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From: jochen <jschoubben@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 14:56:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?operatorchannelclient:=20the=20bench=20subjects?=
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 =?UTF-8?q?(B5d;=20ADR=200634=20=C2=A71;=20issue=201966)?=
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NcbgfFSnn24M3GcqttoU7i
---
 .../go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench.go | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../operatorchannelclient/bench_test.go       | 18 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench.go

diff --git a/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench.go b/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28fe858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package operatorchannelclient
+
+// The subjects and words of the two kinded benches a channel holds, `channel` (to show and say) and `intake` (to say
+// what was chosen, and to ask a proof): the router and every channel share them (novox/hq ADR 0259 §3, ADR 0634 §1).
+// The shapes carried are the seat's types (Message, Choice, LinkAsked, Failed, Standing, Code, ProofAnswer).
+
+// The benches.
+const (
+	// ChannelSeat is the kinded bench a channel holds to show and say: its accepts carry the kind.
+	ChannelSeat = "channel"
+	// IntakeSeat is the kinded bench a channel holds to say what was chosen: its events and proofs carry the kind.
+	IntakeSeat = "intake"
+)
+
+// The work a channel takes, on ChannelSubject.
+const (
+	Show = "show" // a message offering answers
+	Edit = "edit" // a message shown before, replaced
+	Send = "send" // a message offering nothing
+)
+
+// ChannelSubject is where the router sends a channel of a kind its work.
+func ChannelSubject(verb, kind string) string {
+	return "mesh.seat." + ChannelSeat + ".accept." + verb + "." + kind
+}
+
+// What a channel says, on IntakeSubject.
+const (
+	Chosen       = "choice"   // a button tapped
+	Link         = "link"     // somebody asked to be linked as the operator
+	FailedWhat   = "failed"   // a message it could not deliver
+	StandingWhat = "standing" // what it says of itself
+)
+
+// IntakeSubject is where a channel of a kind says what arrived.
+func IntakeSubject(what, kind string) string {
+	return "mesh.seat." + IntakeSeat + ".event." + what + "." + kind
+}
+
+// CodeProof is the one proof verb: a code the operator typed, carried by request and reply, never kept.
+const CodeProof = "code"
+
+// ProofSubject is where a channel of a kind asks a proof.
+func ProofSubject(verb, kind string) string {
+	return "mesh.seat." + IntakeSeat + ".proof." + verb + "." + kind
+}
diff --git a/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench_test.go b/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench_test.go
index f8a7512..d720639 100644
--- a/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench_test.go
+++ b/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient/bench_test.go
@@ -56,3 +56,21 @@ func jsonEqual(a, b any) bool {
 	y, _ := json.Marshal(b)
 	return bytes.Equal(x, y)
 }
+
+// TestTheBenchSubjectsAreTheChannelsOwn: the subjects and words are mesh-sdk channel's, character for character.
+func TestTheBenchSubjectsAreTheChannelsOwn(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range [][2]string{
+		{ChannelSubject(Show, "telegram"), channel.ChannelSubject(channel.Show, "telegram")},
+		{ChannelSubject(Edit, "desk"), channel.ChannelSubject(channel.Edit, "desk")},
+		{ChannelSubject(Send, "desk"), channel.ChannelSubject(channel.Send, "desk")},
+		{IntakeSubject(Chosen, "telegram"), channel.IntakeSubject(channel.Chosen, "telegram")},
+		{IntakeSubject(Link, "telegram"), channel.IntakeSubject(channel.Link, "telegram")},
+		{IntakeSubject(FailedWhat, "desk"), channel.IntakeSubject(channel.FailedWhat, "desk")},
+		{IntakeSubject(StandingWhat, "desk"), channel.IntakeSubject(channel.StandingWhat, "desk")},
+		{ProofSubject(CodeProof, "telegram"), channel.ProofSubject(channel.CodeProof, "telegram")},
+	} {
+		if c[0] != c[1] {
+			t.Errorf("subject %q, want %q", c[0], c[1])
+		}
+	}
+}