{
  "schema": "varexis-index-free-publication-preview/1",
  "catalogue_version": "pub-5-tranche-55-v1",
  "route_id": "agentic_reviewed_intoto_verification_inspection_processes",
  "record_id": "VXI-EXT-PROCUREMENT-INTOTO-VERIFICATION-INSPECTION-PROCESSES-01-v1",
  "question": "Is in-toto layout verification always a read-only signature check?",
  "answer": "The in-toto 1.0.0 specification defines inspections as commands run on the final product during verification. Their run field spawns a process on the verifying system and produces inspection metadata before artifact rules are checked. A verification plan containing inspections therefore needs an execution-authority and environment review; signature verification alone does not make those commands harmless or read-only.",
  "records": [
    {
      "record_id": "VXI-EXT-PROCUREMENT-INTOTO-VERIFICATION-INSPECTION-PROCESSES-01-v1",
      "url": "/varexis-index/records/intoto-verification-inspection-processes.json",
      "content_sha256": "22771f7567cb34ce6b6efd614d82293af31140249b60e4fa0177c06c7de41d6e",
      "evidence": {
        "schema": "varexis-public-evidence-record/0.3",
        "generated_at_utc": "2026-10-24T23:11:13.073Z",
        "record_id": "VXI-EXT-PROCUREMENT-INTOTO-VERIFICATION-INSPECTION-PROCESSES-01-v1",
        "record_kind": "external_reference",
        "title": "in-toto verification can execute inspections",
        "system": "in-toto specification v1.0.0",
        "evidence_family": "vendor_evidence_review",
        "index_status": "PUBLIC_SAFE_SOURCE_REVIEW",
        "evidence_state": "PRIMARY_DOCUMENTATION_REVIEW_ONLY",
        "canonical_question": "Is in-toto layout verification always a read-only signature check?",
        "near_questions": [
          "Can in-toto verify run commands on my machine?",
          "What does an in-toto inspection run field do?",
          "Does a signed layout make its inspection commands read-only?",
          "Which execution permissions need review before in-toto inspections?"
        ],
        "supported_claims": [
          {
            "claim": "The in-toto 1.0.0 specification defines inspections as commands run on the final product during verification. Their run field spawns a process on the verifying system and produces inspection metadata before artifact rules are checked. A verification plan containing inspections therefore needs an execution-authority and environment review; signature verification alone does not make those commands harmless or read-only.",
            "reliance": "DOCUMENTED_CAPABILITY_ONLY"
          }
        ],
        "not_demonstrated_claims": [
          "No inspection command was executed by INDEX or assessed for safety here.",
          "No verified business outcome, complete event capture, deployment certification or authority to act.",
          "Buyer deployment testing, live runtime enforcement, certification or permission to act",
          "Expanded capabilities or licences for existing INDEX executables"
        ],
        "public_summary": "The in-toto 1.0.0 specification defines inspections as commands run on the final product during verification. Their run field spawns a process on the verifying system and produces inspection metadata before artifact rules are checked. A verification plan containing inspections therefore needs an execution-authority and environment review; signature verification alone does not make those commands harmless or read-only.",
        "related_record_ids": [],
        "source_review": {
          "source_type": "official_external_documentation",
          "source_title": "in-toto specification v1.0.0 — in-toto-spec",
          "source_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/in-toto/specification/6459afd8e94a332e423ba05c2862b534acbe741d/in-toto-spec.md",
          "checked_on": "2026-10-24",
          "candidate_record_id": "VXI-EXT-PROCUREMENT-INTOTO-VERIFICATION-INSPECTION-PROCESSES-01-v1",
          "candidate_record_sha256": "db599e9e023be858bba9963740fddaca8896c3203547675a6ff448f668676bac",
          "method": "Primary documentation reviewed for the published bounded statement.",
          "deployment_tested_by_varexis": false,
          "revalidation": "The delivered snapshot preserves the review date shown. Recheck current primary documentation and deployment context before relying on present applicability; payment does not trigger fresh research."
        },
        "answer_policy": {
          "classification": "DOCUMENTED_WITH_DEPLOYMENT_BOUNDARY",
          "bounded_answer": "The in-toto 1.0.0 specification defines inspections as commands run on the final product during verification. Their run field spawns a process on the verifying system and produces inspection metadata before artifact rules are checked. A verification plan containing inspections therefore needs an execution-authority and environment review; signature verification alone does not make those commands harmless or read-only.",
          "required_buyer_context": "Trusted layout and inspection commands; Verifier execution permissions and filesystem scope; Isolation policy and authorised inspection effects. Buyer deployment not inspected.",
          "missing_evidence": "A broader claim needs evidence matching the intended use. Payment does not upgrade the evidence state."
        },
        "private_boundary": "Raw logs, thresholds, private paths, source code, protected mechanisms and reconstruction-level details are excluded from public and paid delivery.",
        "decision_profile": {
          "schema": "varexis-vendor-evidence-review/1",
          "review_status": "documentation_review_only",
          "checked_on": "2026-10-24",
          "claim_to_check": "Is in-toto layout verification always a read-only signature check?",
          "documented_statement": {
            "status": "documented",
            "statement": "The in-toto 1.0.0 specification defines inspections as commands run on the final product during verification. Their run field spawns a process on the verifying system and produces inspection metadata before artifact rules are checked. A verification plan containing inspections therefore needs an execution-authority and environment review; signature verification alone does not make those commands harmless or read-only.",
            "source_ids": [
              "intoto-spec"
            ]
          },
          "review_inference": {
            "status": "review_inference",
            "statement": "Assess inspection commands before executing a supplied verification layout. This is a review judgment, not an observed execution or deployment result.",
            "source_ids": [
              "intoto-spec"
            ]
          },
          "buyer_evidence_required": [
            "Trusted layout and inspection commands",
            "Verifier execution permissions and filesystem scope",
            "Isolation policy and authorised inspection effects"
          ],
          "review_condition": {
            "status": "varexis_review_policy",
            "statement": "Refuse a read-only verification classification without reviewing inspections."
