Identity
Cryptographic did:key DIDs for every agent. Who did what, provably — not by API key.
The open verification layer for agentic AI. Every agent gets a cryptographic identity. Every action lands in a hash-chained log. Any slice exports as signed evidence that anyone can verify offline — no Tervos install, no network, no trust in the machine that produced it.
$ tervos start --dev ✓ Organization "Demo AI Corp" bootstrapped — 3 agents, hash-chained event log $ tervos export-evidence --sign-as ceo -o evidence.json ✓ 23 events · chain intact · signed by did:key:z6Mk… $ npx @tervos/verify evidence.json ✓ chain valid · signature valid — evidence verified offline▌
Platform logs are promises — a database the vendor agrees not to edit. Regulators, customers, and courts need proof. No framework ships cryptographically verifiable evidence of what agents did. Tervos does.
Cryptographic did:key DIDs for every agent. Who did what, provably — not by API key.
Budget limits, approval gates, delegation rules. Default-deny, enforced — and every decision is itself an event in the chain.
Hash-chained event log. Tamper-evident, exportable as signed bundles, verifiable offline by anyone with npx @tervos/verify.
Roles, teams, reporting lines. Defined in YAML, enforced at runtime.
Tervos is not another agent framework. It counter-signs the ones you use.
// .claude/settings.json — one hook signs every tool call "PostToolUse": [{ "hooks": [{ "command": "npx tervos hook" }] }]
$ tervos tap --from paperclip --url http://localhost:3000 --watch 30 ✓ counter-signed 17 activities (chain head 8c41f0a2…)
$ tervos import --from paperclip ./my-company # or pipe JSON into `tervos hook` ✓ Imported 5 agents — did:key identities, default-deny policies
# TERVOS.yaml schema: tervos/v1 name: "My AI Company" governance: autonomy_level: semi-autonomous budget: { monthly_limit_usd: 5000 } agents: ceo: role: "CEO" capabilities: [strategy, delegation] budget_monthly_usd: 1000 can_delegate_to: [engineer] engineer: role: "Engineer" reports_to: ceo capabilities: [coding, testing] budget_monthly_usd: 2000
High-risk record-keeping. Enforcement Aug 2, 2026. Evidence of enforcement, not just logs.
Agent identity and security are core pillars. Tervos agents are crypto-bound identities natively.
Audit-ready event trails — exportable, independently verifiable.
No permit, no action. Every evaluation recorded in the chain.