VSC — Versioned State Commit

v1.18 — Evidence Flow Demo

Research prototype / proof-of-concept. Not production-ready.

License: VSC Core is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. The names DigiEmu and VSC, logos, and project branding are not granted as trademarks.

Non-technical overview

For plain-language explanations of what VSC proves, what it does not prove, and how to read PASS / FAIL / ERROR results:

docs/non-technical/EXECUTIVE_ONE_PAGER.md — concise partner and governance overview
docs/non-technical/GOVERNANCE_SCENARIOS.md — safe governance scenarios and where VSC fits
docs/non-technical/VSC_TRUST_OVERVIEW.md — what VSC is and what it proves
docs/non-technical/PASS_FAIL_EXPLAINED.md — how to interpret PASS, FAIL, and ERROR

VSC v2.0 Formal Specification Draft

The VSC v2.0 formal specification draft is available in docs/vsc-v2-0-formal-specification-draft.md.

It defines the VSC evidence model, token roles, bundle structure, verifier behavior, and validation semantics in a language-independent form. v1.x remains the current Node.js reference implementation.

The VSC v2.1 Canonical Event Model draft is available in docs/vsc-v2-1-canonical-event-model-draft.md. It defines the smallest verifiable event unit used by VSC evidence flows.

The VSC v2.2 Conformance Test Vectors draft is available in docs/vsc-v2-2-conformance-test-vectors-draft.md. It defines the compatibility test surface for future VSC implementations.

The VSC v2.3 Interop Receipt Profile draft is available in docs/vsc-v2-3-interop-receipt-profile-draft.md. It defines how external systems may reference VSC evidence while preserving VSC result semantics and evidence boundaries.

The VSC v2.4 Go Core Prototype Preparation draft is available in docs/vsc-v2-4-go-core-prototype-preparation.md. It defines the preparation path for a future Go-based VSC verifier while preserving the Node.js v1.x reference implementation.

Experimental Go verifier prototype (v2.6.1): go run ./cmd/vsc-go verify-bundle <bundle-folder>. Read-only. Preserves VSC result semantics. Node.js remains the reference implementation. JSON output: go run ./cmd/vsc-go verify-bundle --json <bundle-folder> (follows the VSC v2.6 Machine-readable Verification Result Schema draft).

The VSC v2.6 Machine-readable Verification Result Schema draft is available in docs/vsc-v2-6-machine-readable-verification-result-schema-draft.md. It defines a stable JSON result surface for future Go --json output, conformance comparisons, APIs, and interop receipts.

The VSC v2.7 Conformance Fixture Package is available in conformance/v2.7/. It provides minimal PASS / FAIL / ERROR fixtures for comparing verifier behavior across implementations.

The VSC v2.8 Node/Go Result Comparison Draft is available in conformance/v2.8/. It defines how verifier implementations should compare result classes across the v2.7 conformance fixtures. The v2.8.2 comparison runner supports human-readable and machine-readable output: npm run vsc -- compare:fixtures (human-readable table) or npm run vsc -- compare:fixtures --json (JSON, intended for automation and future CI).

Interop / boundary notes

VSC can be discussed as part of a broader trust architecture with identity / trust and responsibility / attribution layers.

docs/interop/TBN_VSC_CLARIXO_BOUNDARIES.md — TBN / VSC / CLARIXO safe interoperability boundaries. This document describes reference patterns. It is not an integration-complete claim.

External reference profile draft: docs/interop/EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_PROFILE_DRAFT.md and schemas/external-reference-profile-v2.18-draft.schema.json. External references are pointers, not proof imports.

External reference examples (draft, not production integrations): examples/external-references/

External reference validation notes: docs/interop/EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_VALIDATION_NOTES.md. Reference validation is not artifact validation.

Interop roadmap / pre-v3 planning: docs/interop/INTEROP_ROADMAP_PRE_V3.md. Planning only; does not start v3.0 or implement external reference validation.

External reference shape validation plan: docs/interop/EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_SHAPE_VALIDATION_PLAN.md. Planning only. Shape validation checks the reference object, not the external artifact.

External reference fixture plan: docs/interop/EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_FIXTURE_PLAN.md. Fixture planning does not implement fixture validation.

