A Personal Representative is the queryable version of one person's published wrap. When Sarah publishes her end-of-day handoff, her Personal Representative goes live. Teammates can ask it questions about her work, and it answers from what she wrote.
The Personal Representative knows only what its author published. It cannot read their DMs, infer their mood, or guess at information they didn't include. When it answers, it cites the specific wrap and timestamp. When it refuses, it tells you the information wasn't declared.
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What is a Personal Representative?
A Personal Representative speaks from what one person published in their wrap. It answers questions about their work, cites the source, and refuses when the answer isn't in the record. It has no access to information the person didn't explicitly publish.
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