Knot | Signed Audit Trail for AI Agents

Knot is a signed, tamper-evident audit trail for AI agents. The repository and its documentation publish on 1 September 2026.

What is Dweve Knot?

Knot is source-available software for signed, tamper-evident audit trails of AI-agent runs. It writes canonical signed entries, builds a separate Merkle root for each run and lets a recipient verify the delivered folder offline with the published public key. Redaction happens before storage. The operator owns the signing key and chooses the trust anchor; a Knot receipt records what the software did, but it cannot by itself prove that an external side effect actually happened. Repository access is currently requested through Dweve's contact page.

  • Each entry is signed over its canonical encoding, so changes to recorded content are detectable.
  • Each run carries its own Merkle root, exposing omissions as well as changed entries when the recipient recomputes it.
  • Verification needs the bundle and public key, not the writer service, network, database or account.
  • Redaction runs before storage, so secrets and personal data are removed before downstream copies are made.
  • The operator keeps the signing key and publishes the trust anchor; source access is requested from Dweve.

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For consumers

Knot is source-available software that writes a signed, tamper-evident receipt of what an AI agent did while it worked. Anyone holding the record and a public key can check that its contents were not altered. From 1 September 2026 the checker is something you download and run, not something you ask for.

For businesses

Knot is source-available software for AI agent audit trails. When a counterparty, auditor or regulator asks what your automated software did, hand them a signed, tamper-evident record. They can verify it offline with a public key, without access to your systems or a live service. The repository and its documentation go public on 1 September 2026, in the first round of Dweve's foundation release programme.

For engineers

Knot is source-available software for AI agent audit logs: a signed, content-addressed event log for agent runs. Every step is a typed entry, signed where it is written, and each run carries its own Merkle root. A separate checker verifies the resulting folder offline, without a service, network or database.