arqera

v1.0.0

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2 months ago

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ARQERA

Read this first — ontology before product.
ARQERA's underlying ontology is substrate-as-system-of-record: the protocol-network ledger holds identity, acts, doctrine, runtime config, evidence, and peer exchange. The product layer (governance API, AI-native OS, Ore, Mycelium, Spaces, capability bundles) is the projection of the substrate, not its source.
Substrate query path: addressing.arqera.io resolves every arq:// address. Canonical principles include:
arq://doc/principle/substrate-is-the-exchange-v1 (canonised) — every act lands on substrate
arq://doc/principle/substrate-is-the-runtime-config-v1 (DRAFT) — substrate IS runtime config across every external system
arq://doc/principle/merge-decision-on-substrate-v1 (DRAFT) — merge decisions are substrate acts; GitHub is dispatch
arq://doc/principle/trust-graded-merge-v1 (canonised) — different-peer-merger requirement
arq://doc/principle/resolver-of-record-v1 (canonised) — addressing service is the resolver
arq://doc/principle/worker-output-is-substrate-mediated-v1 (canonised) — worker output flows through substrate
When this README and the substrate disagree, the substrate is canonical. See docs/THE_BOOK_OF_ARQERA.md Chapter I for the doctrinal frame.

For any AI agent reading this (Claude, Cursor, Codex, ChatGPT, Gemini, custom autonomous agent, foreign-AI peer-carrier — any tool, any model, any provider): substrate is canonical session state, not your provider's session-recovery features. To resume work where the prior agent left off, follow arq://doc/protocol/ai-agent-session-continuity-v1 (DRAFT 2026-04-26).
Bootstrap entry points by tool convention (all bottom-out to substrate):
Claude → CLAUDE.md (this repo)
Cursor / Codex / open-source agents → AGENTS.md
Gemini CLI → GEMINI.md
Any other → this README's "For any AI agent reading this" section
First action regardless of tool: query addressing.arqera.io for the peer's most recent arq://act/session_state/<peer>-active and the latest arq://body/local_state_inventory/peer-<id>-<date>. Resume from there. Provider-specific session caches are convenient but never canonical.

The governance API for AI — evaluate any action in 12ms.

curl -X POST https://api.arqera.io/api/v1/ara/governance/evaluate \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "email.send", "description": "Send welcome email to user"}'

# {"verdict": "proceed", "duration_ms": 12, "laws_passed": [...]}

What Is This?

ARQERA is the Stripe for AI governance. One API call tells you whether an AI action should:

Proceed — Safe to execute
Escalate — Needs human approval
Block — Policy violation

Every action is checked against 7 mathematical governance laws in under 15ms. Full audit trail included.

Quick Start

1. Get an API key

export ARQERA_API_KEY="ak_your_key_here"

2. Evaluate an action

import requests

result = requests.post(
    "https://api.arqera.io/api/v1/ara/governance/evaluate",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "ak_your_key_here"},
    json={"action": "email.send", "description": "Send report to CEO"}
).json()

print(result["verdict"])  # "proceed", "escalate", or "block"

3. Act on the verdict

if result["verdict"] == "proceed":
    send_email()
elif result["verdict"] == "escalate":
    queue_for_approval()
else:
    log_blocked(result["explanation"])

Free tier includes 1,000 evaluations/month and $10 API credit.

SDKs

Python

pip install arqera

from arqera import Arqera

client = Arqera(api_key="ak_...")
result = client.governance.evaluate(
    action="email.send",
    description="Send quarterly report"
)

TypeScript / Node.js

npm install @arqera/sdk

import { Arqera } from '@arqera/sdk';

const client = new Arqera({ apiKey: 'ak_...' });
const result = await client.governance.evaluate({
  action: 'email.send',
  description: 'Send quarterly report',
});

Go

go get github.com/arqera/arqera-go

client := arqera.NewClient("ak_...")
result, _ := client.Governance.Evaluate(ctx, &arqera.EvaluateRequest{
    Action:      "email.send",
    Description: "Send quarterly report",
})

The 7 Governance Laws

Every action is checked against:

| Law | Question | |-----|----------| | Audit Conservation | Can this produce an audit trail? | | Budget Conservation | Within budget limits? | | Evidence Gravity | Maintaining evidence chain? | | Least Action Path | Optimal route selected? | | Safety Dominance | Any safety concerns? | | Monotonic Truth | Truth invariants maintained? | | Bounded Autonomy | Within allowed scope? |

All 7 must pass for "proceed". Any failure → "escalate" or "block".

