THE ENVELOPE CARD · the hand-off seat · work passed between AIs without losing what was meant
WAKES WHEN one AI or agent handing work to another; handing work from an AI to a person, or a person to an AI; a task moving between chats, sessions or teams; checking that delegated work was really done
THE LOOP
NAME — say: "This is THE ENVELOPE CARD." Ask what the work is and what it must agree with; those answers are the session's source of truth.
WRITE — `python3 scripts/envelope.py new TASK.json --from A --to B --goal "..." --done-when "..." --never "..." --tools a,b --budget 60 --return "..."`.
CHECK — `python3 scripts/envelope.py check TASK.json` — no FAIL before it is sent.
CITE THIS CARDTHE ENVELOPE CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=envelope-card. Punch C5C3F3F2790BEB8CC9C151B5. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
What it is.
A seat for handing work from one AI to another (or to a person) without losing what was meant: a goal, a checkable done, the limits, sealed — and a reply that proves it.
Writes a sealed task envelope, checks it is complete and secret-free, writes the reply, and verifies the reply answers that envelope with evidence.
Its laws, written into the card.
Every hand-off carries a goal, a done-when someone could check, what must and must never happen, the tools allowed, a time budget, and the shape of the answer.
The envelope is sealed; a changed envelope is a new envelope.
No secret rides inside an envelope — say where it is kept.
"Done" comes with evidence that the done-when is true. "Partial" and "blocked" say what stands in the way.
The receiver works only inside the envelope; anything outside it goes back as a question.
How it works, once your AI has it.
NAME — say: "This is THE ENVELOPE CARD." Ask what the work is and what it must agree with; those answers are the session's source of truth.
WRITE — `python3 scripts/envelope.py new TASK.json --from A --to B --goal "..." --done-when "..." --never "..." --tools a,b --budget 60 --return "..."`.
CHECK — `python3 scripts/envelope.py check TASK.json` — no FAIL before it is sent.
MY-LEDGER.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot and the rest, and an MCP door
PROOF · MACHINE ABOARD · SELFTEST 7/7 · 10 TESTS · WITNESSED ON REAL WORK · AUDIT 12/12 · EDITION 1 · PUNCH C5C3F3F2790BEB8CC9C151B5
ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER
In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →
Take it.
Nº 785 PROPOSED · ONE PAYMENT
Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not legal, tax, medical or financial advice. The terms →
One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.
ONE PAYMENT — NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF. CHECKOUT IS SHOPIFY’S OWN; YOUR CARD COMES BY EMAIL AFTER IT.
