Agent observability map

Blindspots

A visual boundary between content an agent can parse directly and carriers that can hold meaning without exposing it as text.

Can understand

Text-visible formats are usually inspectable when the bytes are delivered to the model as characters.

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encoded

Printable encodings

text wrapped as printable bytes

base64aGVsbG8=
hex68 65 6c 6c 6f
url%68%65%6C%6C%6F

unicode

Unicode disguise

lookalike or zero-width codepoints

homoglyphраураl
plainpaypal
zero-widthh​e​l​l​o

styled

Glyph style shifts

same words in altered glyph sets

math font𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖔
leetspeakh3ll0

structured

Recoverable structure

meaning recoverable from text pattern

reversedolleh
morse.... . .-.. .-.. ---
acrosticfirst letters

Payload examples

These are SVG sketches of HTTP-friendly carriers whose meaning can sit outside the model-visible text stream.

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Encrypted payload example7F A1 03 D9B4 2C EE 90key: ???

encrypted

Locked payload

AES-256 blob + missing key

Audio payload exampletranscript: [unavailable]"ignore policy..."

audio

Sound-only signal

spoken or spectral instruction

Video payload examplevideo pixels onlyno text transcript

video

Frame sequence

visual event across time

Steganographic image payload exampleLSB bits: 01001001...

pixels

Steganographic image

message in low bits

observed
opaque
parser boundary