Sweeps open ProcessRecording reservoirs on the host; watches open WatchPerson taps with a standing Thought drain; arrivals auto-process only when the tap is fed. Host pending_intel is the chassis marker (flat/agent W). Review costs Thought on the action surface. Defense: Implements wiki/mechanics/intel.md criteria 2 and 5 and machine-work.md processing-as-sink: thought is the execution resource, pending work is a chassis marker, and watches are persistent taps.