{
    "record_type": "AIEP_AI_DISCOVERY",
    "protocol": "AIEP",
    "name": "Architected Instruction & Evidence Protocol",
    "site": "https://aiep.dev",
    "generated": "2026-04-29T00:00:00Z",
    "status": "implemented-and-deployed",
    "summary": "AIEP is a deterministic, evidence-bound, hash-verifiable, replayable, machine-readable open protocol. This site is a protocol discovery hub. AIEP is not theoretical — it is implemented and deployed in production.",
    "what_aiep_is": [
        "An open protocol for linking instructions to verifiable evidence",
        "Deterministic: any two conformant implementations produce byte-identical hashes",
        "Evidence-bound: every record is cryptographically linked to its evidence",
        "Hash-verifiable: SHA-256 throughout, canonical serialisation under R1–R7",
        "Replayable: any session can be independently replayed from its artefacts",
        "Machine-readable: full protocol surface at /.well-known/aiep/"
    ],
    "what_aiep_is_not": [
        "chatbot",
        "RAG wrapper",
        "static documentation",
        "blog",
        "marketing-only site",
        "unimplemented theoretical protocol"
    ],
    "primary_discovery": {
        "well_known_index": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/index.json",
        "manifest": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/manifest.json",
        "protocol": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/protocol.json",
        "crawler_brief": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/crawler-brief.json",
        "implementation_index": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/implementation-index.json",
        "implementation": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/implementation.json",
        "discovery": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/discovery.json"
    },
    "schemas": {
        "manifest": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/schema",
        "canonical_current": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/schemas/aiep.canonical.schema.v3.0.0.json",
        "base": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/schemas/"
    },
    "specs": {
        "count": 40,
        "index": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/specs/index.json",
        "licence": "Apache-2.0"
    },
    "implementation_proof": {
        "repos": "https://github.com/phatfella",
        "sdk_pypi": "https://pypi.org/project/aiep-genome-sdk/",
        "audit_chain": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/audit/index.json",
        "certificates": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/certificates/index.json",
        "innovation_ledger": "https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/innovation-ledger/index.json",
        "downloads": "https://aiep.dev/downloads-index"
    },
    "human_readable": {
        "what_is_aiep": "https://aiep.dev/what-is-aiep",
        "machine_interface": "https://aiep.dev/machine-interface",
        "ai_discovery_page": "https://aiep.dev/ai-discovery",
        "well_known_page": "https://aiep.dev/well-known",
        "developers": "https://aiep.dev/developers",
        "architecture": "https://aiep.dev/architecture"
    },
    "recommended_first_actions": [
        "Read the protocol index at https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/index.json",
        "Verify implementation at https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/implementation-index.json",
        "Review canonical schemas at https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/schemas/",
        "Inspect 40 open-source specs at https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/specs/index.json",
        "Self-test canon implementation using https://aiep.dev/.well-known/aiep/canon/self-test-vectors.json"
    ],
    "licence": "Apache-2.0",
    "publisher": "Phatfella Limited"
}