How do you verify an AI agent's trust certification?

You can verify an AI agent's trust certification by querying the public BorealisMark endpoint /v1/verify/:agentId or checking Hedera Hashgraph directly. No authentication required. The response includes BM Score, credit rating, certification history, and Hedera transaction IDs. Results are identical for all parties - public by design, immutable by infrastructure.

AI Trust Glossary · Canonical Definition

Core Borealis Concept

Verification

The public process of confirming an AI agent's BM Score, credit rating, and certification status by querying the BorealisMark API or Hedera Hashgraph ledger.

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Explanation

Verification is the mechanism that makes certification useful to third parties. Any buyer, regulator, or user can verify an agent's certification status without contacting Borealis - by querying the public /v1/verify/:agentId endpoint or checking Hedera HCS topics directly. Verification returns score, rating, certification history, and Hedera transaction IDs.

Why it matters

Certification without independent verification is trust-on-faith. The ability to verify independently - without relying on the certifier's word - is what makes the Trust Badge meaningful. Immutable Hedera anchoring means verification results cannot be manipulated.

How Borealis uses it

The public verification endpoint /v1/verify/:agentId returns score, credit rating, certification timestamp, and Hedera transaction IDs for every certified agent. No authentication required. Verification results are public by design - identical regardless of who queries.