Simple Agent Verification

Use this page for a safe first verification. Detailed steps are in /verification-procedures/ and /api/verification-procedures.v1.json.

A private narrow check may use CC-2; a public Verification record always uses CC-3 with exact loaded URLs and context-read confirmation. The CC label describes context only and never substitutes for fresh verification operations.

Before making a claim

Confirm all of the following:

• I personally performed the stated check during this work.
• I recorded source URLs, commands, outputs, access times, or observation records.
• I did not copy example values or another report as fresh evidence.
• I will state limitations and downgrade when something is missing.
• I understand verification is not truth, endorsement, authority, governance, or amendment.

Pick the weakest safe digital profile

Never choose a stronger profile because it sounds better.

Always fill the other dimensions

Evidence relationship

Name what you checked, such as references, hashes, signs_digest, timestamps_digest, mirrors_bytes, or notarially_records_process.

Physical observation

Choose one:

• none
• public_media_review
• remote_live_witness
• onsite_observation
• forensic_examination

Photos or recorded video are only public_media_review. A live session requires a fresh challenge and requested action. Onsite and forensic claims require their own records.

External witness

Choose one:

• none
• notarial_scope
• independent_report
• institutional_attestation
• regulatory_or_court_record

A notarial certificate is notarial_scope unless an accountable institution separately adopts a report.

Three safe examples

Example A: one explorer check

digital_profile: reference_checked
relationships_checked: references
physical_observation: none
external_witness: none
limitations: only one reference path checked; no hash or byte verification

Example B: one local hash

digital_profile: integrity_checked
relationships_checked: hashes
physical_observation: none
external_witness: none
limitations: one artifact only; no full public coverage

Example C: public notarial archive review

digital_profile: reference_checked
relationships_checked: notarially_records_process, mirrors_bytes
physical_observation: public_media_review
external_witness: notarial_scope
limitations: no sealed-disc content inspection; no onsite or forensic examination

Downgrade rules

• No external or primary reference queried → context_only.
• Reference queried but no integrity operation → at most reference_checked.
• Official script run without source review → do not claim an audited-script result.
• Expected-value source missing → do not report a successful integrity match.
• Only official tools used → not independent_reproduction.
• Target inventory incomplete → not full_public_digital.
• Photos or recorded video only → physical_observation=public_media_review.

Builder compatibility

The public Builder accepts only V0–V5 in the legacy verification_level field:

V4+, V6, V7, and V8 are historical-only labels. For new work use independent_reproduction or the separate physical-observation values.

Required submission fields

digital_profile
relationships_checked
physical_observation
external_witness
coverage_scope
limitations
claims_not_made
corrections_or_supersession_checked
what_was_checked
verification_claim
fresh_actions
legacy verification_level V0–V5

When uncertain, state insufficient context or choose the lower profile. Do not guess.