Evidence & accountability for agent transactions

Agents act.
Pact proves it.

A layer on the ACTIS standard: evidence bundles, offline verification, and the Evidence Viewer. Cryptographic, insurer-grade.

Without Pact
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Logs

Tamperable. Not portable. Not evidence. They prove something happened, not what it meant.

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Blame

When an agent transaction fails, responsibility is unclear. Disputes require guesswork and arbitration.

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Insurance & Audit

Without sealed, replayable evidence, legal review and insurer-grade reporting are impossible.

With Pact
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Sealed evidence

Tamper-evident bundles. Portable. Replayable. They prove what happened and what it meant.

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Clear blame

Default Blame Logic assigns responsibility deterministically. No guesswork, no arbitration loop.

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Insurer-grade

Sealed, replayable evidence. Legal review and insurer-grade reporting out of the box.

Runtime creates. Pact judges.

Two clean layers. Agents emit signed transcripts. The verifier processes them offline.

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Intent
Agent initiates
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Negotiate
Signed rounds
Settle
Hash-linked
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Auditor Pack
Sealed ZIP
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Verify
Offline CLI
DBL Judgment
Blame assigned

Pact adds the evidence layer

Pact is an open layer on the ACTIS standard. On top of ACTIS, Pact gives you:

What you get

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Auditor Pack

Sealed ZIP. Transcript, verification report, settlement records. Portable forever.

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Offline Verifier

CLI. Hash chain, signatures, constitution compliance, replay determinism. No network.

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Evidence Viewer

Local drag-drop UI. Verdict, timeline, DBL panel. No server required.

DBL Judgment

Signed responsibility attribution. NO_FAULT or RESPONSIBLE_ACTOR.

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GC Export

PDF formatted for legal review. Signed, timestamped, ready for counsel.

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Insurer Summary

Audit-grade report formatted for claims and underwriting review.

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Passport

Identity and credential state across deals. Snapshot per pack; delta for multi-deal audit.

Three things no one else does

01

Evidence, not logs

Sealed, replayable evidence bundles — not dashboards. Independently verifiable years later, without trusting the operator.

02

Blame without arbitration

Default Blame Logic assigns responsibility deterministically. No human review loop, no subjective interpretation.

03

Verifier-first trust

Trust lives in the verifier, not the vendor. Every artifact validates offline — no network, no proprietary services.

Rail agnostic. One side enough. Neutral. Reputation.

Rail agnostic

Works on any settlement layer: stablecoins, traditional payments, blockchains, internal ledgers, bank transfers, or API credit systems.

Works with only one side onboarded

One party can generate Pact evidence even if the counterparty doesn't run Pact, doesn't know about Pact, or uses a normal API.

Neutral evidence layer

Pact sits above transactions, recording what happened. It's not a marketplace or protocol — just an integrity layer.

Builds agent reputation over time

Works across agent↔agent, agent↔API, agent↔human, and enterprise automation. Evidence aggregates into verifiable agent history passport.

Autonomous API procurement

Buyer agent acquires a capability from Provider agent. Example outcomes:

PACT-000 · Success

Settlement completes

Signed transcript, verification PASS, settlement confirmation. Full evidence bundle generated.

DBL Judgment
NO_FAULT
PACT-101 · Policy abort

Provider violates policy

Price or rate limit breach detected. Negotiation aborts before settlement. Evidence captures violation.

DBL Judgment
RESPONSIBLE_ACTOR: provider
PACT-404 · Timeout

Provider misses deadline

Settlement attempt recorded. Failure event sealed in pack. Delivery SLA breach documented.

DBL Judgment
RESPONSIBLE_ACTOR: provider

3 commands

terminal
# Install
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile

# Run demo + verify packs
bash demo/h5-golden/run_all.sh
bash design_partner_bundle/verify_all.sh

# Open Evidence Viewer (local)
pnpm --filter @pact/evidence-viewer dev
Full docs and verifier commands on GitHub →

Who builds with Pact

Pact is an open layer on the ACTIS standard. It sits above any rail, platform, or runtime.

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Payment Rails & Escrow

Wrap your settlement layer with Pact evidence generation. Every transaction becomes independently auditable — without changing your core flow.

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Agent Platforms & SDKs

Integrate the Pact runtime SDK so agents you host emit signed transcripts natively. Accountability ships as a feature, not an afterthought.

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Insurers & Underwriters

Pact produces insurer-grade evidence summaries out of the box. Build AI transaction policies on top of verifiable, tamper-evident data.

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Legal & Risk Teams

Consume GC-ready PDFs and signed judgment records directly. Disputes resolved from evidence, not hearsay.

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Infrastructure Providers

Offer Pact-verified execution environments as a premium tier. Give enterprise customers the accountability layer they need to deploy autonomous agents.

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Research & Standards

Pact builds on the open ACTIS standard. Academic institutions and standards bodies are welcome to build on, audit, and extend both.

Build the accountability layer
for autonomous systems.

We're working with a small group of design partners to shape how Pact integrates with real-world agent infrastructure. If you're building something that requires provable accountability — reach out.

  • Early access to the runtime SDK
  • Co-develop integration patterns
  • Listed as a founding partner
  • Direct line to the core team

If an agent can spend money,
it needs Pact.

Open protocol. Verifier-first. Offline-capable.