Prove
Field Guide · Tier 1 · Act III

Prove

  1. A decision was made
    some time in the past
  2. Someone doubts it now
    auditor, regulator, customer
  3. They run the verifier
    no access to your systems
  4. Same inputs → same verdict
    or a discrepancy, named
What proof requires

01The Problem

The day someone stops trusting your word, the burden flips. Screenshots don't count. Logs you control don't count. Even a vendor dashboard is just another party asking to be believed.

What you need is proof that stands on its own — verifiable by someone who has no relationship with you at all.

02Why existing approaches fall short

Traditional audit trails are read, not re-derived. If the log says the refund was approved, all the auditor can do is trust the log. If the log is wrong — or edited — no one can tell.

03The concept

Prove means anyone with a receipt and a verifier can re-derive a past decision independently. Same inputs, same policy fingerprint, same verdict — or the verifier surfaces exactly which piece disagrees.

04How Aarmos applies it

Aarmos publishes the receipt format as an open spec and ships a portable verifier. Neither the runtime nor an Aarmos account is required to check a decision.

  • Signed receipts with a stable fingerprint.
  • Pure verification: same input, same result, anywhere.
  • Discrepancies are named — not hidden in a green tick.

05Example

A regulator asks how a specific loan application was handled last April. You send a receipt bundle. They run avar verify on their laptop. It replays the gate, matches the fingerprints, and prints a verdict. Nothing in your systems had to be opened.

06Mini-FAQ

Why not just give them the logs?
Logs require them to trust you. Verification lets them not.
What if Aarmos disappears?
The receipt format is an open standard (CC BY 4.0 specification, Apache-2.0 code) with an independent, clean-room reference verifier. Receipts stay verifiable without us.
What does a failed verification mean?
The verifier names what disagreed — inputs, policy fingerprint, or signature. See the verifier.

07Related concepts

GovernCan this agent do this?RunWill this work with my stack?ProveCan I prove what happened?
One decision. Three checkpoints. Every time.