RootSign v0.1.0 — Phase 1 MVP

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RootSign v0.1.0 — Phase 1 MVP

Tamper-evident provenance logging for AI agents.

This is the first publishable release of RootSign — the SDK ships with
LangGraph and CrewAI integrations, a rootsign verify CLI, PII redaction,
and human-in-the-loop checkpoints. Local first; Postgres + TimescaleDB.

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What's included

Framework integrations

• LangGraph 0.1.x and 0.2.x — @rootsign.trace, rootsign.wrap_tools(). See ADR-004.
• CrewAI 0.28, 0.40, and 1.x — CrewAITracer.wrap_tools(),
  rootsign.wrap_crewai_tools(). Duck-typed interception so future
  versions Just Work. See ADR-005.

Core SDK

• SHA-256 hash chain across every Action record in a session. verify_chain
  detects any after-the-fact modification.
• Human-in-the-loop checkpoint — @rootsign.trace(require_approval=True)
  blocks tool execution until a human approves via the CLI. Async poll
  loop, configurable timeout. See ADR-007.
• Approval records with three terminal states: human_approved,
  human_rejected, timed_out (forensically distinct from rejected —
  "nobody responded" vs "someone said no").
• PII redaction before hashing so stored hashes carry no PII signal.
  Three ready configs: StandardPIIConfig (email/phone/SSN/CC/UK NI),
  FinancialPIIConfig (+ account/routing/IBAN), HealthcarePIIConfig
  (+ MRN/NPI/DOB). See ADR-006.
• rootsign.session() async context manager — auto SESSION_OPEN /
  SESSION_CLOSE.

CLIs

• rootsign verify <session_id> — verifies the hash chain. Exit 0 = VALID, 1 = TAMPERED.
• rootsign verify --local <path.jsonl> — offline JSONL verification, no DB required.
• rootsign approve <action_id> — approve a pending HiTL action.
  --reject --reason "..." for rejection; --list to see what's pending.
• rootsign-admin init — schema migration (alembic upgrade head).

Storage

• PostgreSQL 16 + TimescaleDB 2.14 (local dev via docker-compose).
• LocalIngestClient — in-process ingest, no HTTP required.
• Cloud HttpIngestClient reserved for Phase 2.

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Architecture decisions captured

ADR	Topic
ADR-001	Hash canonical spec
ADR-002	Transport-agnostic client
ADR-003	Framework contract tests
ADR-004	LangGraph interception
ADR-005	CrewAI interception
ADR-006	Redaction contract
ADR-007	HiTL checkpoint design

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Known limitations

These are deliberate Phase 1 scope decisions, all on the Phase 2 roadmap:

• No cloud ingest backend. HttpIngestClient raises
  NotImplementedError. Phase 2.
• No web dashboard. Audit history queries are SQL today; the hosted
  compliance dashboard is the Phase 2 deliverable.
• HiTL is plain-async-callable only. @rootsign.trace(require_approval=True)
  on a LangChain BaseTool or CrewAI tool raises NotImplementedError
  with a "wrap the underlying function" hint. Lifting the gate needs an
  output-capture write-back RPC — Phase 2.
• Output not chain-captured for HiTL actions. output_hash stays
  NULL for actions gated on human approval. The input is chained; the
  output reaches the caller but isn't part of the audit hash.
• AutoGen and TypeScript SDKs not yet shipped. Both deferred to
  RootSign v1.0 alongside the Phase 2 cloud backend.

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Install

pip install rootsign[langgraph]   # LangGraph
pip install rootsign[crewai]      # CrewAI

Pre-PyPI note (until publish): install from source —
pip install 'rootsign[langgraph] @ git+https://github.com/Providex-AI/rootsign.git'.

Python 3.11 or 3.12 recommended. The [crewai] extra currently lags
on 3.13 / 3.14 wheels. If you hit No matching distribution found for crewai,
switch to Python 3.12.

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Quickstart

See README.md for the full LangGraph + CrewAI quickstarts.
The CI-runnable reproducibility test is at
tests/integration/test_show_hn_quickstart.py
— that's the same flow the README walks you through.

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Stats

• 18 test modules touched, 261 tests passing.
• 9 architecture decisions documented.
• Framework contract tests green on LangGraph 0.1.x / 0.2.x and
  CrewAI 0.28 / 0.40 / 1.x.

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Contributors

This release is the work of:

• Providex AI — design, implementation, releases

Reach out: hello@getprovidex.com · github.com/Providex-AI/rootsign

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License

Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE and NOTICE.

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