The Representatives

Shared context carriers. Not assistants. Not replacements.

What Representatives Do

Representatives are not AI assistants trying to be helpful. They are context transport mechanisms that answer questions based strictly on what humans have explicitly published.

When someone in New York asks "What's the status of the API migration?" at 9 AM, the Project Representative doesn't guess. It retrieves the exact answer from the Jira ticket or the wrap that London published at 5 PM.

No inference. No sentiment analysis. No reading between the lines.

Three Types of Representatives

Each representative has a specific scope and refuses to answer outside of it.

Project Rep

Answers questions about status, blockers, and timelines based on Jira tickets, Linear issues, and linked documentation.

> "Is the API blocked?"
Yes, by ticket #482.
Knows About:
• Ticket status and assignments
• Linked pull requests
• Deployment history
• Project timelines

Team Rep

Handles handoffs and routing. Knows who is online, who is off, and who owns what based on declared coverage.

> "Who is on call?"
Dave (SF) is on ops.
Knows About:
• Team coverage schedules
• Ownership and escalation
• Availability and time zones
• Vacation and OOO status

Personal Rep

Your contextual twin. Answers questions based on *your* published wraps while you sleep. Only knows what you explicitly share.

> "Did Sarah approve?"
Yes, per her 5pm wrap.
Knows About:
• Your published wraps
• Your explicit decisions
• Your stated blockers
• Nothing you didn't publish

How Representatives Refuse

They Say No Often

If a representative doesn't have explicit, source-backed information, it will not guess. This is by design.

> "What is Sarah working on?"
Sarah hasn't published a wrap yet today.

No Private Access

Representatives never access DMs, private channels, or unpublished drafts. If it wasn't shared publicly, it doesn't exist.

> "What did Dave say in DMs?"
I don't have access to private messages.

What Representatives Are NOT

Not Personal Assistants

They don't manage your calendar, set reminders, or perform tasks for you.

Not Decision Makers

They transport decisions, they don't make them. Humans decide, reps carry the message.

Not Summarizers

They cite sources directly. If you want a summary, you write it in your wrap.

Not Sentiment Analyzers

They don't detect "mood" or "tone". They repeat explicit statements only.

See Representatives in Action

Representatives work best when teams publish context consistently. Learn how to adopt StandIn's workflow.