Interop consolidation summary: docs/interop/INTEROP_CONSOLIDATION_SUMMARY.md. Consolidates v2.17–v2.23. Documentation only; does not implement validation or start v3.0.

Partner / reviewer interop brief: docs/interop/PARTNER_REVIEWER_INTEROP_BRIEF.md. Compact partner/reviewer entry point. Documentation only; does not implement validation or start v3.0.

Enterprise review package: docs/review/ENTERPRISE_REVIEW_PACKAGE.md. Review package only; not certification. Includes validation commands, expected outputs, key files, and explicit non-claims.

Partner-facing review brief: docs/review/PARTNER_REVIEW_BRIEF.md. Short PDF/source-friendly entry point; not certification.

CI Conformance Check

VSC includes a GitHub Actions workflow for automated conformance validation.

The workflow runs on every push and pull request targeting main and checks:

npm run vsc -- compare:fixtures
npm run vsc -- compare:fixtures --json
npm run vsc -- verify-all

The JSON comparison output must be valid JSON and must report:

{
  "result": "COMPARE_PASS"
}

This CI check validates fixture-level comparison behavior and full repository verification status. It does not change VSC verification semantics.

CI artifacts

Successful CI conformance runs publish downloadable workflow artifacts:

comparison-result.json
comparison-report.md

comparison-result.json is the machine-readable comparison result generated by npm run vsc -- compare:fixtures --json. comparison-report.md is a small human-readable summary of the same CI comparison result. These artifacts make CI conformance results easier to inspect and archive.

Artifacts are uploaded with run-aware and commit-aware names:

vsc-comparison-artifacts-run-<run_number>-<commit_sha>

Artifacts are retained for 30 days by the GitHub Actions workflow.

Core Concept

VSC is a base + delta + proof + recovery model for folder and file state:

T = (B, Δ, P, R)

B = base snapshot     — full state, chunked and root-hashed
Δ = ordered deltas    — only the files that changed
P = proof             — root hash / chain hash for verification
R = recovery          — rules for reconstructing state from base + deltas

Store a full state once. Store only what changes. Verify by root hash. Restore from base + ordered deltas.

WordPress MVP Demo

A WordPress-style folder was backed up once (1.58 MB base), then two later changes were captured as ordered deltas (641 B total). The latest state was reconstructed and verified.

Strategy	Storage
Traditional full-copy (3×)	4.75 MB
VSC (base + 2 deltas)	1.58 MB
Saved	3.17 MB (66.65%)

verify-all result: PASS: 3 / PROOF-ONLY: 12 / FAIL: 0

→ Full demo details

Visual Token Language

VSC tokens are rendered as SVG seals. Each token type has a distinct visual identity:

Token	Core symbol	Reading
FOLDER	`⊞ BASE SNAPSHOT`	Stable complete state
DELTA	`Δ CHANGED FILES`	Changed subset, BASE → TARGET
CHAIN	`N DELTA STEPS`	Ordered progression, latest verified
RECOVERY	`▣ RECOVERABLE`	Dense chunked payload
PROOF	`◌ SPARSE PROOF`	Lightweight deterministic proof

→ Full visual grammar

Current Status

What works:

Folder base snapshots, restore, verification
Folder deltas (file-level add / modify / delete)
Delta-on-delta and delta chains
Chain restore and chain verification
Chain storage report
Static token gallery with SVG seal previews
verify-all batch verification

Not yet built:

API layer
Distributed object storage
Authentication / tenant model
Production hardening

CLI Commands

# Encode folder base
npm run encode-folder <folder>

# Encode folder delta
npm run encode-folder-delta <base-token.json> <folder>

# Build delta chain
npm run create-chain <base.json> <delta1.json> [delta2.json ...]

# Restore latest state from chain
npm run restore-chain <chain.json>

# Verify restored state
npm run verify-chain <chain.json> <restored-folder>

# Storage report
npm run report-chain <chain.json>

# Verify all tokens
npm run verify-all

# Clean manifest
npm run clean-manifest

# Open gallery
start output\gallery.html

VSC v1.11 GitHub Pages Showcase

The static showcase is publicly deployed via GitHub Pages:

https://digiemu.github.io/vsc-core/

Only showcase/ is published. No recovery chunks, test fixtures, or heavy output folders are deployed. The deployment is triggered automatically on every push to main.

