How does the H33-Root Authority Tree relate to Agent-008?

The Authority Tree is the certified Root that Agent-008 governs against. Agent-008 governs whether an AI-agent action is authorized under attested authority by checking the agent's path of hashes to this Root, then seals a Provable Authority Package. The tree supplies the authority; Agent-008 is the product that uses it to decide.

Does the Authority Tree render the verdict on an artifact?

No. The tree proves whether an agent is under the Root; rendering the independent verdict on an artifact is Verification. Agent-008 governs the decision, Verification renders the verdict, HATS monitors over time, HICS scores maturity, and H33-74 produces the portable 74-byte primitive. The Authority Tree does none of these — it is the authority structure decisions are checked against.

H33-Root · Authority as a Merkle Tree

One Root. Every agent provable against it.

Authority is a Merkle tree: the Root is a cryptographic fingerprint of every agent beneath it. Change anything, anywhere, and the Root changes.

proof path (a few hashes) the rest of the tree (never revealed)

01 · One source of truth

There is exactly one Root. An agent is provably under it — or it has no authority at all.

02 · Proof without exposure

Any agent proves it's authorized with a short path of hashes to the Root. No server call. No exposing the org.

03 · Tamper-evident

Change any agent and its fingerprint changes — the path no longer reaches the Root, so it's denied by construction.

Where this fits · Agent-008

This Authority Tree is the certified Root that Agent-008 governs against: Agent-008 decides whether an agent action is authorized under attested authority by checking its path to this Root, then seals a Provable Authority Package. The tree supplies the authority; it does not itself render the verdict on an artifact (that is Verification), monitor over time (HATS), score maturity (HICS), or produce the portable primitive (H33-74).