Agent file parity

Agent File Verification

A read-only index for LLMS, agent-start, AI summary, safe-read-order, and well-known agent files. It verifies delivery expectations without certifying, approving, training, probing, or mutating anything.

Public-safe verification

Agent File Verification

Index of required LLMS, agent-start, safe-read-order, well-known, and governance files. Direct file checks still require a human after cache clear.

Package: 1.29.0
Seed: 2026.06.11.031
Surface: agent-file-verification

/llms.txt

Path: /llms.txt

ExpectedContentType: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Purpose: Primary orientation file for humans and agents.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

/llms.json

Path: /llms.json

ExpectedContentType: application/json; charset=utf-8

Purpose: Structured LLMS governance companion.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

/.well-known/ai-agent.json

Path: /.well-known/ai-agent.json

ExpectedContentType: application/json; charset=utf-8

Purpose: Well-known agent boundary manifest.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

/agent-start.json

Path: /agent-start.json

ExpectedContentType: application/json; charset=utf-8

Purpose: Agent start packet with safe read order and no-op rule.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

/ai-summary.json

Path: /ai-summary.json

ExpectedContentType: application/json; charset=utf-8

Purpose: Bounded AI-readable summary of the site role.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

/safe-read-order.json

Path: /safe-read-order.json

ExpectedContentType: application/json; charset=utf-8

Purpose: Canonical route order for reading boundaries before summaries.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

/barkbowl-machine-readable-governance.json

Path: /barkbowl-machine-readable-governance.json

ExpectedContentType: application/json; charset=utf-8

Purpose: Low-dependency machine-readable governance beacon.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

/barkbowl-agent-file-verification.json

Path: /barkbowl-agent-file-verification.json

ExpectedContentType: application/json; charset=utf-8

Purpose: This file: index of required agent/governance files and human verification steps.

Delivery: rewrite and direct beacon

Status: required

Copyable JSON evidence

{
    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
    "packageVersion": "1.29.0",
    "seededVersion": "2026.06.11.031",
    "generatedAtUtc": "2026-09-17T20:13:25Z",
    "surface": "agent-file-verification",
    "source": "runtime-builder",
    "overallStatus": "implemented",
    "fileCount": 8,
    "files": [
        {
            "path": "/llms.txt",
            "expectedContentType": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "Primary orientation file for humans and agents.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        },
        {
            "path": "/llms.json",
            "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "Structured LLMS governance companion.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        },
        {
            "path": "/.well-known/ai-agent.json",
            "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "Well-known agent boundary manifest.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        },
        {
            "path": "/agent-start.json",
            "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "Agent start packet with safe read order and no-op rule.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        },
        {
            "path": "/ai-summary.json",
            "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "Bounded AI-readable summary of the site role.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        },
        {
            "path": "/safe-read-order.json",
            "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "Canonical route order for reading boundaries before summaries.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        },
        {
            "path": "/barkbowl-machine-readable-governance.json",
            "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "Low-dependency machine-readable governance beacon.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        },
        {
            "path": "/barkbowl-agent-file-verification.json",
            "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            "purpose": "This file: index of required agent/governance files and human verification steps.",
            "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
            "status": "required"
        }
    ],
    "checks": [
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/llms.txt",
                "expectedContentType": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "Primary orientation file for humans and agents.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        },
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/llms.json",
                "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "Structured LLMS governance companion.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        },
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/.well-known/ai-agent.json",
                "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "Well-known agent boundary manifest.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        },
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/agent-start.json",
                "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "Agent start packet with safe read order and no-op rule.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        },
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/ai-summary.json",
                "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "Bounded AI-readable summary of the site role.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        },
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/safe-read-order.json",
                "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "Canonical route order for reading boundaries before summaries.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        },
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/barkbowl-machine-readable-governance.json",
                "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "Low-dependency machine-readable governance beacon.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        },
        {
            "file": {
                "path": "/barkbowl-agent-file-verification.json",
                "expectedContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                "purpose": "This file: index of required agent/governance files and human verification steps.",
                "delivery": "rewrite and direct beacon",
                "status": "required"
            },
            "expectedResult": "HTTP 200 with the expected content type and package 1.29.0",
            "failureMeaning": "Usually stale rewrites, stale CDN/page cache, missing permalink flush, or a package-upload mismatch.",
            "operatorAction": "Open the path directly after deploy. If it is stale or 404, save permalinks, purge caches, then compare plugin/theme static files."
        }
    ],
    "claimBoundary": "Agent File Verification is a read-only file delivery index. It does not certify the site, mutate DNS, validate credentials, train models, probe private networks, approve drafts, close incidents, or claim exact glyph translation.",
    "nonGoals": [
        "no runtime authority",
        "no certification",
        "no credential validation",
        "no private-network probing",
        "no model training",
        "no exact glyph translation",
        "no automatic approval",
        "no incident closure"
    ],
    "humanReviewRequired": true,
    "operatorSequence": [
        "Open /llms.txt first and confirm package and seed.",
        "Open every JSON companion file and confirm package, seed, safe read order, and non-goals.",
        "Open /agent-file-verification/ and /wp-json/barkbowl/v1/agent-file-verification/public.",
        "Run Runtime Verification only after direct files agree with deployed package metadata."
    ]
}

Agent File Verification is a read-only file delivery index. It does not certify the site, mutate DNS, validate credentials, train models, probe private networks, approve drafts, close incidents, or claim exact glyph translation.