preflight_should_i_act
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The single call an agent makes before transacting with a destination
on the open web. Composes the cross-lens verdict with a bounded
Tracker-presence bonus, maps the adjusted trust score to a tri-state
decision (allow / caution / deny), and returns a 5-minute signed
consultation receipt (sigil_token with sub: preflight:consulted).
The receipt is the load-bearing artifact: the agent attaches it to
its action log as cryptographic proof that the destination was
consulted before action. The decision itself is commodity-shaped; the
*receipt of having asked* is what accountability requires.
When ait is supplied, the consultation additionally chains a
witness-tier preflight:consulted event onto the ATAP AIT, signed by
OAI-2026-0000201 — turning the consultation into a hash-chained,
replayable artifact.
Tracker presence applies a bounded +0.05 trust bonus before decision
mapping (capped at 1.0). Absence is never a penalty — most of the open
web is not in the tracker corpus and that's expected.
Defaults: allow >= 0.70, caution >= 0.40, else deny. Thresholds
are overridable per request; weights are inherited from cross_lens_verify.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| node | string | yes | IPv4/IPv6 address, domain, ASN with optional `AS` prefix, or entity_slug. |
| intent | string | no | Free-form context — recorded in the receipt, never affects the decision. Validated against /^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,64}$/. |
| agent_id | string | no | Caller's stable agent identifier, recorded in the receipt. Validated against /^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,128}$/. |
| thresholds | object | no | Optional overrides; must satisfy 0 <= caution < allow <= 1. |
| ait | string | no | Optional ATAP AIT id. When present, chains a witness-tier `preflight:consulted` event onto the AIT. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"node": {
"type": "string",
"description": "IPv4/IPv6 address, domain, ASN with optional `AS` prefix, or entity_slug.",
"example": "nytimes.com"
},
"intent": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-form context — recorded in the receipt, never affects the decision. Validated against /^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,64}$/.",
"example": "bid.submit"
},
"agent_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Caller's stable agent identifier, recorded in the receipt. Validated against /^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,128}$/.",
"example": "agent.acme.bidder.v1"
},
"thresholds": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional overrides; must satisfy 0 <= caution < allow <= 1.\n",
"properties": {
"allow": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.7
},
"caution": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.4
}
}
},
"ait": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional ATAP AIT id. When present, chains a witness-tier\n`preflight:consulted` event onto the AIT.\n",
"example": "AIT-0192f5d3-2c1e-7af6-bd84-9c4a3e8b7d12"
}
},
"required": [
"node"
]
}