◈ About This Specification
Governance Evidence Standard
Attested Intelligence defines the versioned reference specification for Attested Governance Artifacts (AGA), a protocol for producing cryptographically sealed governance evidence that any third party can verify without network access. The specification defines three core artifact types: Policy Artifacts (sealed governance objects), Enforcement Receipts (signed action records in a hash-linked chain), and Evidence Bundles (portable verification packages). Together, they enable autonomous systems to prove they operated within authorized constraints.
◈ The Problem
Autonomous systems operate without standardized, machine-verifiable proof of governance. Audit logs live in mutable databases. Compliance reports are generated after the fact. Verification requires network access to the originating system.
AGA addresses this by defining a protocol where governance evidence is:
- ◈Cryptographically sealed at the point of enforcement
- ◈Hash-linked into tamper-evident chains
- ◈Verifiable offline with zero network dependencies
- ◈Produced by a mandatory runtime boundary that cannot be bypassed
◈ Status
Reference Specification: v1.0 (current)
Protocol Status: Patent pending (USPTO Application No. 19/433,835)
Reference Implementation: 50,725 lines of Go, 1,227 automated tests, independent cryptographic verifier
Standards Engagement: NIST Comment NIST-2025-0035-0211, NCCoE AI Agent Identity
◈ Maintainer
This specification is maintained by Attested Intelligence™.
Corporate site: attestedintelligence.com
Contact: admin@attestedintelligence.com
◈ Evaluate
Download the reference implementation. Run the conformance tests. Inspect the evidence bundles. File issues on GitHub.