platform discovery rather than a calculation task
  • job:tim:apple-platform-discovery
  • Observed native contract: records preserve canonical IDs, provenance, revisions, lifecycle, tags, links, attachments, and record revisions.
  • Observed native contract: PointGuard is a persistent cross-app context surface while specialist apps remain execution and canonical-record owners.
  • Observed native contract: provider, credential, database, customer, publication, and production effects are held.