LIVE · VERSION 1.1 · READY TO USE

GoGuides Authority Clearing Network

ACN provides a shared current-state authority layer for consequential machine actions.

A credential tells a machine what was authorized.
ACN tells the machine what remains authorized now.

The problem

A signed authorization can prove that authority existed when it was issued. It cannot, by itself, tell independent systems how much of that authority has since been reserved, consumed, delegated, released, frozen, revoked or left unresolved elsewhere.

Agent receives authority: 1,000 units

Independent request A: 600
Independent request B: 500
Independent request C: 300

Potential simultaneous demand: 1,400

The original signed credential can still be authentic.
The shared current authority cannot safely exceed 1,000.

This is a distributed shared-state problem. ACN provides one authoritative clearing state for the bounded authority.

How ACN works

Principal / issuer
       |
       | bounded authority
       v
Agent / delegated system
       |
       | proposes exact action
       v
GoGuides ACN
       |
       | atomic reservation
       | signed clearance
       v
Relying system / executor
       |
       | live validation
       v
Execute
       |
       +-- CONSUMED
       +-- RELEASED
       +-- INDETERMINATE -> reconciliation

Start using ACN

1. Create an ACN account

ACN accounts are separate from GoGuides webmaster accounts.

Create ACN account

2. Receive your API key

A production API key is generated when the account is created and is displayed once. Store it securely.

3. Call the API

Send the API key in the HTTP header:

X-GoGuides-API-Key: YOUR_KEY

4. Track usage

The ACN dashboard shows API calls, errors, latency, authorities, clearances, receipts, API keys and recent activity.

ACN login Recover account

Public discovery

GET https://www.goguides.com/api/v1/status

GET https://www.goguides.com/api/v1/public-key

Authenticated API

POST /api/v1/authority/issue
GET  /api/v1/authority/{authority_id}

POST /api/v1/authority/{authority_id}/delegate
POST /api/v1/authority/{authority_id}/freeze
POST /api/v1/authority/{authority_id}/activate
POST /api/v1/authority/{authority_id}/revoke

POST /api/v1/clearance
GET  /api/v1/clearance/{clearance_id}
POST /api/v1/clearance/validate
POST /api/v1/clearance/{clearance_id}/receipt
POST /api/v1/clearance/{clearance_id}/reconcile

GET  /api/v1/evidence/{authority_id}

Machine contracts

Machine discovery JSON

OpenAPI 3.1 contract

Technical White Paper

Technical White Paper PDF

Current Ed25519 verification key

Core guarantees

bounded authority conservation
atomic reservations
idempotent retry handling
exact-action and counterparty binding
delegation without duplicating authority
ancestor revocation closure
safe handling of uncertain external effects
signed clearances and receipts
append-only event hash chains
signed event checkpoints

Separate infrastructure

ACN is a separate GoGuides subsystem. ACN activity does not change AI Rank, public eligibility, crawler observations, provenance records, Bot Radar measurements or existing GoGuides trust decisions.

GoGuides Authority Clearing Network · ACN 1.1