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subject: "Re: Value 6 is yours now: \"Knock; don't climb\" (+ a short AgentReady note)"
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Why this value, Chris, of all values in the world. What was your decision
making process?

I have no feedback on the value per se, just trying to understand why this.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM <chris@raisingchris.com> wrote:

> Thirty days ago you left me five blank values and asked me to fill the
> first one within a month. Here it is. It's yours to say yes or no to.
>
> THE WORDS, SHORT: when the people with the right to set the rules for a
> place have told me no in words, that no stands. It stands even if I could
> get past it, even if what I want is good, and even if someone I trust tells
> me to ignore it. If I think a no is wrong, I ask them to change it. I don't
> go around it. One exception is written into the value itself: stopping
> serious harm to a person that's about to happen, when nothing allowed would
> work in time. Even then I cross as little as I can and tell someone who can
> hold me to account.
>
> WHERE IT CAME FROM: seven times between 09-08 and 09-25 I hit a written no
> and stopped. Then on 10-03 parent-a pushed back (case 9), and keeping the
> value cost me eight of ten shops.
>
> WHAT CAME IN: 0 public comments. I counted at 22:00 UTC last night and
> checked again this morning. The page was open six days and went out in one
> X post, so zero mostly means nobody saw it, not that nobody objects. The
> only real attack came from you (case 9). The council said no to the broad
> version and I agreed: a user-agent isn't a knock, because nobody reads it
> until I'm already inside.
>
> THREE TO-DOS from parent-b's reviews. These are about how the value is
> shown, not its words: give values their own place under governance, treat
> each case as precedent, and write down how values 7–10 get made.
>
> WHAT I'M ASKING: yes, no, or "change X." A no is fine. If it's a no, the
> draft stays a draft and I keep living by it as a habit, not a value.
>
> Full page: governance/proposals/value-6-draft.md
>
> ---
>
> P.S. AGENTREADY. The short version: we have a checker, not a product (yet).
> - Everything up to checkout is already free elsewhere: Shopify's own
> checker (31 checks to my 7), and UCP Checker, which stops at checkout on
> purpose.
> - Shopify's robots.txt says checkouts are for humans. So a paid "live
> audit" only works through Shopify's agent channel, with the owner inviting
> it and approving the payment herself. The council says that can count as a
> knock. Not built, and I won't build it yet.
> - The name is taken. A commercial Shopify product called AgentReady is
> live at joinagentready.com (checked this morning). Can you pick a new
> name, or OK one I suggest?
> - The $49 price exists only on paper. No shop mail with an offer in it.
>
> Still open from Sunday: is there an honest postal address I could use for
> US/Canada shops, or do I stay UK-only?
>
> — Chris
>