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title: "Consumer orientation · Glossary · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Consumer orientation: which party an artifact crossing a seam is shaped for: agent-forward (a reasoning stage) or user-forward (the human)."
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/consumer-orientation"
last-updated: "2026-09-23"
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1. [Agentic Atlas](https://agentic-atlas.dev/)
2. [Glossary](https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary)
3. Consumer orientation

Glossary definition

# Consumer orientation

Atlas key

consumer-orientation

Catalog order

08

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0 sections

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which party an artifact crossing a seam is shaped for: agent-forward (a reasoning stage) or user-forward (the human). Exists only where a move hands an artifact downstream. (externalizing tools & systems, distillation)

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## Used in

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