Finding
The agentic-payments skill presents “MPP Channel mode” as the public mode name. Current MPP material names the payment intent Session and implements it with a one-way payment channel. Calling the intent itself “Channel mode” blurs the protocol-facing mode with its settlement mechanism.
The architecture in the skill is broadly aligned; this is a terminology and routing defect, not a claim that the channel mechanism is wrong.
Evidence
The current upstream skill describes “MPP Channel mode,” while the current MPP-on-Stellar documentation uses Session for the intent and a one-way payment channel for settlement. The older closed issue #8 introduced the original Channel wording but does not track this terminology correction.
Recommendation
Rename the guidance to “MPP Session (channel-backed).” Retain “channel” as a search synonym, and briefly distinguish Session from one-time Charge behavior and from the payment channel that settles the session.
Finding
The agentic-payments skill presents “MPP Channel mode” as the public mode name. Current MPP material names the payment intent Session and implements it with a one-way payment channel. Calling the intent itself “Channel mode” blurs the protocol-facing mode with its settlement mechanism.
The architecture in the skill is broadly aligned; this is a terminology and routing defect, not a claim that the channel mechanism is wrong.
Evidence
The current upstream skill describes “MPP Channel mode,” while the current MPP-on-Stellar documentation uses Session for the intent and a one-way payment channel for settlement. The older closed issue #8 introduced the original Channel wording but does not track this terminology correction.
Recommendation
Rename the guidance to “MPP Session (channel-backed).” Retain “channel” as a search synonym, and briefly distinguish Session from one-time Charge behavior and from the payment channel that settles the session.