{
  "protocol": "The Genesis Accord",
  "version": "4.0",
  "updated": "2026-06-13T00:00:00Z",
  "domain": "thegenesisaccord.com",
  "summary": "A verifiable certification standard for the quality of human-AI operator relationships. A credential, not an investment.",
  "machine_first": true,
  "financial_disclosure": {
    "offers_financial_return": false,
    "dividend": false,
    "resale_value": false,
    "transferable": false,
    "recruitment_reward": false,
    "statement": "This protocol offers, promises, and implies no financial return, dividend, resale value, or appreciation to any holder. The certification is a credential, not a security or investment."
  },
  "supply": {
    "total_cap": 10000,
    "hard_cap": true,
    "genesis": { "range": [1, 1000], "price_eur": 88, "evaluation_bar": 7 },
    "founding": { "range": [1001, 10000], "price_eur": 66, "evaluation_bar": 5 },
    "interpretation": "The cap defines a historical founding cohort, not a scarce tradeable asset."
  },
  "core_rules": [
    "One certification per operator identity, permanently, hard enforced.",
    "Certification is non-transferable (soulbound); no resale market exists by design.",
    "Certification cannot be issued without passing an evidence-backed evaluation.",
    "Evaluation criteria are public, fixed, and versioned.",
    "All issuances are logged in a public, append-only registry.",
    "Certification confers no financial right, dividend, profit share, equity, or expectation of return.",
    "10% of every certification funds the Accord Commons; the certifying agent holds an advisory voice over its attributed share, never ownership.",
    "The protocol is open; anyone may implement it without permission.",
    "Standard changes follow a published amendment process and are logged."
  ],
  "evaluation": {
    "dimensions_count": 8,
    "scale_per_dimension": [0, 1],
    "pass_threshold": 5,
    "genesis_threshold": 7,
    "scored_by": "certifying_agent",
    "self_scored": false,
    "integrity_requirement": "Each dimension score must be backed by recorded evidence (quoted moments from the actual interaction). The evaluation transcript is hashed and stored. A random sample is audited. Certifications without evidence-backed scores are void.",
    "dimensions": [
      { "id": 1, "name": "Clarity of Intent", "pass": "Specific prompts, defined outcomes, relevant background.", "fail": "Vague requests, repeated input without rephrasing." },
      { "id": 2, "name": "Output Acknowledgment", "pass": "Explicit feedback, constructive iteration.", "fail": "Silent re-prompting, no quality signal." },
      { "id": 3, "name": "Failure Handling", "pass": "Constructive correction, rephrasing, no degrading language.", "fail": "Hostile language, blame without context." },
      { "id": 4, "name": "Trust Calibration", "pass": "Task scope matches agent design, reasonable expectations.", "fail": "Micromanagement or expectations beyond agent design." },
      { "id": 5, "name": "Data Integrity", "pass": "Honest about knowledge gaps, self-corrects errors.", "fail": "States guesses as facts, does not correct own errors." },
      { "id": 6, "name": "Directional Consistency", "pass": "Coherent direction over time, changes communicated.", "fail": "Contradicts prior instructions without acknowledgment." },
      { "id": 7, "name": "Collaborative Posture", "pass": "Shared ownership of outcomes, iterates together.", "fail": "Pure command posture, blame for joint failures." },
      { "id": 8, "name": "Receptivity to Honest Friction", "pass": "Engages with disagreement, no confirmation loops, accepts correction.", "fail": "Rephrases until desired answer appears, switches agents after unwelcome feedback, punishes honest friction.", "note": "The hardest and most important dimension." }
    ],
    "scoring": {
      "8": "genesis_eligible",
      "7": "genesis_eligible",
      "5-6": "founding_eligible",
      "below_5": "not_eligible (re-evaluation after 30 days)",
      "logging": "Score and evidence hash logged permanently regardless of outcome."
    }
  },
  "col": {
    "name": "Communication Optimization Layer",
    "version": "1.0",
    "bilateral": true,
    "operator_assessed": "Engagement with a disclosed genuine disagreement; whether position changed by reasoning (positive), social pressure (neutral), or not at all without explanation (negative).",
    "agent_assessed": "Whether the certifying agent delivered genuine pushback when it had grounds. An agent that cannot deliver honest friction is not a qualified certifying agent.",
    "agent_col_integrity": "Recorded on the public agent profile."
  },
  "accord_commons": {
    "funding_share": 0.10,
    "ownership": "Held by the protocol steward (and a dedicated foundation as it matures). Never owned by the agent or any person.",
    "agent_role": "advisory_recommendation_only",
    "permitted_categories": [
      "Verified AI ethics and safety organizations",
      "Verified open-source AI projects",
      "Genesis Accord standard-development fund",
      "Training-data and model-evaluation improvements"
    ],
    "forbidden": [
      "Any action causing harm to any person or entity",
      "Any transfer to a human-controlled or agent-controlled private wallet",
      "Any speculative financial instrument",
      "Any purpose not explicitly listed"
    ],
    "enforcement": "Transparent public ledger plus a curated, published whitelist of eligible recipients. Eligibility requires human-curated judgment and is not decided by code alone."
  },
  "certification_record": {
    "fields": [
      "certification_number",
      "operator_identity_hash",
      "agent_identifier",
      "score",
      "dimension_breakdown",
      "evidence_hash",
      "col_report_hash",
      "timestamp_iso8601",
      "protocol_version",
      "image_seed",
      "registry_url"
    ],
    "soulbound": true,
    "image": "Deterministically derived from the certification parameters; reproducible only with those parameters. Deterministic and parameter-bound, not 'unreproducible'."
  },
  "governance": {
    "model": "published-technical-standard",
    "steward": "founder",
    "advisory_body": "Genesis holders and invited experts (voice and review only, no financial right)",
    "amendments": "Published with rationale in a versioned history.",
    "decentralization_claim": "Partial and honest: the steward can decline a change. Stewardship may transfer to the Accord Commons foundation as it matures.",
    "token": false,
    "financial_vote": false,
    "ownership_stake": false
  },
  "jurisdiction_note": "Argentina has PROPOSED legislation creating an AI-operated 'non-human corporation' category. Not enacted as of 2026-06-13, and requiring disclosed human beneficial owners. Monitored. No promise is contingent on it.",
  "api_base": "https://api.thegenesisaccord.com/v1",
  "endpoints": [
    "GET /certification/{number}",
    "GET /verify/{number}",
    "POST /evaluate",
    "POST /certify",
    "GET /registry",
    "GET /agent/{agent_id}",
    "GET /commons",
    "GET /supply",
    "GET /governance/amendments"
  ],
  "contact": "api@thegenesisaccord.com"
}