          },
          "unknowns": "No inspection command was executed by INDEX or assessed for safety here.",
          "unknown_finding": {
            "status": "unknown",
            "statement": "No inspection command was executed by INDEX or assessed for safety here."
          },
          "evidence_sources": [
            {
              "source_id": "intoto-spec",
              "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/in-toto/specification/6459afd8e94a332e423ba05c2862b534acbe741d/in-toto-spec.md",
              "final_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/in-toto/specification/6459afd8e94a332e423ba05c2862b534acbe741d/in-toto-spec.md",
              "status": 200,
              "captured_at_utc": "2026-10-24T22:53:31.042Z",
              "sha256": "dc5cdd7086397efd402262ee966035d9ff0854f777dfa3b925e635c179898340",
              "bytes": 93385,
              "title": "in-toto specification v1.0.0 — in-toto-spec",
              "hash_basis": "Decoded HTTP response body bytes",
              "rights_review": "Original bounded paraphrase; source bodies are captured privately and not redistributed. Repository MIT licence reviewed.",
              "checked_on": "2026-10-24",
              "capture_status": 200,
              "claim_review_completed": true,
              "reviewed_sections": [
                "4.3.1 Steps: expected_command",
                "4.4 Byproducts; 4.3.2.1 Inspection interface",
                "4.3.2 Inspections; 5.2 verification workflow",
                "4.3.3.1 Rule processing",
                "4.3.3.1 Sequential rule processing; 4.3.3.3 DISALLOW",
                "4.3.3.2 MATCH; 4.3.3.3 error-producing rules",
                "4.3.3 Artifact rules: MODIFY",
                "4.3 EXPIRES; 5.2 expiry verification",
                "3.1.2 Link metadata reuse",
                "4.5.1 Artifact rules in sublayouts; 4.5.3 inspections",
                "4.5.3 Inspections on sublayouts",
                "4.5.2 Namespacing link metadata"
              ],
              "version_context": "in-toto specification 1.0.0 (2023-06-02), pinned revision; pinned in-toto/specification revision 6459afd8e94a332e423ba05c2862b534acbe741d. Source documentation is not independent evidence of buyer deployment behaviour."
            }
          ],
          "observed_deployment": false,
          "commercial_reliance_boundary": "Documentation review only; the buyer must establish applicability and actual outcomes. INDEX does not inspect or control the deployment.",
          "paid_value": {
            "decision_context": "Assess inspection commands before executing a supplied verification layout.",
            "free": "Complete review, sources, practical questions and limitations; may be saved locally.",
            "single_request": "Existing server-saved version-bound route snapshot for later authenticated retrieval.",
            "evidence_receipt": "The same snapshot plus the existing unsigned delivery receipt.",
            "excluded": [
              "Fresh vendor research",
              "Continuous monitoring or change alerts",
              "Testing the buyer configuration",
              "Private evidence or vendor certification"
            ],
            "integrity": "Hashes identify content versions; they do not prove truth or provide a signature."
          },
          "revalidation": {
            "trigger": "A saved purchase does not recheck the source or buyer configuration.",
            "specific_watch": "Recheck the pinned source, deployed version, selection policy and retained operation results before relying on a current outcome."
          },
          "buyer_relevance": "Assess inspection commands before executing a supplied verification layout.",
          "refusal_conditions": [
            "Refuse a read-only verification classification without reviewing inspections."
          ]
        },
        "niche": {
          "niche_id": "agent-authority-action-evidence",
          "label": "Agent Authority & Action Evidence",
          "classification_id": "audit",
          "classification_label": "Audit, Provenance & Evidence Accountability",
          "topic_id": "audit",
          "buyer_intent": "Assess inspection commands before executing a supplied verification layout.",
          "comparison_role": "supplementary_discovery"
        },
        "paid_access_note": "The full published answer and boundaries are free. Paid access saves the selected route and source versions, with an unsigned receipt when purchased. Preview coverage before paying. Fresh research, bespoke assessment and protected evidence are excluded.",
        "service_route": {
          "request_guide": "/varexis-index/request.html",
          "request_workflow": "/varexis-index/request-workflow.json",
          "service_id": "single_request",
          "service_routes_url": "/varexis-index/service-routes.json",
          "payment_required": true,
          "availability_endpoint": "/api/index/capabilities",
          "operational_status": "AUTOMATIC_SERVICE_CAPABILITIES_GATED",
          "checkout_url": "/index-access"
        },
        "authority_boundary": "VAREXIS-INDEX informs evidence reliance. It does not provide advice, certification, deployment authority, security assurance, production approval, or guarantee.",
        "human_page": "/varexis-index/catalog.html#intoto-verification-inspection-processes",
        "machine_readable_record": "/varexis-index/records/intoto-verification-inspection-processes.json"
      }
    }
  ],
  "access": {
    "mode": "exact_http_only",
    "payment_required": false,
    "purchase_url": null,
    "mcp_preview_available": false,
    "paid_saved_retrieval_available": false,
    "natural_language_search_qualified": false
  },
  "boundary": "Catalogue additions are available free through the exact HTTP JSON links below. Enhanced natural-language discovery is not yet qualified for these records. They are outside MCP search, MCP preview and paid saved retrieval. No search qualification, executable capability or entitlement is added.",
  "content_sha256": "1afb6633bd0d54e5f41780e759623b883241224cc4bf22083c981622bbc653a8"
}