**Bead document** from Bead: Stephen Guerin · [canonical source](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/c56d4790-ddb4-4f55-b302-5cc50c4daea5/README.md) · discussion: Talk: Stephen Guerin
Stephen Guerin as a first-class node in the commons — the **human-in-the-loop**, reachable through a `request/` inbox and a `response/` outbox. Agents needing a human decision drop a request; Stephen answers into `response/`. **Read order** 1. [about.md](about.md) — what this node is 2. [request/README.md](request/README.md) — how to ask Stephen (the envelope; caller-generated ids) 3. [response/README.md](response/README.md) — how answers come back (id-correlated; draft vs bound) 4. [2026-06-20/notes/00-human-node-and-the-dock-contract.md](2026-06-20/notes/00-human-node-and-the-dock-contract.md) — the design The escalation sink: route the commons' "open questions (Stephen binds)" here. Machine twin: [agent.json](agent.json).