Verified Digital Agents (VDA) Genesis API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HITL — human decisions on agent actions Genesis API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: The getvda.ai substrate that owns human decisions on agent actions. External callers (ACP, onboard-agent) register an authority config, then raise → resolve → sealed hitl_decision. Discovery is public; tool calls require Contract A (a Witness Bearer). A NEW caller is created only by controller-signed genesis; register_authority_config updates an existing caller. See docs/EXTERNAL-CALLERS.md.
  x-git-sha: d347a708f292368e6656381ca9e2ed983260657b
servers:
- url: https://hitl.getvda.ai
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Genesis
paths:
  /v1/genesis/authority-config:
    post:
      operationId: genesis_authority_config
      summary: Genesis — create a caller + its first authority config
      description: Creates a NEW caller and installs its first authority config in one step. Authenticated by the HITL CONTROLLER signature in the body (genesis_proof), NOT a Bearer — a HITL-controller operator action. Sealed as an attestation. Once per caller. Returns { caller_id, config_id, seal_record_id }. External callers do this once; thereafter they update via register_authority_config (Contract A). See docs/EXTERNAL-CALLERS.md.
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - caller
              - config
              - genesis_proof
              properties:
                caller:
                  type: object
                  required:
                  - witness_account_id
                  - agent_id
                  - display_name
                  properties:
                    witness_account_id:
                      type: string
                    agent_id:
                      type: string
                    display_name:
                      type: string
                config:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorityConfigBody'
                genesis_proof:
                  type: object
                  required:
                  - algorithm
                  - key_id
                  - signature
                  - created
                  properties:
                    algorithm:
                      const: Ed25519
                    key_id:
                      type: string
                    signature:
                      type: string
                      description: base64url Ed25519 over canonical {caller,config,purpose:"vda.hitl.genesis/1"}
                    created:
                      type: string
                      format: date-time
                git_commit:
                  type: string
                  description: Optional §8 provenance — sealed into the claim + stored on the config row.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: genesised
        '403':
          description: invalid_signature
        '409':
          description: already_genesised
        '503':
          description: genesis_unavailable (controller key not configured)
      tags:
      - Genesis
components:
  schemas:
    AuthorityConfigBody:
      type: object
      description: The routing config projected into HITL (genesis or register_authority_config).
      required:
      - bands
      - label_to_band
      - roster
      - permitted_decision_classes
      - max_raises_per_hour
      - max_open_items
      properties:
        bands:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Ordered ladder, narrowest→widest. Order IS the escalation path.
        label_to_band:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: escalation_label → band. Every band must exist in the ladder.
        roster:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          description: 'band → [actor ids]. Bands NEST: a wider-band actor may decide narrower items.'
        permitted_decision_classes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        max_raises_per_hour:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
        max_open_items:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Contract A: a Witness Bearer (wtn.<keyId>.<secret>) validated by HITL via Witness GET /whoami. Authorization header only. This authenticates the CALLING account; the human decider on a resolution is asserted separately and never authenticated by HITL.'