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mandata/__init__.py

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+"""Mandata — the mandate toolkit for agent-initiated payments."""
+
+from .enforce import enforce
+from .evidence import EvidenceLog
+from .models import Bounds, Decision, EvidenceRecord, Mandate
+
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__all__ = ["Bounds", "Decision", "EvidenceLog", "EvidenceRecord", "Mandate", "enforce"]

mandata/credentials.py

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+"""Credential signing — bind a mandate cryptographically to an agent identity.
+
+A credential is the portable, verifiable form of a mandate: the principal's
+key signs (mandate_id, agent, bounds_hash, expiry). Anyone can verify that a
+transaction was proposed under a mandate the principal actually issued.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from nacl.exceptions import BadSignatureError
+from nacl.signing import SigningKey, VerifyKey
+
+from .models import Mandate
+
+
+def bounds_hash(mandate: Mandate) -> str:
+    """Canonical hash of the mandate's bounds — the thing credentials sign over."""
+    b = mandate.bounds
+    payees = ",".join(sorted(b.allowed_payees))
+    payload = f"{b.max_amount}|{b.currency}|{payees}|{b.expires_in_days}|{b.velocity_limit}"
+    return hashlib.sha256(payload.encode()).hexdigest()
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Credential:
+    """A signed binding: principal's key vouches for (mandate, agent, bounds, expiry)."""
+
+    mandate_id: str
+    agent: str
+    bounds_hash: str
+    expires_at: float
+    signature: str  # hex
+    public_key: str  # hex — principal's verify key
+
+    def payload(self) -> bytes:
+        return f"{self.mandate_id}|{self.agent}|{self.bounds_hash}|{self.expires_at}".encode()
+
+
+def issue_credential(mandate: Mandate, signing_key: SigningKey) -> Credential:
+    """Principal signs a credential for a mandate + agent."""
+    bh = bounds_hash(mandate)
+    expires_at = mandate.expires_at
+    payload = f"{mandate.mandate_id}|{mandate.agent}|{bh}|{expires_at}".encode()
+    signature = signing_key.sign(payload).signature.hex()
+    return Credential(
+        mandate_id=mandate.mandate_id,
+        agent=mandate.agent,
+        bounds_hash=bh,
+        expires_at=expires_at,
+        signature=signature,
+        public_key=signing_key.verify_key.encode().hex(),
+    )
+
+
+def verify_credential(
+    credential: Credential,
+    mandate: Mandate,
+    expected_public_key: str,
+    at: float | None = None,
+) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    """Verify a credential against a mandate + the principal's known public key.
+
+    Checks: signature validity, key match, mandate/agent binding, bounds integrity,
+    expiry. Returns (ok, reason).
+    """
+    at = at or time.time()
+
+    if credential.public_key != expected_public_key:
+        return False, "credential signed by unexpected key"
+    if credential.mandate_id != mandate.mandate_id:
+        return False, "credential is for a different mandate"
+    if credential.agent != mandate.agent:
+        return False, "credential is for a different agent"
+    if credential.bounds_hash != bounds_hash(mandate):
+        return False, "bounds altered since credential issued"
+    if at > credential.expires_at:
+        return False, "credential expired"
+    try:
+        VerifyKey(bytes.fromhex(credential.public_key)).verify(
+            credential.payload(), bytes.fromhex(credential.signature)
+        )
+    except BadSignatureError:
+        return False, "invalid signature"
+    return True, "credential valid"

