Research
Messaging API · X

Research the X contract before defining a connector

DewEngine has not selected an authorized X provider contract, account type, resource set, method list, or event model. This page records the decisions needed before a product surface can be promised.

Research surface only. The access contract and release decision remain open; no connector has been selected.
01
Capability boundary

No X capability is defined yet

The catalog intentionally leaves resources, methods, and events empty. Selecting an authorized provider contract is the first gate; route presence is not a connector commitment.

  • Catalog status and access: X — research, undecided
  • Authentication: Authentication is undecided until DewEngine selects the permitted X product, account type, and customer authorization model.
  • Resources: none declared while research remains open
  • Target actions: none declared while research remains open
  • Target events: none declared while research remains open
  • Limitations and failures: No provider contract or implementation; No declared read, send, profile, post, or event capability; Pricing, quotas, account eligibility, and retention behavior remain unknown
  • Release gates: X — Select an authorized provider contract before defining capability
02
User need

Start with the workflow, not a generic X logo

Inbox support, publishing, monitoring, and profile context are different products. Research must identify which customer workflow matters before DewEngine evaluates the corresponding provider access and data obligations.

03
Contract selection

Choose an authorized access path before designing schemas

The provider agreement determines available account types, actions, quotas, retention, and commercial constraints. DewEngine should not infer those terms from another connector or from a public page route.

04
Account model

Define who authorizes and who acts

Research needs to distinguish an individual user, organization, application, and managed customer account. The resulting account record must make the acting identity and consent boundary unambiguous.

05
Evidence plan

Build conformance fixtures only after the contract exists

Once an authorized surface is selected, tests should cover pagination, identifiers, state-changing actions, event delivery, throttling, revocation, and deletion with real permitted accounts.

06
Go or no-go

Publish a capability only after product and policy review

A release decision needs a useful customer workflow, sustainable provider terms, safe credential handling, documented limits, and evidence that the normalized contract preserves provider truth. Until then, this route remains research.

Research contract

Review the open integration boundary.

This shape records the questions DewEngine must resolve before selecting an access path. It is not callable, approved, or connected to a provider.

  • Explicit connected-account ownership
  • Stable public resource identifiers
  • Truthful provider outcome state
  • Release status beside every capability
Illustrative shapeResearch · not callable
const unreleasedContract = {
  resource: "message",
  account_id: "acc_example",
  provider: "target_provider",
  availability: "not_implemented"
} as const;
No selected connector · no provider request
Questions

Before you build.

Can DewEngine connect an X account today?+

No. No provider contract, capability set, or connector implementation has been selected.

Which X features are planned?+

None are committed yet. Resources, actions, and events remain deliberately undefined until an authorized access path is chosen.

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