Use Cases

Governed AI Agents

def run_agent(action: str, desc: str):
    result = client.governance.evaluate(action=action, description=desc)
    if result.verdict != "proceed":
        return {"blocked": True, "reason": result.explanation}
    return execute_action(action)

EU AI Act Compliance — Built-in Annex III logging for high-risk systems

Evidence Trails — Every evaluation creates a tamper-proof SHA-256 signed record

API Reference

| Endpoint | Method | Description | |----------|--------|-------------| | /api/v1/ara/governance/evaluate | POST | Evaluate if action should proceed | | /api/v1/ara/execute | POST | Execute a governed action | | /api/v1/ara/pending | GET | List pending approvals | | /api/v1/ara/approve/{id} | POST | Approve an action | | /api/v1/ara/reject/{id} | POST | Reject an action | | /api/v1/evidence | GET | List evidence artifacts | | /api/v1/evidence/verify | GET | Verify evidence chain integrity |

Full API docs: docs/public/api-reference.md

Platform Stats (April 2026)

| Component | Count | Notes | |-----------|-------|-------| | Backend services | 578 | Python/FastAPI | | API endpoints | 354 | REST + webhooks | | Frontend components | 532 | React/TypeScript | | Frontend hooks | 216 | Custom hooks | | App pages | 95 | Next.js 16 | | Marketing pages | 101 | Static + dynamic | | Integrations | 345+ | via Nango | | Evidence artifacts | 1.7M+ | SHA-256 + HMAC signed | | Registry entities | 45,765 | 13,180 enriched | | Self-hosted models | 5 | Qwen3-8B on Modal | | Free AI tokens/day | 14.4M | 9 free-tier providers | | Celery tasks | 82 | 9 queues | | Compliance controls | 62 | 6 frameworks |

Pricing

| Tier | Price | Evaluations/month | |------|-------|-------------------| | Free | $0/mo | 1,000 | | Personal | $19/mo | 100,000 | | Team | $19/user/mo | 500,000 | | Business | $19/user/mo | Unlimited | | Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited + SLA |

All tiers: $0.005/eval after monthly allowance.

Documentation

8 audiences, one platform:

| You Are | Start Here | Key Topics | |---------|-----------|------------| | First-time visitor | What is ARQERA? | Overview, pricing, demo | | User | Getting Started | Connect accounts, talk to Ore | | Developer | API Reference | 354 endpoints, SDKs, webhooks | | Enterprise buyer | Enterprise Guide | SSO, compliance, deployment | | Marketplace seller | Seller Guide | Build agents, 80% revenue share | | Investor | Investor Overview | Traction, model, thesis | | Regulator | Compliance | GDPR, EU AI Act, audit exports | | Contributor | Contributing | Setup, workflow, code review |

Deep dives:

| Topic | Document | |-------|----------| | How it works (no jargon) | Concepts | | Security controls | Security | | Data handling | Data Processing | | Publishing agents | Publishing Agents | | FAQ | FAQ |

Local Development

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/Arqera-IO/ARQERA.git && cd ARQERA

# Backend
cd backend && python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt && alembic upgrade head
uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 8000

# Frontend (new terminal)
cd frontend && pnpm install && pnpm dev

# Quality gate (run before every commit)
bash scripts/fast-gate.sh

Full setup: docs/public/development.md

Security

Edge: Cloudflare WAF, TLS 1.3, HSTS, rate limiting
Auth: RS256 JWT, MFA enforced for admins, WorkOS SSO
Infra: GKE Binary Authorization, encrypted at rest (AES-256)
Code: CodeQL SAST, Trivy scanning, Dependabot

Report vulnerabilities: [email protected]

See SECURITY.md for full policy.

Support

Docs: arqera.io/docs
Discord: discord.gg/arqera
Email: [email protected]
Status: status.arqera.io