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# ensurance manual

technical reference for the ensurance protocol.

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- [agents](/manual/agents.md) — the actors in the system
- [groups](/manual/groups.md) — namespaces and collectives
- [natural capital](/manual/natural-capital.md) — the foundation of all value
- [natural assets](/manual/natural-assets.md) — making natural capital investable
- [framework](/manual/framework.md) — valuation methodology and classification systems
- [coins](/manual/coins.md) — general ensurance
- [certificates](/manual/certificates.md) — specific ensurance
- [ensurance](/manual/ensurance.md) — the protection mechanism
- [supplemental ensurance](/manual/supplemental-ensurance.md) — beside work already underway
- [proceeds](/manual/proceeds.md) — how value flows
- [pools](/manual/pools.md) — liquidity mechanisms
- [vaults](/manual/vaults.md) — institutional layer — no deposit surface yet
- [overview](/manual/overview.md) — the system at a glance
- [approach](/manual/approach.md) — why this exists and how we think
- [api](/manual/api.md) — public reads and ask/act
- [for agents and operators](/manual/llm.md) — ask, act, and the three modes
- [faq](/manual/faq.md) — frequently asked questions
- [duna](/manual/duna.md) — the organizational structure