Full-Link Accountability for AI Agents

Core Event Primitives Four standard event types (J, D, V, T) cover the full accountability lifecycle: J: Judge – Create and initiate a judgment/decision D: Delegate – Transfer authority or assign a task V: Verify – Review and validate a record T: Terminate – End a judgment or task lifecycle Pain Points & Technical Solutions Pain Point 1: Broken chain in multi-agent workflows, unable to trace root cause Trigger Primitives: J + D Solution: Add a task_based_on field to every record to enforce a hash reference to the parent task. A null value indicates the start of a chain; a populated value links to a preceding action, ensuring full end-to-end traceability. Pain Point 2: Unclear accountability, hard to assign fault for errors Trigger Primitives: D + V Solution: Permanently include a who field in every record, bound to the actor’s DID or public key hash. Combined with cryptographic signing, records become non-repudiable and tamper-proof, enabling precise accountability. Pain Point 3: L