Kinetic Trust Protocol registered
ktp · research · first public 2023-08-02 · See canonical repository · canonical
Declaration
Environment-first authorization for agentic systems: whether the world can afford the action an actor is about to take, evaluated continuously along the actor's trajectory (A(t) <= E(t)) rather than once at the request.
| governed object | action, trajectory, environment |
|---|---|
| decision outputs | ALLOW, SHAPE, DEAUTOMATE, VETO |
| enforcement points | — |
| evidence outputs | tamper-evident decision records (Flight Recorder) |
| known limitations | Specification-stage work: no independent second implementation yet; the published estimator is a first calibration; enforcement is defined by the specifications but performed only by implementations, not by KTP itself. |
Maturity profile
| specification | implementation | independent validation |
|---|---|---|
| M2 | M0 | M0 |
Coordinates
| actor |
| ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| authority | mandate, capability, delegation, situational_approval | ||||||||
| verbs | execute, transfer, delegate, commit, revoke | ||||||||
| environment | system_health, data_quality, identity_confidence, dependency_health, threat_pressure, reversibility, financial_exposure, human_availability, uncertainty, cumulative_trajectory, downstream_capacity | ||||||||
| functions |
| ||||||||
| time | before_action, initiation, during_action, across_trajectory, repair_window |
Interfaces
provides: — · consumes: —
Relationships
| source | type | target | status | asserted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| abt | SUPPLIES_SIGNAL_TO | ktp | self_asserted | abt maintainer (Chris Perkins/nmcitra — founder edge, stays self_asserted until externally confirmed) |
| ktp-demo | IMPLEMENTS | ktp | self_asserted | ktp-demo maintainer (Chris Perkins/nmcitra — founder edge, stays self_asserted until externally confirmed) |
Claims
| class | claim | evidence state | maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANDARDS | Engineering specifications published in IETF-draft style covering the core loop (sensors, tensors, core, enforce, audit, emergency and related documents). | DOCUMENTED | M1 |
| IMPLEMENTATION | A reference behavior demonstration (ktp-demo) exists with pre-registered falsifiers and published estimator parameters. | DOCUMENTED | M2 |
| VALIDATION | Independent second implementation reproducing the falsifier suite — sought, not achieved. | SELF_ASSERTED | M0 |
Coordination
offers: action-governance coordinate system, engineering specifications, conformance definition
needs: independent second implementation, external evaluation