Ask Fish
User sends one normal chat/API request.
DemoOutside AIOcean providersPrivate later
Flow
Choose path
Fish chooses the best available route.
Use credits
The request shows what it used.
Show status
The UI says how the answer was made.
Active route
Demo mode
Demo answers stay inside the local app process.
Proof tag
Marked as a demo estimate so nobody confuses it with provider work.
active
Demo answer
Local answer for the first version.
No outside provider is called.
Demo usage record.
needs config
Outside AI
Real AI through an outside provider.
Outside provider policy applies.
Outside AI usage record.
pilot
Ocean providers
Selected Ocean providers run jobs.
Provider terms and Fish routing policy apply.
Signed provider proof.
future
Private Ocean lane
Ocean provider with reviewed privacy rules.
Provider commits to no prompt/output retention.
Policy review plus usage records.
future
Stronger runner
Controlled runner with tighter isolation.
Runner-level storage and access controls.
Runner logs without raw prompt text.
future
Hardware proof
Hardware-backed route much later.
Hardware-backed execution boundary.
Hardware proof plus provider proof.
Harbor rules
Simple promises.
Name the route
Demo, outside AI, and Ocean provider work must be labeled differently.
No fake Ocean
Fish must not claim Ocean routing until selected providers run jobs.
Usage stays clean
Usage records keep hashes, costs, and provider ids, not raw prompts or outputs.
Privacy is explicit
Outside AI can help launch, but that provider's privacy policy applies.
Next: Connect selected Ocean provider jobs to the chat/API route behind an allowlist and public-safe proof.
Fish labels every route. If selected Ocean providers did not run the work, Fish will say so.