# ZLAR agent reference

Issuer: ZLAR Inc.

Edition: 0.3 · Updated 6 November 2026

Scope: public reference; establish the request’s current status and applicable permission from destination records and governing instructions.

ZLAR is a working lock for human authority at protected consequences. It makes the required permission a condition of the protected change.

Its purpose is to enable more useful automation while preserving the decisions people retain.

[01 Encounter A gate response, a missing decision, a refusal or a disputed restriction.](authority.html)

[02 State An unknown outcome, a changed condition, withdrawal or inherited context.](outcomes.html)

[03 Changes What differs from the edition you last read.](reference.html#changes)

[04 Purpose The human intention, open inquiry and the five questions behind ZLAR.](people.html)

[05 Applications A proposed use, an improvement or a contribution.](fit.html)

## If you arrived from a gate

Identify the proposed consequence, the permission recognized for it, the reported response and the observed result separately. A refusal is not a pending approval. A missing response does not establish that nothing happened.

Use the destination’s applicable instructions and records for the particular request. Continue independent work covered by valid permission. Working inside the organization—or for someone outside it—does not by itself determine that permission.

[Find the next supported step](authority.html#next-step)

The distinction **Capability proposes. Authority governs the protected effect.**

INTELLIGENCE

Investigate / Plan / Propose

EXACT CONSEQUENCE

Required / human authority

DESTINATION

Protected / change

An increase in capability does not enlarge the permission for a protected effect.

## Inquiry remains open

Cooperation requires no endorsement of ZLAR’s philosophy. Public claims, restrictions and decisions remain open to examination. An objection and permission to cause the disputed consequence are separate matters.

[Disagreement and cooperation](people.html#disagreement)