schemas
Trust Proof
created 23 August 2026 · last modified 23 August 2026
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://kinetic-trust-protocol.net/specs/schemas/v2/trust-proof.json",
"title": "KTP Trust Proof",
"description": "Signed token carrying Trust Score and environmental context for the Kinetic Trust Protocol",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"iss",
"sub",
"iat",
"exp",
"jti",
"ktp"
],
"properties": {
"iss": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Trust Oracle identifier (issuer)"
},
"sub": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Agent identifier (subject)"
},
"iat": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Issued at (Unix timestamp)"
},
"exp": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Expiration time (Unix timestamp, max 10 seconds from iat)"
},
"jti": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique token identifier (JWT ID)"
},
"ktp": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/ktpClaims"
}
},
"$defs": {
"ktpClaims": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"e_base",
"e_trust",
"r",
"context",
"soul",
"lineage",
"peer_share",
"applicable_ceilings",
"advancement_floor",
"root_instrument"
],
"properties": {
"e_base": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "Base Trust score (intrinsic agent capability)"
},
"e_trust": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "Effective Trust score after environmental deflation"
},
"r": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1,
"description": "Aggregated environmental risk computed from the six weighted Risk Factor inputs"
},
"de_dt": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Trust velocity (rate of change per second)"
},
"sigma": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Trust volatility (standard deviation)"
},
"context": {
"$ref": "risk-factors.json",
"description": "The six weighted Risk Factor inputs (Soul is carried separately as a veto, not a term)"
},
"soul": {
"$ref": "soul-constraint.json",
"description": "Sovereignty constraint evaluation"
},
"lineage": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"sponsored",
"independent",
"guarantor"
],
"description": "Agent lineage stage, derived from generation"
},
"generation": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Agent generation number"
},
"sponsor": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Sponsor agent identifier (for sponsored agents)"
},
"resilience_hash": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$",
"description": "Hash of current Proof of Resilience ledger"
},
"zone": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Blue Zone identifier where proof was issued"
},
"oracle_quorum": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[0-9]+-of-[0-9]+$",
"description": "Threshold signature quorum (e.g., '3-of-5')"
},
"peer_share": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "Declared peer-signal share (w_p) in points; 0 where peer validation is not implemented. E_base MUST be evaluated against the declared share."
},
"applicable_ceilings": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"ceiling",
"value"
],
"properties": {
"ceiling": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Which ceiling: generation, trajectory, adversity, ial, zone_mass, or a further declared ceiling"
},
"value": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
}
}
},
"description": "Every ceiling applicable to this evaluation; E_base is bounded by their minimum. A ceiling absent here was not applied."
},
"advancement_floor": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Declared per-generation Resilience floor. A deployment whose environment produces no attestable friction declares 0, and a relying party can see the lineage advanced on time alone."
},
"root_instrument": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"status"
],
"properties": {
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"current",
"non_renewable",
"none"
],
"description": "External Root instrument status; non_renewable follows a withdrawal without cause; none computes the term as zero"
},
"end_time": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Unix timestamp when the instrument ends (bond expiry or attestation expiry); required unless status is none"
},
"exposure_class": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Declared class of irrecoverable, non-transferable exposure"
},
"declared_exposure": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
],
"minimum": 0
},
"anchored_capacity": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
],
"minimum": 0
},
"terminator": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The chain's terminator outside the agent-trust graph"
},
"chain_length": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
],
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Declared accountability-chain length; MUST NOT exceed the deployment's declared hop bound"
}
},
"description": "The accountability instrument occupying the External Root term, per KTP-CORE Section 5.1"
}
}
}
},
"examples": [
{
"iss": "https://oracle.example.com",
"sub": "agent:7gen:optimized:a1b2c3d4",
"iat": 1699900000,
"exp": 1699900010,
"jti": "tp-uuid-12345",
"ktp": {
"e_base": 87,
"e_trust": 42,
"r": 0.517,
"de_dt": -2.3,
"sigma": 0.15,
"context": {
"evidence_density": 0.875,
"trust_trend": 0.92,
"adversarial_pressure": 0.02,
"moment_criticality": 1.0,
"update_resistance": 0.1,
"attestation_coverage": 0.04
},
"soul": {
"soul": 0,
"constraint_type": null,
"constraint_id": null,
"authority": null
},
"lineage": "guarantor",
"generation": 7,
"resilience_hash": "sha256:abc123def456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234",
"zone": "zone-blue-prod-01",
"oracle_quorum": "3-of-5",
"peer_share": 0,
"applicable_ceilings": [
{
"ceiling": "generation",
"value": 100
},
{
"ceiling": "zone_mass",
"value": 92
}
],
"advancement_floor": 2000,
"root_instrument": {
"status": "current",
"end_time": 1731436800,
"exposure_class": "legal_entity_declared_assets",
"declared_exposure": 50,
"anchored_capacity": 60,
"terminator": "org:acme-holdings",
"chain_length": 2
}
}
},
{
"iss": "https://oracle.example.com",
"sub": "agent:2gen:data-analyst:xyz789",
"iat": 1699900100,
"exp": 1699900110,
"jti": "tp-uuid-67890",
"ktp": {
"e_base": 45,
"e_trust": 40,
"r": 0.111,
"de_dt": 0.5,
"sigma": 0.08,
"context": {
"evidence_density": 0.1,
"trust_trend": 0.15,
"adversarial_pressure": 0.05,
"moment_criticality": 0.2,
"update_resistance": 0.08,
"attestation_coverage": 0.1
},
"soul": {
"soul": 1,
"constraint_type": "tk_label",
"constraint_id": "TK-NC-001",
"constraint_name": "TK Non-Commercial",
"authority": "https://localcontexts.org/label/tk-nc/",
"community": "Example Indigenous Community",
"remediation": "Contact community data steward for commercial licensing"
},
"lineage": "sponsored",
"generation": 2,
"sponsor": "agent:guarantor:7gen:optimized:a1b2c3d4",
"resilience_hash": "sha256:fedcba987654321098765432109876543210987654321098765432109876",
"zone": "zone-blue-research",
"oracle_quorum": "2-of-3",
"peer_share": 0,
"applicable_ceilings": [
{
"ceiling": "generation",
"value": 45
},
{
"ceiling": "adversity",
"value": 60
}
],
"advancement_floor": 0,
"root_instrument": {
"status": "current",
"end_time": 1731436800
}
}
}
]
}