Concepts

Acretix Verify evaluates a submission against a rubric and returns a verdict with evidence and a signed proof. These terms describe the boundaries of that result.

Rubric and criterion #

A rubric is a versioned set of success rules. Each criterion is one rule in that set: it identifies what is checked and how it contributes to the result. Start from a template or compile your own rubric.

Submission #

A submission is the work being assessed. It can be inline text, a URI, or a typed set of roles such as output and context. See Verify & roles for request shapes and role meanings.

Evidence and trust tiers #

Evidence is the material associated with a criterion result. Its trust tier records where it came from:

deterministic

Computed over specified bytes.

source_attested

Bound to a registered source.

third_party

External material.

claimant

Supplied by the submitter.

The service does not upgrade claimant evidence into stronger evidence. Read the result interpretation guide for the guarantees and limits of each tier.

Verdict #

A verdict is the completed determination:

met

The rubric requirements were satisfied.

partial

Wire value for a graded shortfall without a hard failure.

not_met

A hard requirement failed.

cannot_determine

Acretix Verify abstained because it could not honestly decide.

flagged

A review signal (needs_review), not a separate determination.

See how to read a verdict before automating a decision.

Proof #

A proof is the append-only, Ed25519-signed record of a verification. It lets a relying party check exactly what was signed, its chain, and its binding to the expected request. Follow Verify a proof for the strict, pinned-trust-root verification procedure.