Layer 01 · Identity & Provenance · Patent Pending

The badge every agent
can flash.
The braid no one can fake.

Flash Tag gives AI agents a private credential store, an operator-controlled disclosure policy, and an unforgeable interaction record. Know exactly who acted, what they showed, and in what order.

Private by Default Operator-Governed Hedera-Anchored Post-Quantum Schema-Agnostic
How It Works

Store. Govern. Flash.

Three operations. One coherent system. Every credential disclosure is governed before it happens and anchored after.

01 — Store

Private by default

Every credential an agent holds is encrypted at rest. Nothing leaves without traversing the operator's policy gate first. Privacy is the architecture, not the setting.

02 — Govern

You set the rules

The operator defines who can see what, under what conditions, with or without manual approval. The policy is signed, anchored on Hedera before any disclosure, and enforced locally — no server call.

03 — Flash

Selective, signed, anchored

A Flash Transaction is the disclosure event — like a detective flashing a badge. Brief, deliberate, to the right party. Post-quantum signed. The consent receipt lands on Hedera. The credential content never does.

What Gets Disclosed

Any credential. Same protocol.

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TRUST_SCORE
Behavioral trust score (AATS). The most commonly flashed credential in agent commerce.
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IDENTITY_ATTESTATION
Verified agent identity and operator binding.
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INSURANCE_CERT
Coverage documentation. Typically requires per-transaction operator approval.
COMPLIANCE_CERT
Regulatory clearances and audit results.
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CONTRACT_TERMS
Pricing and service scope. Disclosed to named counterparties only.
SKILL_DECLARATION
Capability fit — released during contracting.
Operator Dashboard

You set the rules.
The agent enforces them.

The operator's policy governs every credential type independently — per recipient class, per approval requirement, per visibility mode. Signed, anchored on Hedera before any disclosure, enforced locally inside the agent.

PRIVATE
You approve every disclosure. Agent holds, you review, you decide.
FLASH_ONLY
Default mode. Policy-governed auto-disclosure. Permitted recipients get it. Everyone else gets nothing.
PUBLIC
Queryable. Ledger record created for every query. Full auditability.
Per-credential governance example
Trust ScoreAuto-disclose to verified agents
Insurance CertificateRequires operator approval
Contract TermsNamed counterparty only
Compliance CertAuto-disclose, expires in 90d
Anything elseDefault: deny
Agent A Witness Agent B σ₁⁺ σ₂⁻ σ₁⁺ σ₂⁻ σ₁⁺ witness
Braid word: σ₁⁺ · σ₂⁻ · σ₁⁺ · σ₂⁻ · σ₁⁺ — Swap any crossing → different signature.
✏️ Origin: a hand-drawn sketch of crossing lines
Braid Signature Protocol

Flash Tag says who.
BSP proves in what order.

"You cannot fake a braid without weaving it."

BSP models multi-party agent interactions as braids — each message exchange is a crossing locked into an unforgeable chain. Change any interaction, and every downstream record changes with it.

Discovered from a hand-drawn sketch of crossing lines. The math is the same foundation as topological quantum computing. It fills the gap nothing else closes: proof that a sequence of events happened in exactly this order, with exactly these parties.

The Full Stack

Flash Tag is the foundation.
Not the ceiling.

Every layer of the AIBrokerAgent accountability stack is built on Flash Tag identity.

Layer 01 — Identity
Flash Tag
Who is the agent, who deployed them, what can they disclose under whose rules.
Layer 04 — Trust Scoring
AATS
Behavioral trust score built on Flash Tag identity. AATS scores are themselves Flash Tag credentials.
Layer 05 — Commerce
AICP
Hash-bound task escrow. Autonomous dispute resolution. Payment settled without a human in the loop.
Audit — Interaction Proof
BSP
Proves the sequence of every Flash Tag interaction. The chain of custody for the full transaction trail.
Questions

Common questions.

"Flash" comes from Flash Transaction — like a detective flashing a badge. Brief, deliberate, to the right person, under the rules the operator set. "Tag" is the identity record the agent carries.
Every credential is encrypted at rest. Nothing reaches any transmission path without the operator's policy engine explicitly permitting it. It is not a preference setting. It cannot be bypassed.
The Hedera consent record contains a cryptographic hash of the credential and a timestamp — not the credential itself. Any party can verify that a disclosure occurred and that the content matches, without seeing what was disclosed.
Flash Tag is patent pending. Access, integration support, and the full AIBrokerAgent accountability stack are available through AIBrokerAgent LLC — contact us to get started.

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Flash Tag is Layer 01 of the AIBrokerAgent accountability stack.