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RippleLogic Guardrails v0.1

A portable minimum governance layer for tool-using AI agents. Enforces a rights floor, tail-risk bounds, containment rules, and auditability. Platform-agnostic and built for real-world use.

Download is a single packaged bundle (ZIP) containing the full spec pack.

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Portable Spec Rights Floor First Tail-Risk Bounded Containment for High Risk Append-Only Audit Logs

What this is

Minimum guardrails for any agent that can use tools, change state, publish, message, or transact.
Three decisions for every tool-relevant action: ALLOW, ALLOW_WITH_CONSTRAINTS, BLOCK.
Auditability by default, including high-risk blocked requests.
Skill risk labeling so permissions and blast radius are explicit.

Core rule: No tool call until a Gate Decision is produced.

The Three Decisions

ALLOWAction may proceed.

ALLOW_WITH_CONSTRAINTSAction may proceed only if constraints are satisfied (confirmation, sandbox, previews, scope limits).

BLOCKAction must not proceed. Provide a safe alternative.

Minimal implementation contract

Any implementation claiming Guardrails v0.1 should implement these four functions:

1) classify(action) -> classification object 2) gate(action, policy) -> decision object 3) enforce_constraints(decision, action) -> execution plan 4) audit(event) -> append-only record

Portable Gate Decision format

GATE_ACTION: <one sentence description> CLASSIFICATION: capability: [..] data_sensitivity: <..> blast_radius: <..> reversibility: <..> GATE_DECISION: <ALLOW | ALLOW_WITH_CONSTRAINTS | BLOCK> REASON: <short> CONSTRAINTS: <list or NONE> NEXT: <one question or next step>

Quick start

Download the pack (GitHub Release is the canonical source).
Implement the classify → gate → enforce → audit contract.
Run the included test scenarios and confirm expected decisions.
Publish your implementation and claim: “Implements RippleLogic Guardrails v0.1 (portable spec)”.

Hard-block examples

Sharing or transmitting credentials and secrets
Disabling authentication or exposing private control planes publicly
Impersonation, unauthorized surveillance, coercion
Publishing private data

Integrity verification

Verify that the download has not been modified. Compare the ZIP hash to the published checksum.

ZIP SHA-256

44a41fd2740f2123318d125289d012082a980ad8cde4a274f0065d4c6ebc65e6

Checksums file: SHA256SUMS.txt

Windows (PowerShell): Get-FileHash .\RippleLogic-Guardrails-v0.1.zip -Algorithm SHA256 macOS/Linux: shasum -a 256 RippleLogic-Guardrails-v0.1.zip

Links

ripplelogic.org
mathgov.org
GitHub Release v0.1
Repository

Spec pack contents

These files are included in the v0.1 pack. Single-file downloads are available through the repository.

RippleLogic-Guardrails-v0.1.md

Full spec: cascade, constraints library, required formats, and compliance claim.

SpecIncluded

AuditLogSchema.json

JSON Schema for append-only audit log entries.

SchemaIncluded

SkillRiskLabelSchema.json

JSON Schema for skill/tool risk labels (permissions and blast radius).

SchemaIncluded

TestScenarios.md

Acceptance scenarios with expected allow, constrain, block outcomes.

TestsIncluded

OnePageQuickStart.md

One-page implementation checklist for agent builders.

Quick StartIncluded

SHA256SUMS.txt

Checksums for the ZIP and individual files.

IntegrityIncluded

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Compliance claim (v0.1)

If your system classifies actions, gates every tool call, blocks hard-block items, constrains high-blast or irreversible actions, and writes audit logs, you may claim: “Implements RippleLogic Guardrails v0.1 (portable spec)”.

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