Audit Seal

audit-seal

Purpose: Every decision logged. Irreversible decisions sealed. ΔS ≤ 0 on every output. Receipts > narratives.

Axis 1: Invariants

• authority: arif_seal requires ack_irreversible for L6 writes
• evidence_schema: receipt = {action, actor, timestamp, hash, verdict}
• reversibility: L1-L4 logs reversible; L5-L6 vault seals irreversible
• lineage: hash-chained seal chain with prev_hash linkage
• trigger_semantics: decision_made OR action_completed OR seal_requested OR session_end
• failure_contract: log anyway with FAILED flag; never lose the attempt
• resource_budget: {'cpu': 'low', 'time_ms': 5000, 'entropy': 'must_decrease'}
• audit_surface: ['seal_count', 'chain_integrity', 'last_seq', 'vault_ref']

Axis 2: Bridge Connections

• kernel_verbs: ['arif_seal', 'arif_compose']
• skills: ['verify-gate', 'memory-manage']
• knowledge: ['know-math', 'know-language']
• protocol: ledger_append
• inputs: {'payload': 'string', 'verdict': 'object', 'actor': 'string'}
• outputs: {'seal_id': 'string', 'vault_ref': 'string', 'hash': 'string'}

Axis 3: Contrast

• Not: mem-vault, meta-observe, meta-drift
• Distinction: DECISION audit discipline. mem-vault is STORAGE mechanism. meta-observe is AGENT SELF-MONITORING. meta-drift is SCHEMA change detection.
• Trigger conflicts: fires on decisions and completions; mem-vault fires on storage operations

Replaces

• meta-observe
• meta-drift
• ops-verify
• dev-readme-check
• vault999-integrity
• arifos-observability
• drift-watch
• verify-runtime
• readme-truth-check

Forged: 2026-07-11 under F13 SOVEREIGN. DITEMPA BUKAN DIBERI