mandata/enforce.py

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+"""The mandate gate — deterministic enforcement evaluated BEFORE settlement."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time
+
+from .evidence import EvidenceLog
+from .models import Decision, Mandate
+
+_DEFAULT_LOG = EvidenceLog()
+
+
+def enforce(
+    mandate: Mandate,
+    payee: str,
+    amount: float,
+    currency: str | None = None,
+    at: float | None = None,
+    evidence_log: EvidenceLog | None = None,
+) -> Decision:
+    """Evaluate a proposed transaction against its mandate.
+
+    Returns a Decision with a linked evidence record. A rejection is also
+    recorded — refusals are evidence too.
+    """
+    at = at or time.time()
+    log = evidence_log or _DEFAULT_LOG
+    b = mandate.bounds
+
+    if mandate.revoked:
+        reason = "mandate revoked"
+    elif mandate.is_expired(at):
+        reason = "mandate expired"
+    elif amount <= 0:
+        reason = "non-positive amount"
+    elif amount > b.max_amount:
+        reason = f"amount {amount} exceeds cap {b.max_amount}"
+    elif currency and currency != b.currency:
+        reason = f"currency {currency} outside mandate ({b.currency})"
+    elif b.allowed_payees and payee not in b.allowed_payees:
+        reason = f"payee '{payee}' not in allowed set"
+    elif b.velocity_limit and mandate.velocity_used_today(at) >= b.velocity_limit:
+        reason = f"daily velocity limit {b.velocity_limit} reached"
+    else:
+        reason = "within mandate"
+
+    allowed = reason == "within mandate"
+    if allowed:
+        mandate.record(at)
+
+    record = log.append(
+        mandate_id=mandate.mandate_id,
+        agent=mandate.agent,
+        payee=payee,
+        amount=amount,
+        allowed=allowed,
+        reason=reason,
+        timestamp=at,
+    )
+    return Decision(allowed=allowed, reason=reason, evidence=record)

mandata/evidence.py

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+"""Hash-chained evidence log — every enforcement decision is appended and linked."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time
+
+from .models import EvidenceRecord
+
+
+class EvidenceLog:
+    """Append-only chain of enforcement records; each record hashes its predecessor."""
+
+    GENESIS = "0" * 64
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.records: list[EvidenceRecord] = []
+
+    @property
+    def head_hash(self) -> str:
+        return self.records[-1].hash if self.records else self.GENESIS
+
+    def append(
+        self,
+        mandate_id: str,
+        agent: str,
+        payee: str,
+        amount: float,
+        allowed: bool,
+        reason: str,
+        timestamp: float | None = None,
+    ) -> EvidenceRecord:
+        record = EvidenceRecord(
+            mandate_id=mandate_id,
+            agent=agent,
+            payee=payee,
+            amount=amount,
+            allowed=allowed,
+            reason=reason,
+            timestamp=timestamp or time.time(),
+            prev_hash=self.head_hash,
+        )
+        self.records.append(record)
+        return record
+
+    def verify_chain(self) -> bool:
+        prev = self.GENESIS
+        for rec in self.records:
+            if rec.prev_hash != prev:
+                return False
+            prev = rec.hash
+        return True

mandata/models.py

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+"""Core mandate model: principal -> agent -> credential -> transaction -> evidence."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import time
+import uuid
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Bounds:
+    """The permitted envelope an agent must transact within."""
+
+    max_amount: float
+    currency: str = "GBP"
+    allowed_payees: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = ()
+    expires_in_days: int = 30
+    velocity_limit: int = 0  # max transactions per day; 0 = unlimited
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Mandate:
+    """A principal's grant of bounded spending authority to an agent."""
+
+    principal: str
+    agent: str
+    bounds: Bounds
+    mandate_id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: uuid.uuid4().hex)
+    issued_at: float = field(default_factory=time.time)
+    revoked: bool = False
+    _tx_timestamps: list[float] = field(default_factory=list, repr=False)
+
+    @property
+    def expires_at(self) -> float:
+        return self.issued_at + self.bounds.expires_in_days * 86400
+
+    def is_expired(self, at: float | None = None) -> bool:
+        return (at or time.time()) > self.expires_at
+
+    def revoke(self) -> None:
+        self.revoked = True
+
+    def record(self, at: float) -> None:
+        self._tx_timestamps.append(at)
+
+    def velocity_used_today(self, at: float) -> int:
+        day = int(at // 86400)
+        return sum(1 for t in self._tx_timestamps if int(t // 86400) == day)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Decision:
+    """The outcome of a mandate gate check."""
+
+    allowed: bool
+    reason: str
+    evidence: EvidenceRecord
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class EvidenceRecord:
+    """An auditable record of a single enforcement decision."""
+
+    mandate_id: str
+    agent: str
+    payee: str
+    amount: float
+    allowed: bool
+    reason: str
+    timestamp: float
+    prev_hash: str
+
+    @property
+    def hash(self) -> str:
+        payload = (
+            f"{self.mandate_id}|{self.agent}|{self.payee}|{self.amount}|"
+            f"{self.allowed}|{self.reason}|{self.timestamp}|{self.prev_hash}"
+        )
+        return hashlib.sha256(payload.encode()).hexdigest()

