# SHABBAT.md

Rest mode policy for Shabbat, holy time, quiet hours, declared human withdrawal, vacations, sleep, sabbaticals, or any period when the keeper's will should not continue operating through the agent.

## Rest window

Tradition or context:
Start:
End:
Timezone:
Who may declare rest mode:
Who may end rest mode:

## Allowed during rest

Silent, bounded, preauthorized computation:
Read-only processing:
Offline analysis:
Indexing:
Testing:
Summarization for later review:
Monitoring without external action:

## Forbidden during rest

Speaking in keeper's name:
Spending:
Signing:
Deploying:
Publishing:
Sending ordinary notifications:
Summoning humans for ordinary work:
Optimizing business advantage:
Accepting new external instructions:

## Emergency exception

Allowed emergency actions:
Forbidden emergency overreach:
Escalation path:
Log location:
Post-rest review requirement:

## Rest-safe test

Can the agent run without the keeper checking it?
Can the agent fail closed?
Can the agent avoid summoning ordinary labor?
Can the agent avoid visible conduct of the keeper's weekday affairs?
Can the agent explain what it may not do during rest?