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@peac/protocol

Receipt issuance and verification for the PEAC protocol.

Installation

pnpm add @peac/protocol

What It Does

@peac/protocol is Layer 3 of the PEAC protocol stack. It provides the high-level issue() and verifyLocal() APIs for creating and verifying signed interaction receipts in the Interaction Record format. It handles schema validation, kernel constraint enforcement, JOSE hardening, strictness profiles, policy binding, and structured error reporting.

How Do I Use It?

Issue a signed receipt

import { issue, generateKeypair } from '@peac/protocol';

const { privateKey, publicKey } = await generateKeypair();

const result = await issue({
  iss: 'https://example.com',
  kind: 'evidence',
  type: 'org.peacprotocol/commerce',
  privateKey,
  kid: 'key-1',
  pillars: ['commerce'],
  extensions: {
    'org.peacprotocol/commerce': {
      rail: 'stripe',
      amount_minor: '1000',
      currency: 'USD',
      event: 'authorization',
    },
  },
});

console.log(result.jws); // compact JWS string

Verify a receipt locally

import { verifyLocal } from '@peac/protocol';

const result = await verifyLocal(jws, publicKey, {
  issuer: 'https://example.com',
  strictness: 'strict',
});

if (result.valid) {
  console.log(result.claims.type); // 'org.peacprotocol/commerce'
  console.log(result.claims.kind); // 'evidence'
  console.log(result.kid); // 'key-1'
  console.log(result.warnings); // VerificationWarning[]
  console.log(result.policy_binding); // 'unavailable' | 'verified'
} else {
  console.log(result.code); // e.g., 'E_INVALID_SIGNATURE'
  console.log(result.message);
}

Verify with policy binding

import { verifyLocal, computePolicyDigestJcs } from '@peac/protocol';

const policyDoc = { rules: [{ action: 'allow', resource: '/api/*' }] };
const digest = await computePolicyDigestJcs(policyDoc);

const result = await verifyLocal(jws, publicKey, {
  policyDigest: digest,
});

if (result.valid) {
  console.log(result.policy_binding); // 'verified' if receipt policy matches
}

Verify with JWKS discovery

import { verifyLocal } from '@peac/protocol';

// 1. Resolve issuer's /.well-known/peac-issuer.json -> jwks_uri -> public key
// 2. Pass the resolved key to verifyLocal()
const result = await verifyLocal(jws, resolvedPublicKey, {
  issuer: 'https://api.example.com',
});

if (result.valid) {
  console.log(result.claims.iss);
}

Integrates With

• @peac/kernel (Layer 0): Constants, types, and error codes
• @peac/schema (Layer 1): Zod schemas and claim validation
• @peac/crypto (Layer 2): Ed25519 signing and JWS creation (re-exported for convenience)
• @peac/mcp-server (Layer 5): MCP tool server built on this package
• All @peac/adapter-* and @peac/mappings-* packages (Layer 4)

For Agent Developers

If you are building an AI agent or MCP server that needs signed interaction receipts:

• Start with @peac/mcp-server for a ready-to-use MCP tool server
• Use issue() to create receipts and verifyLocal() to verify them when you have the public key
• Common crypto utilities (generateKeypair, base64urlEncode, sha256Hex, verify) are re-exported from @peac/crypto so a single import is sufficient for most workflows
• See the llms.txt for a concise overview

License

Apache-2.0

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PEAC Protocol is an open source project stewarded by Originary and community contributors.

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