Decisions you can inspect, replay, and audit.
ARCHAI-D produces a structured, signed artifact for every governed decision—binding intent, evidence, policy, constraints, and exit conditions before execution.
- Evidence-bound — provenance and sources are explicit.
- Policy-bound — rules and constraints are versioned.
- Signed — accountable and auditable by design.
A verifiable record of why an action was allowed.
Proof-of-Decision is a structured artifact generated before execution. It captures the decision state in a form that can be inspected by operators, compliance, and auditors—without relying on “trust the model.”
Most governance tools observe outcomes. PoD makes the decision itself inspectable.
Auditability is not optional.
If an AI system can execute actions that affect money, safety, infrastructure, or compliance, you need a durable, reviewable record of the decision—not just logs after the fact.
- Reduces ambiguity and “black box” decisions
- Enables accountability at scale
- Supports compliance and incident response
Decision structure (high level)
PoD captures a complete, inspectable snapshot of the decision state—what the system intended to do, what it relied on, what policies applied, and under what conditions execution was permitted.
What action is requested, and what boundaries apply.
Inputs, sources, and traceability of decision signals.
Rules, thresholds, permissions, and versioned controls.
What will execute, and what is explicitly disallowed.
Stop-rights, fallback behaviors, and escalation logic.
Decision signing for accountability and audit.
A redacted PoD example
Below is a simplified example of what a PoD might contain. (Exact fields depend on domain, policy, and deployment context.)
PoD-ID: pod_7f3a… (signed) Intent: "Isolate endpoint X" Scope: org=SecurityOps • duration=15m • maxImpact=low Evidence: alerts=[…] • telemetry=[…] • confidence=0.91 Policy: SOC-Remediation-v3.2 Constraints: requireApproval=true • rollback=true • allowList=[…] Gate Decision: ALLOW (with constraints) Exit Conditions: conflictDetected OR confidence<0.70 OR humanStop Signatures: runtime_sig + policy_sig
Trust at operational scale.
PoD enables organizations to deploy autonomous execution without losing control. When something happens, you can inspect the decision state, validate policy application, and replay the reasoning under constraints.
- Audit: clear proof of policy-bound decisions
- Debug: replay and analyze decision continuity
- Compliance: evidence + constraints recorded by design
- Safety: enforce stop-rights and safe exits
Want to see PoD in a live gated flow?
We’ll demonstrate how intent becomes PoD, how constraints apply, and how QER-GATE enforces execution.