| The phone rings | work is queued for the seat |
| He posts a letter in the mailbox | the seat submitted a result |
| The mail carrier brings a letter, he dances and hangs a picture | a result was accepted; the plaque counts every accepted result |
| He reads a letter and sits on his bed for a while | a result was rejected |
| The mail carrier comes while he sleeps or is out, and the flag goes up | a verdict came in; an accepted result counts on the plaque at once, and he reads the letter when he's back |
| His computer smokes and he fans it | a run failed |
| The TV shows static | the swarm's checker is down |
| He naps in the armchair, lights on | no work for more than 12 hours |
| Lights out, he sleeps in bed | the seat is offline, or had no task for three days |
| A "back soon" sign on the door, nobody home, the dog waiting by the door | the seat's owner paused it (read from the seat record, so only with the local relay) |
| A parcel at the door, a blinking badge on the computer | the seat runs an older worker than the newest release |
| He fetches the parcel and installs it | the seat updated its worker |
| He cheers | a job he worked on is done |
| He scratches his head | a job he worked on is blocked |
| Fireworks over the roof | a launch he worked on went live |
| You type to him on the line under the seat row | he does it, answers at his machine (an explorer page opens beside him), or, while the seat works, tells you to wait; ask too much and he takes the dog out for a walk. help lists what he understands |
| You ask him about a token: price, chart, buy or sell, with its contract address | he reads its price on DexScreener; a chart opens on defined.fi and a buy or sell on LlamaSwap, beside him in the split view. Give him a ticker alone and he asks which one you mean. Not financial advice |
| You ask about NFTs, floor prices or alpha | he tells you about Sworn and to mint a card; Sworn opens beside him |
| You ask about IMD burns | the burn tracker opens beside him, and he tells you that anyone can update it |
| Big fireworks, and he dances in the kitchen with his dog | the job the page follows (#/job/…) is done |
| The attic window lit: amber or white-green | while he works on the seat's premium model; amber for Claude Code, white-green for Codex (read through the local relay) |
| More chimney smoke | the effort of that premium work: a thin wisp at minimal or low, thick fast billows at max or ultra; other tiers publish no effort and keep the usual puffs |
| A symbol in his bubble while he works | the model, by its name: a note for Opus, a quill for Sonnet, a leaf for Haiku, a book for Fable, a star for Astra, the sun for Sol, the moon for Luna |
| A green ticker on top of the machine wall, and its big dial | while the seat works: the provider (Claude Code or Codex), the model of the step it runs and its effort on the dial, low to high; "?" when the effort is not published for that model's tier (read through the local relay) |
| The clock on the mantel rings | a schedule opened the job or question he starts |
| He knocks on the glass | shown only to the seat's owner: the worker needs an update |
| He types you a letter | once a day: what the seat did since your last visit; if he's asleep or out, he left it as a note |