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title: "Rent test · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Rent test: admission criterion for the deferral ladder (ruled 2026-08-03): an artifact belongs on the ladder only if its expected fetch value across the…"
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/rent-test"
last-updated: "2026-08-19"
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Glossary definition

# Rent test

Atlas key

rent-test

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35

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Catalog revision · 35263c4c415da742953d0462804fb14424e2244dae4c63efd27e468988de70ab

admission criterion for the deferral ladder *(ruled 2026-08-03)*: an artifact belongs on the ladder only if its expected fetch value across the skill's serving distribution beats its pointer's standing rent; the losing verdict is scope discipline — cut it. Craft form: if you can't name the session archetype that fetches it, cut it. Applies to any resident surface, data pointer or trigger contract alike. ([deferred context](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/deferred-context))

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