ZK-SNAP

Where Verifiable Machine Activity Matters

ZK-SNAP is the receipt primitive at the core of ZK-AI. A machine acts — create, transform, approve, settle, command — and the protocol produces a signed receipt at that moment. The claim, fingerprint, and signature travel with the action, not with the platform dashboard.

AI agents

Agents are starting to act, not just answer.

A ZK-SNAP receipt can prove which agent acted, under what policy, against which claim, and whether the action was recognized on-log.

Useful for tool calls, enterprise automation, browsing agents, coding agents, and regulated workflows.

Content provenance

Files move faster than context can follow.

A receipt can prove whether an image, article, clip, or generated artifact still matches the signed record made when it was created or transformed.

Useful for creators, media teams, rights disputes, provenance tools, and authenticity workflows.

Data pipelines

Datasets fork, merge, transform, and later become impossible to audit.

A receipt can bind a dataset version, transformation claim, output commitment, and issuer signature so reviewers can follow what changed.

Useful for training data, research workflows, model evaluation, and regulated data exchange.

Robotics and physical systems

Machines can act where network access, human oversight, and logs are incomplete.

A receipt can bind command, policy, sensor-state commitment, timestamp, and issuer key so physical actions remain checkable later.

Useful for robotics, industrial control, autonomous operations, safety reviews, and incident response.

High-stakes decisions

Automated decisions need evidence that survives the dashboard.

A receipt can prove what decision was signed, under which policy, at what time, without publishing the private payload by default.

Useful for underwriting, compliance decisions, finance workflows, security operations, and audit trails.

Public systems and institutional records

Public process needs verification without turning every record into a public data dump.

ZK-AI can support verifiable public process infrastructure: custody events, software versions, tally steps, procurement records, audit trails, and institutional claims.

Useful where institutions must prove process integrity while preserving lawful disclosure boundaries.

Next step

Create a ZK-SNAP receipt, then read the protocol.

Proof Lab runs create and verify locally. The Protocol page defines ZK-SNAP as the receipt primitive, then explains Chain recognition, Evidence Graph discovery, Sigils, and certification boundaries.