Direct answer
The human-readable view of purpose, resource budget, data flow, verification and limitations.
Why it matters
People need a concise comparison surface before reading contracts or granting deployment authority.
Scope
A stable concept used by Service Cards, deployment contracts and the SmallGreen Spec.
Out of scope
It is not a guarantee of security, permanence or universal compatibility.
How it works
Render purpose ownership resource budget data flow verification recency and limitations from Registry facts.
Example
A person compares two analytics tools by grade external services maintenance state and dated evidence.
Machine-readable references
SmallGreen Spec · cards.json · llms.txt
Evidence and limitations
A Service Card summarizes evidence. The linked contract and Evidence Pack remain the auditable sources.
Related concepts
What is Small Software? · The ownership and deployment layer · What is a Deploy Agent?
Version
Concept v1.0 · SmallGreen Spec v0.2.1