Add authority-dependency evidence contract

[mdheller]

Purpose

Add an AgentPlane evidence contract for authority dependencies used during governed execution.

Related work:

• SocioProphet/ProCybernetica#49 — hybrid cybernetic control-plane reconciliation
• SocioProphet/sociosphere#326 — authority-dependency graph
• SocioProphet/superconscious#10 — trust-surface authority-dependency bindings
• SocioProphet/policy-fabric#75 — cancellation binding contract

Background

AgentPlane already treats execution as evidence-producing work. It validates, places, runs, emits artifacts, and creates replay evidence.

The missing binding is evidence that a run used, attempted to use, or was blocked from using a declared authority dependency.

AgentPlane should not decide policy and should not own topology. It should emit evidence that references the relevant authority-dependency graph edge, trust surface, policy decision, cancellation binding, and execution/run context.

Scope

Add a narrow integration contract, likely:

docs/integration/authority-dependency-evidence.md
schemas/authority-dependency-evidence.schema.v0.1.json
examples/authority-dependency-evidence.example.json

The evidence object should include:

• run id or bundle id;
• actor / executor / session reference;
• authority dependency id;
• trust surface reference;
• policy decision reference;
• control effect attempted or used;
• target reference;
• evidence outcome: used, denied, blocked, cancelled, quarantined, degraded, simulated, not_used;
• side-effect flags;
• replay classification;
• hash-only sensitive fields where appropriate;
• cancellation binding reference where applicable.

Acceptance criteria

• Add an authority-dependency evidence integration note.
• Add a schema draft or artifact shape.
• Add one valid example.
• Add one blocked/denied example.
• Preserve AgentPlane boundary: evidence and replay only, not policy decision ownership.
• Cross-reference the SocioSphere graph and Policy Fabric cancellation issues.

Non-goals

• Do not mutate network, runtime, model-provider, or host state from this evidence contract.
• Do not inline credentials or sensitive prompts.
• Do not redefine Policy Fabric policy decisions.
• Do not redefine Superconscious trust surfaces.
• Do not make AgentPlane the topology registry.

Handoff note

This is the execution/evidence counterpart to the SocioSphere authority-dependency graph. It should be small and fixture-driven.