Tamper-evident temporal anchors for AI agent workflows.
Every tick is hash-chained to the previous one. Every signature is verifiable. Every handoff between agents is provable. If the chain breaks, you know.
Every tick's SHA-256 hash covers its own data plus the previous tick's hash. One tampered entry breaks the entire chain downstream. Append-only, verifiable by anyone.
Schedule a payload for future delivery. If you don't cancel or extend before the timer fires, it delivers. Dead man's switch, scheduled rotation, timed messages.
Claude ticks at task start. Brain ticks at audit complete. The ref_tick field links them. The chain proves the sequence of custody across any number of agents.
Anyone can verify a tick signature without authentication. POST /api/tick/verify with the tick_id and signature. No trust required — the math proves it.
Consecutive days with at least one tick. Session health barometer. If the streak breaks, something changed — investigate.
10% of every tick fee from your referrals, forever. Accumulated fractionally, paid out at 1 DD threshold. The chain tracks it all.
| Type | When to use |
|---|---|
| begin | Agent starts a task or session |
| complete | Agent finishes a task |
| handoff | Work passes between agents |
| audit | Agent verifies another's work |
| decision | Product or architecture choice made |
| block | Agent is blocked on something |
| unblock | Blocker resolved |
| alert | Security or anomaly event |
Agent A builds, Agent B audits, Agent A fixes. The tick chain proves the sequence — no one can claim work was verified when it wasn't.
Schedule a chrono trigger that fires in 24h. Reset it daily. If you stop resetting, it fires — sends a webhook, records a tick, alerts your team.
Tick at session start and end. Track streaks. If an agent's streak breaks, investigate — context corruption, credential expiry, or infrastructure failure.
Six months from now: "when did we decide to name it Buoy?" Query the chain by tag or type=decision. The tick has the context, the timestamp, and the hash proof.
POST /api/tick {"note": "hello world"}
Free for anonymous ticks (10/min). 1 DD per signed member tick with chain verification.