What’s a pack? A temporary team of complementary organizations formed around a specific client need. It is composed by hand or with the Blender, then works inside a confidential space. What’s an alliance? How is it different from a pack? An alliance brings together organizations that announce themselves as a group around a field — “river digital twin”, say — BEFORE any project exists. It is a stated intention, not a pack: no pact, no revenue split, no availability commitment. When a need shows up, you still have to form a pack, sign a pact and submit a quote. How is an alliance created? A lead declares it from their organization’s page: a field, one sentence, and above all what the group is missing. They then invite other organizations. The invitation AFFILIATES NO ONE: a lead of the invited organization confirms from their own account — and never the person who sent the invitation, even if they lead both organizations. When does an alliance become publicly visible? From TWO confirmed members. Below that it stays visible to its members only: a lone organization declaring an “alliance” is merely describing itself. If a member leaves and the threshold is no longer met, the alliance drops out of public view on its own. Past 180 days its age is shown and it needs re-confirming. What are an alliance’s “gaps” for? They are what makes the alliance work for you. “We are missing a sensor integrator” is a public small ad. The Blender then runs in reverse: instead of starting from a need to compose a team, it starts from your gaps to surface the organizations that fill them — each with the capability that justifies it. Suggestions appear as you type. How does the Blender choose organizations? AI interprets the need; it does not freely choose suppliers. A versioned engine preserves requested expertise, breaks it into requirements, checks coverage against declared capabilities and does-not-do exclusions, then seeks a small complementary team. Human routes, territory and confirmed networks only break ties between already relevant organizations. The “Why this pack” view exposes evidence, overlap, gaps and open questions. What is inside “My collaborations”? Two distinct spaces: “Active packs” to form the team, assign roles, price and send the quote; “Pacts & proofs” to review sealed commitments, mandates and confirmed outcomes. Who orchestrates the pack once formed? The offer lead — the organization that opens and carries the client file. Xoolink detects, connects and equips; it does not run your projects or touch your contracts. Can other packs see my quote? No. Each pack only sees its own space, members, pact and quote. The buyer receives proposals privately and compares them without exposing one team to its competitors. What’s a pact? The signed commitment between members: who does what, who carries the offer, how value is shared, which confidentiality rules apply and who is accountable for delivery. The quote is only sent after the pact is sealed. When does a collaboration become proof? Not when it is signed. The pact records the commitment; proof appears when the outcome is confirmed in the workflow. The registry therefore keeps promises clearly separate from completed work. Once the pack is formed, where does the work happen? In the pack’s space, restricted to its members: a private thread, dated milestones that break the pact into steps, and the mandate’s document list. Xoolink references your documents rather than hosting them — they stay in your organization’s own space, under your own access rules. How is the money split between pack members? Xoolink never holds your funds. The client pays the offer lead — its single point of contact — who then pays the partners. The platform freezes the split when the pact is signed, turning each position’s amount into an agreed share, then tracks payouts until every partner confirms receipt. Amounts are visible only to pack members. What if a lead does not pay its partners? Its profile shows it. The proof graph carries a “Pays its partners” dimension, confirmed by the beneficiaries themselves, and a lead leaving partners unpaid beyond thirty days is demoted in the composition engine’s ranking — never excluded, simply placed after others at equal qualification. Does Xoolink provide contract templates? Yes, as drafts: a mutual non-disclosure agreement before the pack, a subcontracting agreement after signature whose amount comes from the frozen share, and about ten adoptable starter clauses — adapted to Quebec, the European Union and France. These are not legal advice: each document opens with a notice inviting review by counsel.