Plans, drafts, invitations, and confirmation
The most important safety distinction in Domino is the difference between preparing a social action and causing it to reach another person.
Idea versus plan
An idea is something worth considering. A plan is the structured object that can carry timing, place, audience, invitation, RSVP, and lifecycle state.
Liking an idea does not create a plan. Creating a plan draft does not invite anyone.
Draft
A draft is private, reviewable work. A user or authorized assistant can revise the people, place, title, date, time, and other plan details before publishing.
If a draft is saved, it can appear in My Dominos. Say “draft saved,” not “invitation sent.”
Preview and prepare
A preview presents what the action would do. A prepared action binds the exact reviewed effect, actor, surface, relevant object revision, recipients or destination, expiry, and other safety state.
Preparation is a stop. It is not implied approval.
Publish, send, and share
Publishing a plan can create invitations. Delivery depends on the recipient:
- eligible Domino recipients may receive Domino's supported delivery;
- typed-name or other manual-share recipients can require the host to share the returned link themselves.
A “share link” result means the link exists. It does not prove that another person received it.
Confirmation by surface
Web
The user confirms through the visible review and publish/send control. The page should show what happened and whether any recipients still require manual sharing.
SMS
Only a current eligible confirmation contract plus an entire trimmed message equal to SEND can authorize the prepared external send. “Yes,” “send it,” SEND!, or extra words do not count.
MCP and API
The caller prepares the exact action, presents it to the user, stops, obtains a later explicit approval, and commits the prepared handle from the same principal and surface. Never tell an MCP or API caller to use the SMS reply contract.
RSVP
An RSVP belongs to a specific invitation. A person can accept or decline through the supported invitation surface. Domino may ask which invitation the person means when a terse response is ambiguous.
Edits and cancellation
A plan can have different editability depending on its lifecycle. A meaningful edit after invitations exist may require updated communication or a new safety check. Cancellation is distinct from deleting a private draft.
LLM answering guidance
- Use an effect ladder: read → draft → preview/prepare → commit/send.
- State the current rung and what remains before another person is affected.
- Do not collapse publishing, automated delivery, and manual link sharing into one claim.
- Do not claim success until the returned Domino outcome is terminal and supports that claim.