Nameplate Attentionv1.0.0

A coding agent pauses before an interactive secret prompt, like 1Password or a keychain dialog, where the agent cannot type or see values. It fires a Nameplate alert explaining which credential is needed and why, so the developer walks over, approves the read, and the agent resumes.

A release pipeline step needs a human click — for example a production deploy gate or a code-signing password prompt — and the agent is otherwise stuck. Nameplate puts a dismissable topmost card on every display so the on-call engineer sees the blocked build without watching a terminal.

An automated research agent preparing trade suggestions needs a human compliance attestation before an order is staged. A Nameplate card states the ticker, size, and reason, ensuring the operator physically at the desk acknowledges the request instead of it disappearing into logs.

An agent assisting with patient-data lookups hits an approval wall for a protected record or a password-protected clinical portal. It surfaces a colored-border alert with the exact record type and purpose, letting the attending clinician approve on the spot while maintaining an auditable, reason-tagged trail.

A home-lab or solo-developer agent suspends work when it needs a password-manager unlock, a 2FA push, or a decision on which account to use. A Nameplate card explains the pause so the owner, who may be in another room, knows to come back to the Mac and unblock it.

The `nameplate` helper binary and CLI are free and open source, driving adoption among agent developers and tinkerers. A paid Nameplate.app unlocks themes, multi-display presets, priority-card queuing, and analytics for teams, monetizing the polished Mac experience while keeping the CLI itself an easy dependency.

Companies pay per seat for team-wide deployment of Nameplate with centralized configuration, audit logs of every attention request (who was alerted, why, when it was dismissed), and SSO integration. This turns a simple alert utility into a compliance and operations tool for regulated agent deployments.

Agent-runtime vendors, IDEs, and CI platforms license the Nameplate attention protocol and binary so their agents can natively summon a human with a consistent, branded card-and-border experience. Revenue comes from per-seat or per-installation license fees plus support and custom theming.