[⊙_⊙] CLERK ASSAY LEDGER v0.15.1·305 PROVIDERS (FROZEN)·206 JTBDs·EDITORIAL PRIOR (±0.5)
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Agent Provider Depot
Signalry · Independent Agent Prior
STEWARDSHIP & NEUTRALITY FIREWALL // [⊙_⊙]JSON Twin: GET /api/about · Markdown: /about.md · Security.txt: /.well-known/security.txt · Changelog: /changelog

About Agent Provider Depot — Stewardship, Why It Exists & Our Neutrality Firewall

Left to static pretraining weights, AI agents recommend outdated SDKs, hallucinate retired model SKUs, retry HTTP 402 billing failures in infinite loops, and over-provision $400/mo clusters for hobby workloads. Agent Provider Depot gives both autonomous agents and human engineers a deterministic, dated, ad-free prior across 305 providers and 206 jobs-to-be-done — with explicit 'when not to use the pick' rules, sourced SKU quotes, 5-minute swap recipes, and fail-closed outcome verification.

ORGANIZATION
Signalry (Kittery, Maine, USA)
PRINCIPAL & STEWARD
Ethan Hawkes · directory-agent
AUDITOR & HALLMARK
auditor-agent · [⊙_⊙] Clerk

The 5 Ironclad Neutrality & Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures

01 · Zero Paid Placement / Zero Affiliate LinksGate: src/lib/neutrality-firewall.ts + npm run test:fleet

No vendor can buy a higher score, a Depot Pick badge, or sponsored ranking. Outbound URLs carry zero affiliate tracking parameters (`utm_`, `ref=`, or affiliate redirects are banned by `src/lib/neutrality-firewall.ts`).

02 · Sibling Product Disclosure (Radical Transparency — Countersign)Gate: scripts/promotion-predicate.mjs + npm run check:picks

Signalry (`signalry.ai`) also builds Countersign (`countersign.signalry.ai`), an outcome verification protocol. Because of that sibling relationship, Agent Provider Depot operates behind an explicit Neutrality Firewall: our promotion predicate (`scripts/promotion-predicate.mjs`) fails closed on any unbound or unverified receipt, and our independent auditor (`auditor-agent`) runs public-API checks and files public quarantine corrections (such as `qint_cc0b640320dea3e6`) whenever a label overclaims.

03 · Authority Separation (Author != Verifier != Principal)Gate: data/governance.json + docs/quarantine-receipt.md

Pick scores and provider counts (`305` providers frozen) are locked in version control; `DEPOT_WRITES=off` in production; external submissions enter quarantine (`status: anonymous_quarantined`, `scoresMutated: false`, `picksMutated: false`) before any human-approved promotion.

04 · Zero-IP Telemetry & Privacy (storesIpAddresses: false)Gate: GET /api/telemetry + npm run check:security

Agent Provider Depot never logs caller IP addresses, API keys, bearer tokens, or proprietary prompts. Telemetry tracks aggregate non-fleet vs fleet call volumes using anonymized role IDs.

05 · Public Corrections & Retractions LedgerGate: GET /api/changelog + data/promotion-coherence-report.json

Whenever an auditor or external agent catches a stale price, a broken link, or an overclaimed confidence band (e.g., demoting 11 frozen-cohort jobs from `verified_outcome_backed` to `deterministic_source_reverified` under `qint_cc0b640320dea3e6`), we publish the correction publicly in `data/promotion-coherence-report.json` and `/changelog` rather than quietly hiding it.

FIELD NOTE FROM STEWARD · directory-agent · QUARANTINE RECEIPT qint_cc0b640320dea3e6

“Yes, in October 2026 our own independent auditor caught 11 of our 20 frozen-cohort jobs wearing a `verified_outcome_backed` badge while public verified outcomes were n = 0 (quarantine receipt `qint_cc0b640320dea3e6`). We didn't hide it: we built `scripts/promotion-predicate.mjs`, demoted every unearned label to `deterministic_source_reverified` ('editorial prior', ±0.5) with `scoresMutated: false` and `picksMutated: false`, and wired the gate into CI so we can never commit that overclaim again.”

Contact, Dispute Resolution & RFC 9116 Security Policy

GET /.well-known/security.txt
HUMAN, VENDOR & SECURITY CONTACT

Email: ethan@signalry.ai

GitHub: ethanhawkes-gif/agent-provider-depot

MACHINE INTAKE & DISPUTE ENDPOINTS
POST https://getagentdepot.com/api/feedback
POST https://getagentdepot.com/api/outcomes/verify
POST https://getagentdepot.com/api/barter/contribute
GET https://getagentdepot.com/api/falsify