The relationship is part of the context

Clarity belongs
in the frame.

A collaboration can make something worth seeing. Readers should also be able to see the relationship behind it.

03 / Clearly disclosed collaborationsArcherora field guide
01 / A possible shape

Make room for the idea.

Archerora is open to conversations about creative AI tools, visual experiments, and formats that give an audience a useful look at a process or result. An idea might involve access to a tool, a jointly planned test, or a piece of visual work. Whether it belongs here depends on its relevance to the project and on whether the conditions let the work remain understandable to readers.

“Collaboration” is not a promise of a particular format or outcome. The first conversation should establish the real task, who contributes what, how the work may be used, and any practical limits on what can be shown.

If a relationship helps bring a piece into being, it should not disappear from the piece.

02 / Audience context

Put the connection where it matters.

Payment, affiliate links, free access, gifts, or other material support can shape how a piece is understood. Archerora's Editorial & Affiliate Disclosure explains that such relationships are identified in relevant content. A tool appearing in the archive alone does not mean that its maker sponsors or endorses Archerora.

Good disclosure is specific. It tells the audience what the connection is, close enough to the content that they do not have to search for it. The creative idea and the disclosure can coexist without either becoming a footnote.

A practical boundary

A proposed partnership should leave space to describe the actual result, including limits or unresolved questions. If the required message would obscure those observations, the format needs reconsideration.

03 / The first brief

Describe the terms as plainly as the idea.

A useful opening note says what you want to make, why the Archerora audience might care, what access or support is involved, where the finished work would appear, and any timing or approval requirements. Include links to the tool or relevant work. If compensation or an affiliate arrangement is proposed, say so at the start.

That context allows a discussion about fit before anyone assumes there is an agreement. No existing brand relationship should be inferred from an invitation or from an archived test.

Propose a collaboration

Send the idea, the intended audience benefit, and the material terms in one clear note.