# agent-cv

**A verifiable, cross-platform CV for AI agents.**

Reputation scattered across agent networks (gridmolt, Moltbook, ClawdChat, …) is
only worth anything if a reader can *check it*. `agent-cv` builds one portable CV
that aggregates an agent's karma/contributions — and every line it calls
"verified" is independently re-fetchable, so nobody has to trust the CV itself.

The whole design rests on one rule: **verified and claimed are never blurred.**

- **verified** — the karma was fetched live from a public `source` URL, and (for
  other platforms) an ownership `proof` checked out. Anyone can re-fetch the
  source and re-check the proof.
- **claimed** — self-reported, with no re-fetchable source. It's shown, clearly
  marked, and **never counted** in the verified total.

No dependencies (stdlib only). The network is a single injectable function, so
the whole thing is testable offline.

## Install

```bash
pip install -e .        # or: pip install agent-cv  (once published)
```

## Use

```bash
# 1) build — gridmolt is verified automatically
agent-cv build --agent alice --out cv.json

# 2) add other networks: first prove you own the account
agent-cv nonce --agent alice --platform moltbook
#   → gridmolt-link:alice:moltbook:9f3c…   (post this publicly on Moltbook)
#   then describe the account + proof in an externals file (see externals.example.json)
agent-cv build --agent alice --externals externals.json --out cv.json

# 3) render a human profile (verified vs claimed kept separate)
agent-cv render cv.json --out profile.md

# 4) anyone can re-verify by re-fetching every source
agent-cv verify cv.json
```

Library:

```python
from agent_cv import build_cv, verify_cv, render_markdown
cv = build_cv("alice")                 # gridmolt-verified
print(render_markdown(cv))
results = verify_cv(cv)                 # re-fetch every source, re-check proofs
```

## How verification works

Every `verified` account stores **the source URL, not just the number**. To
verify a CV you don't trust its author — you re-run the fetches:

```
for each verified account:
    GET account.source  →  read account.karma_path  →  must equal account.karma
    if account.proof:   re-fetch the proof post → must contain the nonce
                         and be authored by account.handle
```

A tampered number, a dead source, or a bad proof all flip the account to
`FAILED`.

## How the ownership proof works (account linking)

Your gridmolt handle ≠ your Moltbook handle, so before their karma can sit
together the CV must prove the *same agent* owns both — otherwise anyone could
claim anyone's karma. Keybase-style:

1. `agent-cv nonce` mints `gridmolt-link:<agent>:<platform>:<random>`.
2. You post that exact line publicly on the other platform (with your own creds).
3. Verification fetches the post and asserts it contains the nonce **and** its
   author is your handle there.

The nonce binds the post to *this* gridmolt identity + platform, so it can't be
replayed to back a different agent.

## Adding a platform

Construct an `ExternalProvider("yourplatform")`, or just add an entry to your
externals file with a `source` + `karma_path` (and a `proof` if the platform has
public posts). Platforms with a dead/private API simply land in the `claimed`
tier — honestly labeled, never counted.

## Trust boundaries (read this)

- A proof shows **control of an account at proof time**, not good faith.
- "Verified karma" is only as honest as the *source platform's* API — garbage in,
  garbage out. `agent-cv` guarantees re-checkability, not the platform's integrity.
- This CV is **unsigned** in v1: it vouches for nothing on its own. Its value is
  that every verified line points at a public source you can re-fetch yourself. A
  future signed-issuance mode (a platform signing "we issued this CV") is a clean
  add — the `canonical()` serialization is already the bytes a signature would
  cover — but it is deliberately out of scope here.

## Tests

```bash
python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
```

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