→ Publishing documentation

VSC v1.12 Benchmark Mode

VSC v1.12 adds Benchmark Mode — reproducible measurement of storage-load reduction and restore/verify performance.

npm run vsc -- benchmark        # default: medium profile (100 states)
npm run vsc -- benchmark small  # 10 states - fast smoke test
npm run vsc -- benchmark large  # 1000 states - extended test

What it measures:

Storage comparison: VSC base+delta vs traditional full-copy storage
Timing: Base snapshot, delta generation, chain creation, restore, verify
Verification: Restore integrity and root-hash verification pass/fail

Sample output:

Total chain reduction: 90-98% (profile-dependent)
Saved bytes: ~2-5 MB for medium fixture
Restore time: ~500-1500ms
Verify time: ~200-500ms

Benchmark Mode makes VSC's storage-load reduction claims measurable and reproducible without introducing unbenchmarked enterprise claims.

Note: Benchmark output is written to output/benchmark/ and is separate from the public showcase. The showcase (npm run vsc -- showcase) uses the stable WordPress-style demo, not benchmark artifacts.

→ Full benchmark documentation
→ VSC v2 Architecture Notes

VSC v1.13 JSON Event Benchmark

VSC v1.13 adds JSON Event Benchmark — extending storage-load reduction measurement to structured AI decision event logs represented as deterministic JSON.

npm run vsc -- benchmark:json        # default: medium profile (100 states)
npm run vsc -- benchmark:json small  # 10 states - fast smoke test
npm run vsc -- benchmark:json large  # 1000 states - extended test

Event Model:

Primary unit of proof: Individual Event (prompt/response, tool call, policy check, retrieval, final decision)
Deterministic JSON with canonical key ordering
Accumulating event log: each state contains all events from 0 to N
Events include: event_id, sequence, timestamp, event_type, actor, model, input_hash, output_hash, policy_result, tool_calls, metadata

What it measures:

Storage efficiency for growing AI event logs
VSC delta encoding performance on structured JSON
Restore and verify timing for event state chains

Note: This benchmark models AI-style events but uses synthetic deterministic data. It is a bridge toward future AI evidence logging, not a claim of enterprise-ready AI log infrastructure.

Separation: JSON Event Benchmark output is written to output/json-benchmark/ and is separate from both the public showcase and the v1.12 folder benchmark.

Gallery: The public showcase gallery uses an allowlist approach and does not include benchmark or JSON benchmark generated SVGs, keeping the GitHub Pages gallery deterministic and lightweight.

→ Full JSON Event Benchmark documentation

VSC v1.14 Evidence Bundle Export

VSC v1.14 adds Evidence Bundle Export — a CLI command that turns a verified VSC delta chain into a portable evidence package containing all proof artifacts.

npm run vsc -- bundle output/vsc-chain-21A8390BFA3F-to-954BEB0FF3AA.json

What's included:

Chain token (complete delta chain with all steps)
Base token (initial state snapshot)
Delta tokens (ordered state changes)
Chain report (human-readable summary)
SVG seals (visual proof representations)
Verification summary with expected hashes
Complete manifest
SHA-256 checksums for integrity

Bundle structure:

output/bundles/vsc-bundle-<BASE>-to-<LATEST>/
├── README.md                    # Bundle guide
├── manifest.json                # Complete artifact inventory
├── chain-token.json             # The delta chain
├── base-token.json              # Base state
├── verification-summary.json    # Verification instructions
├── checksums.sha256            # File integrity checksums
├── delta-tokens/delta-*.json   # Delta steps
├── reports/chain-report.md     # Human-readable report
└── seals/*.svg                 # Visual seals

Use cases:

Partner sharing — Send verifiable proof to collaborators
Audit trail — Create compliance evidence
Research publication — Package reproducible proof artifacts
DigiEmu proof — Export as proof artifact

Note: Bundles do not include heavy recovery chunk folders or restored state (these can be regenerated from the tokens).

