PIC Standard: Provenance & Intent Contracts

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Securely verify the provenance and intent of high-impact actions before execution.

• 2

  Prevent prompt injections and unauthorized tool calls in AI workflows.

• 3

  That require local-first, fail-closed verification of evidence and claims to ensure action safety.

Description

PIC Standard enforces a lightweight, local-first protocol requiring AI agents to prove intent, impact, provenance, and evidence before executing high-impact tool calls. It stops prompt injections and blind tool calls by verifying structured action proposals and fails closed if verification fails. The system supports evidence verification via SHA-256 hashes and Ed25519 signatures, integrates with multiple frameworks, and operates fully locally without cloud dependencies.