PROVENANCE-FIRST EVIDENCE WORKBENCH

Quill does not start with answers.It starts with receipts.

A local shell with 3 captured official source,5 evidence-bound claim receipts,23 local Atlas edges, and 5 Sentinel risk findings.

3

CAPTURE RECEIPT

5

BOUND CLAIMS

23

ATLAS EDGES

5

SENTINEL FLAGS

METHODOLOGY

What Makes Quill Different

Most platforms start with opinions.

Quill starts with the file.

You read the document as it exists - unfiltered, unpolished, sometimes uncomfortable. Then Quill can only help after it has evidence objects to cite:

—https://www.govinfo.gov/help/crec and access policy
—The immutable capture receipt cap_govinfo-crec-api_6db6275c1209 and checksum
—5 exact-offset evidence spans
—23 Atlas edges and 5 Sentinel risk findings

Quill does not publish a summary before the citations exist.
The evidence span is the durable primitive.

THE AGENT CONCEPT

Inside Quill, the source is not decoration.
It is the operating contract.

Every surface must disclose what is verified.

The deeper the implementation goes, the more proof it must expose:

•Register sources before capture
•Hash artifacts before parsing
•Extract claims from evidence spans
•Show Atlas and Sentinel ids only after export

This is not a finished archive.
It is the local shell for the first verified slice.

IMPLEMENTATION LANES

What This Shell Allows Today

FIELD OPERATIVE

Public contract view.

2 verified documents
✓Read the source registry boundary
✓See zero-state evidence metrics
✓Inspect owner-gated source families
✓Filter source candidates

For checking what the local surface can honestly claim.

RECOMMENDED
SPECIAL AGENT

Pipeline view.

5 evidence spans
✓Everything in Public View
✓Source registry status
✓Capture receipt requirements
✓Evidence-span requirements
✓Claim support requirements
✓Atlas and Sentinel boundaries

For building the next local source-registry phase without overstating readiness.

RESTRICTED
DIGITAL SOLDIER

Owner-gated boundary.

1 credentialed sources
✓PACER remains blocked
✓No paid records access
✓No sealed-record scraping
✓No redistribution decision
✓No credentialed archive publication
✓Owner approval required

For sources that require explicit legal, credential, and owner approval.

PURPOSE

Why Quill Exists

Because evidence work fails when a demo pretends to be a pipeline.

It needs source policies.

It needs checksums.

It needs quote offsets.

It needs risk findings before public claims.

Quill exists for people who:

—Register source families before scraping
—Treat capture receipts as document identity
—Cite spans instead of whole documents
—Downgrade claims when evidence is missing

This phase is not about readiness theater.
It is about claim discipline.

Quill is not ready because the page says so.

It is ready when the evidence path exists.