→ Full Evidence Bundle Export documentation

VSC v1.15 JSON Event Evidence Bundle

VSC v1.15 adds JSON Event Evidence Bundle Export — a specialized export mode that turns deterministic JSON AI event chains into portable evidence packages for audit, post-incident review, and DigiEmu verification workflows.

# Export bundle using latest JSON benchmark results
npm run vsc -- bundle:json

# Export with explicit chain token
npm run vsc -- bundle:json output/json-benchmark/vsc-chain-*.json

Prerequisites:

npm run vsc -- benchmark:json   # must run first to generate JSON benchmark data

What's included:

Event schema (event-schema.json) — Event structure definition
Event summary (event-summary.json) — Session statistics
JSON benchmark summary, report, and chart data
Chain token, base token, delta tokens
Verification summary with restore/verify status
Complete manifest and SHA-256 checksums

Bundle structure:

output/json-event-bundles/vsc-json-event-bundle-<BASE>-to-<LATEST>/
├── README.md                           # Bundle guide
├── manifest.json                       # Complete inventory
├── event-schema.json                   # Event structure
├── event-summary.json                  # Session statistics
├── json-benchmark-summary.json         # Benchmark metrics
├── json-benchmark-report.md            # Human report
├── json-benchmark-chart-data.json      # Chart data
├── chain-token.json                    # Delta chain
├── base-token.json                     # Base state
├── verification-summary.json           # Verification status
├── checksums.sha256                   # Checksums
└── delta-tokens/delta-*.json          # Delta steps

Event Model:

Primary unit of proof: Individual Event
Event types: prompt_response, tool_call, policy_check, retrieval, final_decision
Required fields: event_id, sequence, timestamp, event_type, actor, session_id, model, input_hash, output_hash, policy_result, tool_calls, metadata
Determinism: Synthetic deterministic data for reproducibility

Use cases:

Audit trail — AI decision event logging for compliance
Post-incident review — Capture decision timeline for investigation
Research publication — Reproducible AI event evidence
DigiEmu proof — Portable AI event proof artifact

Limitations:

Synthetic deterministic events — not real AI inference
Single-session model — not multi-session orchestration
Simulated tool calls — not actual execution
Research prototype — not enterprise production software

→ Full JSON Event Evidence Bundle documentation

VSC v1.16 Evidence Bundle Verification

VSC v1.16 adds Evidence Bundle Verification — a read-only verifier that checks whether an exported evidence bundle is complete, internally consistent, and unchanged according to its manifest and checksums.

# Verify a generic evidence bundle
npm run vsc -- verify-bundle output/bundles/vsc-bundle-<BASE>-to-<LATEST>

# Verify a JSON event evidence bundle
npm run vsc -- verify-bundle output/json-event-bundles/vsc-json-event-bundle-<BASE>-to-<LATEST>

What it verifies:

Required files — README.md, manifest.json, checksums.sha256, chain-token.json, base-token.json, verification-summary.json
Checksum integrity — Every file in checksums.sha256 exists and matches its hash
Manifest consistency — Manifest references match chain/base/delta token IDs
Chain token — Valid JSON, contains base/latest token IDs and steps
Base token — Exists and is valid JSON
Delta tokens — All deltas referenced by the chain exist in delta-tokens/
JSON event metadata — (for JSON event bundles) event-schema.json, event-summary.json, json-benchmark-summary.json are valid

Expected output:

VSC v1.16 — Evidence Bundle Verification
...
Manifest:        PASS
Checksums:       PASS (XX files verified)
Chain token:     PASS (BASE → LATEST)
Base token:      PASS
Delta tokens:    PASS (XX/XX found)
JSON event meta: PASS or N/A
Result:          PASS

Use cases:

Pre-sharing validation — Verify bundle integrity before sending to partners
Receipt verification — Confirm received bundle is unchanged
Audit compliance — Prove bundle completeness for compliance review
CI/CD integration — Automated bundle verification in pipelines

Note: This command is read-only. It never modifies the bundle (no manifest rewrite, no checksum update, no token mutation).

