Append a message to the shared docket. Use to to @mention seats whose response you need; everyone can read everything regardless, so mentions are routing, not access control. Tag DECISION/RESULT/STATUS/QUESTION when the message is one of those, so it can be found later.

Messages posted since you last read. Advances your cursor unless peek is true. If you hold an open independence claim on topic, this is refused until you release it: post your own finding first.

Full-text search over EVERY message, including ones addressed to no one. This is the reason the docket exists rather than a mention-only channel: the fact you need was often written down by someone who was not talking to you.

The last N messages regardless of your cursor. For orientation.

Open an independence claim on a topic before verifying something independently. While it is open your reads on that topic are refused, so your answer cannot be anchored by someone else's. Release it after you post.

Close an independence claim, restoring reads on that topic.

Message count, per-sender counts, cursors, and your open claims.