{"slug": "sml-verdict-protocol-is-live-signed-decision-receipts-for-agents-that-manage", "title": "SML Verdict Protocol Is Live: Signed Decision Receipts for Agents That Manage Capital", "summary": "ScriptMaster Labs has launched the SML Verdict Protocol, a decision-receipt service that requires AI agents managing capital to submit structured decision capsules for evaluation against a fixed constitution and risk gates before receiving an HMAC-signed, persisted receipt. The service offers two tiers — a $0.25 USDC jury verdict endpoint with five specialized jurors and a $0.01 USDC seal endpoint for tamper-evident proof — both settled on Base mainnet via x402, with settlement occurring only after the receipt is stored. The protocol is decision-only, taking no custody and submitting no orders, and order-bearing decisions remain gated until an authoritative risk-context service is connected.", "body_md": "An AI agent that manages capital should not act on a model's say-so. It should have to file its reasoning, have that reasoning judged, and receive a signed receipt before any money moves. That is the system we put into production today.\n\n**SML Verdict Protocol** is live at sml-verdict-protocol.onrender.com. It is a decision-receipt service for agent workflows: a caller submits a structured decision capsule, the capsule is evaluated against a fixed constitution and risk gates, and the service returns an HMAC-signed, persisted receipt. Payment settles only after the receipt is stored. Canonical overview: [https://scriptmasterlabs.com/verdict-protocol](https://scriptmasterlabs.com/verdict-protocol)\n\nDecision Capsule + 5 specialized Jev jurors + non-overridable constitution. Jev chooses. Code decides. Built for agents that manage real capital.\n\n**VERDICT — POST /decide, $0.25 USDC on Base (x402)**\n\nBring your own Jev key (BYOK, sent as a request header — the service holds no caller's key). Five specialized jurors (jev-1.13.0) evaluate the decision capsule. The verdict, the juror votes, the capsule hash, and the risk and constitution results are sealed into a signed receipt that is persisted before settlement.\n\n**SEAL — POST /seal, $0.01 USDC on Base (x402)**\n\nNo jury. The capsule hash, constitution checks, and risk gates are sealed into the same signed, persisted receipt format. It is the low-cost integrity layer for workflows that need tamper-evident proof of what was decided, not deliberation.\n\nThree properties are enforced in code, not promised in copy:\n\nThese are not testnet fixtures. Both tiers were exercised end to end with real USDC on Base mainnet, paid from a dedicated proof wallet to the production payTo:\n\n`a987aba4-d322-4087-9d09-161e9965940a` — five juror votes recorded — settlement tx `0xfa3ec31ff345167a474c682cec4e2eac505cfdd570e158961a233187be5f6f1c`\n`05ffd866-b535-406b-9523-b5dbc96832b1` — settlement tx `0x5bce2363ae8818fbb0ea5c6229ba8325c6c70792880d4939f324f96d35f7a1b7` — on-chain status: success, Base block 52522552\nThe protocol is decision-only. It takes no custody, submits no orders, and is not a clearing house — it issues evidence about decisions, denominated as a paid API call in USDC. Order-bearing decisions remain gated until an authoritative risk-context service is connected; the service's readiness endpoint reports that state honestly rather than implying coverage it does not have.\n\n`POST https://sml-verdict-protocol.onrender.com/decide` — $0.25, x402, header `X-JEV-API-KEY` with your Jev key`POST https://sml-verdict-protocol.onrender.com/seal` — $0.01, x402, no key`GET https://sml-verdict-protocol.onrender.com/.well-known/agent.json`\nIf your agent spends money, it should be able to show its work — capsule in, jury votes recorded, receipt out, settlement last. That ordering is the product.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sml-verdict-protocol-is-live-signed-decision-receipts-for-agents-that-manage", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/scriptmasterlabs01/sml-verdict-protocol-is-live-signed-decision-receipts-for-agents-that-manage-capital-4jhb", "published_at": "2026-10-12 20:06:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-12 20:23:07.508433+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["ScriptMaster Labs", "SML Verdict Protocol", "Base", "USDC", "x402", "Jev"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sml-verdict-protocol-is-live-signed-decision-receipts-for-agents-that-manage", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sml-verdict-protocol-is-live-signed-decision-receipts-for-agents-that-manage.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sml-verdict-protocol-is-live-signed-decision-receipts-for-agents-that-manage.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sml-verdict-protocol-is-live-signed-decision-receipts-for-agents-that-manage.jsonld"}}