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- invara-0.1.0/LICENSE +202 -0
- invara-0.1.0/NOTICE +7 -0
- invara-0.1.0/PKG-INFO +281 -0
- invara-0.1.0/README.md +262 -0
- invara-0.1.0/pyproject.toml +39 -0
- invara-0.1.0/setup.cfg +4 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara/__init__.py +71 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara/__main__.py +305 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara/chain.py +159 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara/contract.py +288 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara/mcp.py +408 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara/runner.py +260 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara/store.py +202 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara.egg-info/PKG-INFO +281 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara.egg-info/SOURCES.txt +18 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara.egg-info/dependency_links.txt +1 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara.egg-info/entry_points.txt +3 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara.egg-info/requires.txt +3 -0
- invara-0.1.0/src/invara.egg-info/top_level.txt +1 -0
- invara-0.1.0/tests/test_invara.py +886 -0
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Name: invara
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Summary: Independent verification that a change kept the constraints it declared
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# INVARA
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**Engineering invariants for AI-built software.**
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> **INVARA upgrades vibe-coded software into verifiable, engineering-grade
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You asked an agent to do a piece of work. It says it is done. INVARA decides
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that independently, from exit codes and file bytes, and writes the verdict into
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Status: **v0.1 / Alpha.** It is dogfooded daily and has not been sold. It is
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## What this is not
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the executable. The verdict was right and the tool was useless. Both facts are
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work" and the same machine applies.
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