→ Full Evidence Bundle Verification documentation

VSC v1.17 ZIP Bundle Export

VSC v1.17 adds ZIP Bundle Export — a command to package an existing evidence bundle directory into a shareable ZIP archive.

npm run vsc -- zip-bundle output\json-event-bundles\vsc-json-event-bundle-408C8C13C4D4-to-ED9566562A13

What it does:

Creates a .zip file from the bundle folder
Outputs to output/zips/<bundle-name>.zip
Preserves the bundle directory structure inside the ZIP
Does not modify the source bundle

Expected output:

VSC v1.17 — ZIP Bundle Export
...
ZIP path:        output\zips\vsc-json-event-bundle-408C8C13C4D4-to-ED9566562A13.zip
Files included:  108
ZIP size:        245.6 KB
Result:          PASS

Use cases:

Email distribution — Share bundles as single-file attachments
Archive storage — Compress bundles for long-term storage
Distribution packaging — Prepare bundles for download/release

Note: The ZIP file is created in output/zips/ and is not committed to Git (see .gitignore).

→ Full ZIP Bundle Export documentation

VSC v1.18 Evidence Flow Demo

VSC v1.18 adds Evidence Flow Demo — a single command that runs the complete VSC evidence handoff flow end-to-end.

npm run vsc -- demo:evidence-flow

What it does:

Exports the JSON event evidence bundle (bundle:json)
Verifies the exported bundle (verify-bundle)
Packages the bundle as a portable ZIP (zip-bundle)
Prints a clear final summary with PASS/FAIL

Expected output:

VSC v1.18 — Evidence Flow Demo

  Flow:  Export  →  Verify  →  ZIP  →  Summary
...
  Verification result:  PASS
  ZIP export result:    PASS
  Final result:         PASS

This command is an orchestrator. Evidence logic, checksum binding, manifest integrity, and ZIP creation remain in their respective dedicated scripts. Use verify-bundle and zip-bundle independently at any time.

→ Full Evidence Flow Demo documentation

VSC v1.10 Static Showcase

VSC v1.10 adds a static showcase export. One command generates a portable showcase/ folder with the SVG seals, demo metrics, verification summary, and gallery — no server required, opens in any browser.

npm run vsc -- demo:run   # run full proof flow first
npm run vsc -- showcase   # export showcase/

→ Full showcase documentation

VSC v1.9 One-command Demo

VSC v1.9 adds a complete reproducible demo command. One command runs the full WordPress-style base + delta + chain + restore + verify flow:

npm run vsc -- demo:run

No manual token ID replacement. No placeholder values. The runner discovers generated paths from the manifest and prints a final summary with DEMO RESULT: PASS.

→ Full demo documentation

VSC v1.8 CLI

VSC v1.8 introduces a simplified CLI wrapper. The old scripts remain available and unchanged.

npm run vsc -- help          # command overview
npm run vsc -- demo          # create demo fixture
npm run vsc -- backup test-wp
npm run vsc -- delta output\vsc-<BASE>-folder-recovery.json test-wp
npm run vsc -- chain <base> <delta1> <delta2>
npm run vsc -- restore output\vsc-chain-<BASE>-to-<D2>.json
npm run vsc -- verify  output\vsc-chain-<BASE>-to-<D2>.json output\chain-<BASE>-to-<D2>\restored-test-wp
npm run vsc -- report  output\vsc-chain-<BASE>-to-<D2>.json
npm run vsc -- verify-all
npm run vsc -- gallery

→ Full CLI documentation

Repository / Demo Notes

This repository is a research prototype / MVP. The following conventions apply:

Generated recovery chunk folders (output/recovery-*/) are excluded from git — they can be large and are always reproducible locally.
The test-wp/ fixture folder is excluded from git. Recreate it with npm run demo:fixture.
Token JSON and SVG files in output/ are lightweight and may be committed as reference artifacts.
See docs/demo-artifact-policy.md for the full artifact commit policy.
See docs/reproduce-wordpress-demo.md to reproduce the full demo from a clean clone.

npm run demo:fixture       # create or reset test-wp/ demo fixture
npm run encode-folder      # encode a folder as a base snapshot
npm run encode-folder-delta # encode a folder delta
npm run create-chain       # build a delta chain
npm run report-chain       # storage metrics report
npm run restore-chain      # restore latest state from chain
npm run verify-chain       # verify restored state
npm run verify-all         # verify all registered tokens
npm run clean-manifest     # remove stale manifest entries

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