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title: "KYE Protocol™ — Continuity Profile · preserve the chain from intent to action"
description: "KYE™ Continuity Profile™ preserves the chain between intent, interpretation, delegated authority, state, decision, execution and evidence"
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/continuity/
lang: en
source: "KYE Protocol"
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> KYE™ Continuity Profile™ preserves the chain between intent, interpretation, delegated authority, state, decision, execution and evidence

KYE™ Continuity Profile™ · v1.0

# From authority to continuity.

Your data, your keys, your evidence — even if we disappear. Open schemas. Open verifier. Bring-your-own KMS.

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**KYE™ Continuity Profile™** helps organisations detect when delegated actions drift from authorised intent, scope, state, oversight or incentive alignment.

Plain take

## Plain take

Your data. Your keys. Your proof. Even if we vanish.

- Open schemas. Open verifier. Open vocab.
- Bring your own KMS.
- Bring your own object store.
- Bring your own auditor.

1 · What continuity preserves

## Ten dimensions, one continuous chain.

KYE™ Core records the seven dimensions of any authority decision. Continuity preserves three more — **intent**, **interpretation** and **incentive / pressure context** — and binds them all to a single replayable record.

### Intent

Declared goal, declared\_by, constraints, created\_at — what the principal asked for, in their own words.

### Interpretation

Interpreted goal, confidence, material\_drift\_detected — how the agent read the request.

### Authority

Scope match, capability match, delegation chain valid, authority state — the Core binding.

### State

Six-dimension state-vector snapshot at decision time.

### Capability

Manifest, side-effect level, version — the action surface bound to authority.

### Pressure

Urgency, coercion, social-engineering signals — was the principal under duress?

### Incentive

Optimisation goal, commercial / affiliate / commission flags — was the agent conflicted?

### Decision

Continuity status + checked\_dimensions + score (0..1) + obligations.

### Execution

Requested action, basket hash, amount, execution\_state — what the agent then did.

### Evidence

Continuity Evidence Pack™ — replayable bundle for the whole chain.

2 · What it detects

## Ten drift types. Each one signed and audited.

When delegated agency drifts away from the authorised chain, KYE™ Continuity Profile™ records a `KYEAgencyDriftEvent`, signs it, hash-chains it into the audit ledger, and emits a `kye.agency_drift.detected` signal on KYE™ Signal Bus™.

- **intent\_drift** — agent reinterpreted the goal materially
- **authority\_drift** — action no longer matches the grant
- **scope\_drift** — request exceeds the scope ceiling
- **state\_drift** — actor / principal / credential state changed mid-flight
- **capability\_drift** — agent invoked an off-manifest capability
- **execution\_drift** — execution differs from approved decision
- **incentive\_drift** — commercial / affiliate conflict surfaced
- **oversight\_drift** — required human-in-the-loop missed
- **evidence\_drift** — audit / evidence chain incomplete
- **delegation\_drift** — sub-delegation broke parent constraints

3 · Schemas (Apache 2.0, public mirror)

## Six normative objects. Validated in CI.

- `continuity-profile.json` — KYE™ Continuity Profile™ manifest
- `continuity-context.json` — per-action canonical record
- `intent-trace.json` — signal → interpretation → decision → execution
- `continuity-decision.json` — policy decision + continuity\_score
- `agency-drift-event.json` — one record per detected drift
- `continuity-evidence-pack.json` — replayable bundle, signed

Reproduce: `curl -fsSL https://kyeprotocol.com/schemas/policy-decision.json | jq '."$id"'`

4 · Apps that compose this profile

## Five planned apps. Contracts open; engines paid.

What it is. Why it matters. What to do next.

### KYE™ Continuity Gateway™

Runtime continuity check before execution.

### KYE™ Intent Trace App™

Signal → action visualiser.

### KYE™ Agency Drift Monitor™

Drift detection + alerting.

### Continuity Evidence Pack™

Replayable proof bundle.

### Delegated Agency Graph

Cross-chain visualisation.

5 · Open / paid boundary

## The contracts are open. The engine is paid.

One sentence: a signed, replayable proof of decision.

[Request the procurement pack →](https://kyeprotocol.com/engage/#procurement-pack) [Protocol overview](https://kyeprotocol.com/protocol/) [Discoverability Profile™](https://kyeprotocol.com/discoverability/)

## Ready to see your AI agents flagged?

Start in shadow mode. We’ll deliver your first Evidence Pack™ in 4–8 weeks.

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Canonical KYE™ surfaces referenced on this page: [Evidence Pack™](https://kyeprotocol.com/evidence-pack/) · [KYE Protocol™](https://kyeprotocol.com/).