--- title: "fill_underwater" url: https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/fill_underwater --- # fill_underwater URL: https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/fill_underwater > The Pool's fill_cap lets the ladder raise a brand-funded fee past what the job leaves: a job filled at the cap loses money. | Fix | Fails in | Exit | |---|---|---| | Lower the Pool's fill_cap, or leave it out so the default holds: the lower of 50% and what the margin leaves. | `services/translation.ts` | 1 | **Owned by** [When no one claims](https://services.dev/docs/people/pool/fill.md): the page that explains what this gate holds. ## What check says ```txt title="npx services.dev check" ✗ The Pool's fill_cap lets the ladder raise a brand-funded fee past what the job leaves: a job filled at the cap loses money. Lower the Pool's fill_cap, or leave it out so the default holds: the lower of 50% and what the margin leaves. At the translators Pool's 100% cap a job leaves −$48.80. https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/fill_underwater ✗ 1 to fix ``` ## The failing file ```ts title="pools/translators.ts" import { Pool } from 'services.dev' export const translators = Pool({ name: 'translators', roles: { translator: { credential: 'sworn translator' } }, join: { name: 'text', languages: 'language[]' }, verify: 'https://verify.example.test/translators', fill_cap: '100%', fill: ['raise 10% 2h', 'widen 4h'], }) ``` ## The fix ```diff title="git add -A && git diff --staged" diff --git a/pools/translators.ts b/pools/translators.ts index d080b6f..71b927f 100644 --- a/pools/translators.ts +++ b/pools/translators.ts @@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ export const translators = Pool({ roles: { translator: { credential: 'sworn translator' } }, join: { name: 'text', languages: 'language[]' }, verify: 'https://verify.example.test/translators', - fill_cap: '100%', fill: ['raise 10% 2h', 'widen 4h'], }) ``` ```txt title="npx services.dev check" ✓ ready to sell · 1 Service · it keeps at least 13% of every job ``` ## The rest of the brand ```ts title="services/translation.ts" import { Service } from 'services.dev' import { translators } from '../pools/translators.ts' import rules from '../rules.ts' export default Service({ name: 'Translation', input: { document: 'file', to: 'language: a BCP 47 tag, such as fr-CA' }, output: { document: 'file' }, rules, roles: { translator: { pool: translators, pay: 60 } }, deliver: { translate: 'ai', harden: { review: 'adversarial', lenses: ['meaning', 'terms'] }, sign: { by: 'translator', stamp: true }, }, price: 89, }) ``` ## Explained in - [When no one claims](https://services.dev/docs/people/pool/fill.md) - [Pool(): your marketplace](https://services.dev/docs/people/pool.md) ## What an agent reads ```json title="npx services.dev check --json · the fill_underwater failure" { "code": "fill_underwater", "reason": "The Pool's fill_cap lets the ladder raise a brand-funded fee past what the job leaves: a job filled at the cap loses money.", "next": "Lower the Pool's fill_cap, or leave it out so the default holds: the lower of 50% and what the margin leaves. At the translators Pool's 100% cap a job leaves −$48.80.", "doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/fill_underwater" } ```
The whole document check --json prints ```json title="npx services.dev check --json" { "ai": { "cents_per_call": 42, "simulated": true }, "mcp": { "tools": 13, "tokens": 4490, "sandbox": 9, "budget": 8000 }, "files": [ { "path": "rules.ts", "lines": 6, "kind": "rules", "says": "rules 2026-10 · 1 Service · 1 row" }, { "path": "pools/translators.ts", "lines": 6, "kind": "pool", "pools": [ "translators" ], "says": "translators · 1 role: translator · joins in 1 step · feed · hold 24h" } ], "services": [ { "path": "services/translation.ts", "lines": 11, "steps": "translate · ai → harden · ai · adversarial · 2 lenses → sign · translator · * · stamped", "ok": false, "price": "$89 per job, within 48 hours, charged on delivery.", "who": "A translator signs every document before delivery. (rules 2026-10)", "roles": [ "translator · sworn translator · from translators · $60 an act" ], "rules": "2026-10", "boundary": { "full": [ "reserved sign to sworn translator" ] }, "agent": { "tool": "order_translation", "words": 26, "job": "job_7Hq2", "status": "waiting", "on": "claim", "charged": null, "person": true, "why": "" }, "ledger": "+$89.00 · AI $1.26 (example) · translator $60.00 · you $27.74", "approved_ledger": null, "outcome": null, "margin": { "floor": { "cents": 1120, "pct": 13 }, "own": 1120, "stop": 7780, "nested": [], "cases": { "first": 1120, "cap": -4880, "decline": -4880, "advice": 0, "caps": { "sign": 1 }, "owned": true, "terms": { "price": 8900, "ai": 1780, "nested": 0, "fees": [ { "role": "translator", "step": "sign", "cents": 6000 } ], "coverage": 0 }, "who": "translator", "does": "signs", "again": "a second translator" } }, "apps": [ "customer portal", "delivery portal", "owner console" ], "failures": [ { "code": "fill_underwater", "reason": "The Pool's fill_cap lets the ladder raise a brand-funded fee past what the job leaves: a job filled at the cap loses money.", "next": "Lower the Pool's fill_cap, or leave it out so the default holds: the lower of 50% and what the margin leaves. At the translators Pool's 100% cap a job leaves −$48.80.", "doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/fill_underwater" } ] } ] } ```
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