mandata-0.1.0.dist-info/METADATA

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: mandata
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: The mandate toolkit for agent-initiated payments
+Author-email: Shedrack Chiedozie Aji <shedrack.aji@doztra.ai>
+License: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/ashedrack/mandata
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/ashedrack/mandata/tree/main/docs
+Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
+Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+Requires-Dist: pynacl>=1.5
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# Mandata
+
+**The mandate toolkit for agent-initiated payments.**
+
+When AI agents hold spending authority, someone must answer: *what exactly are they allowed to do — and can you prove it afterward?* Mandata is a reference implementation of the bounded-autonomy mandate chain:
+
+**principal → agent → credential → transaction → evidence**
+
+## The problem
+
+Agentic payment protocols (AP2, x402, card-network agent programs) let AI agents initiate real financial transactions. But production systems lack a standard way to:
+
+- **Express mandates** — bounded permissions: amounts, payees, time windows, velocity limits
+- **Bind credentials** — cryptographic proof a transaction was made within mandate
+- **Enforce at the gate** — deterministic checks *before* settlement, not logs after
+- **Produce evidence** — an auditable chain showing every agent action against its mandate
+
+Mandata formalizes all four as a small, dependency-light library.
+
+## Quickstart
+
+```bash
+pip install mandata
+```
+
+```python
+from mandata import Mandate, Bounds, enforce
+
+# A principal grants a bounded mandate to an agent
+mandate = Mandate(
+    principal="user:alice",
+    agent="agent:shopping-bot",
+    bounds=Bounds(
+        max_amount=500.00,          # per transaction
+        currency="GBP",
+        allowed_payees=["store.example"],
+        expires_in_days=30,
+        velocity_limit=3,           # max transactions per day
+    ),
+)
+
+# At transaction time: deterministic enforcement BEFORE settlement
+decision = enforce(mandate, payee="store.example", amount=49.99)
+assert decision.allowed          # → True
+print(decision.evidence)         # → signed evidence record of the check
+```
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+principal issues mandate ──► credential binds mandate to agent
+        │                           │
+        ▼                           ▼
+  agent proposes transaction ──► mandate gate (enforce())
+        │                           │
+        ▼                           ▼
+   allowed? ──► yes: execute    no: reject
+        │                           │
+        └───────► evidence record appended (hash-chained audit log)
+```
+
+See [`docs/architecture.md`](docs/architecture.md) for the full model, [`docs/mandate-model.md`](docs/mandate-model.md) for the schema, and [`docs/diagrams.md`](docs/diagrams.md) for the system design diagrams.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+- [x] **v0.1** — Mandate model, bounds enforcement, evidence chain (Python)
+- [x] Credential signing (Ed25519) + verification API
+- [ ] Revocation registry (mandate kill-switch at transaction speed)
+- [ ] TypeScript implementation
+- [ ] AP2 / x402 adapter layer
+- [ ] Multi-hop delegation (agent → sub-agent mandate weakening)
+
+## Research
+
+This project is the open-source implementation arm of the survey:
+
+> *Agentic AI in Payments and Financial Transactions: A Survey of Architectures, Safeguards and Open Problems* — S.C. Aji, 2026. [doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.13674.89288](https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13674.89288)
+
+## Contributing
+
+We welcome contributors — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). Good entry points are labelled [`good first issue`](https://github.com/ashedrack/mandata/labels/good%20first%20issue).
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0 — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

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