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What is TrustSignal

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What Is TrustSignal

TrustSignal is evidence integrity infrastructure for compliance artifacts. It issues signed verification receipts and preserves the information needed to later confirm that a verification result still corresponds to the artifact and policy context originally evaluated.

What It Does

TrustSignal helps teams:

  • create signed receipts when evidence is evaluated
  • retrieve those receipts later for audit, review, or partner workflows
  • re-verify stored receipts without depending on screenshots or manual notes
  • export normalized evidence payloads for downstream systems

Where It Fits

TrustSignal fits behind an existing platform such as:

  • a compliance operations system
  • an evidence collection workflow
  • a partner portal
  • a vertical workflow such as deed verification

The upstream platform remains the system of record. TrustSignal adds integrity evidence at the boundary.

Verification Model

At a product level, the model is straightforward:

  1. An upstream system submits a verification request or artifact reference.
  2. TrustSignal evaluates the request against the configured policy and data dependencies.
  3. TrustSignal returns a decision plus a signed verification receipt.
  4. Downstream systems use the receipt as a stable audit artifact.
  5. Later checks can confirm receipt integrity, status, and lifecycle state.

In the current codebase, the integration-facing /api/v1/* routes implement that model by validating requests in the gateway and delegating the major lifecycle actions to the engine interface.

What TrustSignal Is Not

TrustSignal is not:

  • a replacement for compliance workflow software
  • a legal decision engine
  • a guarantee that an upstream source system is correct
  • a substitute for environment-specific security evidence or control validation

Current Repository Context

This repository currently exposes:

  • the integration-facing /api/v1/* API surface
  • the legacy /v1/* API surface used by the JavaScript SDK
  • the DeedShield application module as the current product surface in-repo

The product framing remains broader than a single module: TrustSignal is the integrity layer that sits behind workflow-specific applications.

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