Bartholomew AI • BTP v2.2 Standards Track

Cryptographic Trust Protocol & Autonomous Pre-Flight Execution Gate for AI Agents

[EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY] What is Bartholomew & BTP?

Bartholomew is the open cryptographic trust and verification gateway for autonomous AI agents.
Built on the Bartholomew Trust Protocol (BTP v2.2 Standards Track), it replaces probabilistic prompt filters with deterministic, hermetic pre-flight sandboxing and signed RFC 8785 Ed25519 attestations. Downstream execution environments (LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, MCP, Kubernetes clusters) verify agent tool calls 100% offline in sub-50 microseconds with zero cloud dependencies.

⚡ 3-Second Live Terminal Showcase

Test the in-process AST scanner, hermetic path sandbox, LDMU loop governor, and Ed25519 notary on your machine:

# Clone and run the live 5-scenario attack simulation
git clone https://github.com/ivegotahunnitonit/bartholomew.git
cd bartholomew
python cli.py demo

60-Second Multi-Language Quickstarts

1. Python (pip install btp-guard)

from btp_guard import Guard

# Set spend limit and max retries
guard = Guard(spend_cap=100.0, max_retries=5)

# Protect any agent tool or function with a decorator
@guard.protect
def execute_database_query(sql_query: str):
    # If the agent attempts a DROP TABLE or exceeds budget,
    # it is blocked in <5 microseconds before executing.
    return db.execute(sql_query)

# Or check actions directly:
result = guard.check("rm -rf /var/data")
print(result["allowed"]) # False
print(result["reason"])  # "Policy Violation: Trajectory contained forbidden pattern 'rm -rf'"

2. TypeScript / Node.js (npm install @bartholomew/btp-guard)

import { BTPGuard } from '@bartholomew/btp-guard';

const guard = new BTPGuard();
const receipt = guard.evaluateAction({
  agentId: 'claude-desktop',
  actionType: 'DATABASE_MUTATION',
  payload: { query: 'DROP TABLE accounts;' }
});
console.log(receipt.verdict); // "DENY" (Blocked in 11 µs)

3. Go (go get github.com/ivegotahunnitonit/bartholomew/pkg/btp)

package main
import "fmt"
import "github.com/ivegotahunnitonit/bartholomew/pkg/btp"

func main() {
    guard := btp.NewGuard()
    verdict := guard.Evaluate("AGENT_01", "DB_READ", map[string]interface{}{"id": 101})
    fmt.Println("Verdict:", verdict) // ALLOW (0.00s latency)
}

4. Command-Line CLI

# Validate declarative YAML security policies
python -m src.cli policy validate --file policies/default_security_policy.yaml

# Test an action payload directly in your terminal
python -m src.cli policy eval -f policies/default_security_policy.yaml -p '{"query": "SELECT 1"}'

[FRAMEWORK_ADAPTERS] 1-Line Drop-in Middleware

[OFFLINE_VERIFIERS] Zero-Dependency Cross-Language Reference Verifiers

• Python Reference Verifier (35 Lines): standalone_btp_verifier.py
• Go Reference Verifier (Microsecond Engine): btp_verifier.go
• Node.js / TypeScript Reference Verifier: btp_verifier.js

[INTERACTIVE_DEMO] Live AST Auto-Fix Test Scenarios

Click any test case below to inspect the deterministic compiler mutation and verification diff:

# Target: worker.py (Root cause: asyncio.get_event_loop() deprecated in Python 3.12+)
def execute_async_task(task_payload):
-   loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-   return loop.run_until_complete(worker_coroutine(task_payload))
+   loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+   asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+   try:
+       return loop.run_until_complete(worker_coroutine(task_payload))
+   finally:
+       loop.close()

# Verification Receipt: 48/48 unit tests passed | Latency: 0.14s | Zero regressions

# Target: fire/core.py (Root cause: ast.Str, ast.Num removed in Python 3.14)
class LiteralExtractor(ast.NodeVisitor):
    def visit_Constant(self, node):
-       if isinstance(node, (ast.Str, ast.Num)):
-           self.literals.append(node.n if hasattr(node, 'n') else node.s)
+       if isinstance(node, ast.Constant):
+           self.literals.append(node.value)

# Verification Receipt: 112/112 test suite passed | AST Delta: 2 lines | Formally verified

# Target: transport/socket_pool.py (Root cause: unclosed socket upon timeout exception)
def transmit_payload(sock, buffer):
-   sock.sendall(buffer)
-   return sock.recv(4096)
+   with sock:
+       sock.sendall(buffer)
+       return sock.recv(4096)

# Verification Receipt: Memory & socket leak checks verified | Exit code 0

[EMPIRICAL_TELEMETRY] 10,000,000-Cycle Multi-Core Stress Benchmark

[ARCHITECTURE] The 4-Step Mechanical Verification Engine

 [1. INGEST & REPRODUCE]   --->   [2. SURGICAL AST PATCH]   --->   [3. 100% PRE-FLIGHT TEST]   --->   [4. SIGNED PR]
 Webhook intercepts crash        Calculates minimal 3-line       Executes test battery in        Attaches Ed25519 proof
 in hermetic sandbox             compiler syntax delta           isolated container              & opens green PR

[QUICK_ACTIONS] Interactive Workspace Hub

[INTELLECTUAL_PROPERTY] Commercial Protection Notice

NOTICE OF PROPRIETARY OWNERSHIP & RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL USE:

All code, compiler AST transformations, Go trajectory intercept daemons, RFC 8785 cryptographic attestation algorithms, and autonomous reproduction pipelines contained within this repository are the exclusive proprietary intellectual property of Bartholomew AI & Contributors.

• Zero Unauthorized Duplication: No entity, organization, or automated crawler is granted permission to clone, sub-license, scrape, train commercial AI models upon, or re-distribute this codebase without an explicit, signed commercial licensing agreement.
• Cryptographic Verification: Every commit, release artifact, and execution receipt is cryptographically hashed and signed via RFC 8785 JSON Canonicalization and Ed25519 digital signatures registered to our root key authority.
• Patent & Trade Secret Protections: The mechanical AST delta synthesis, hermetic reproduction synthesis, and sub-microsecond POSIX execution boundary algorithms are protected under international copyright, trademark, and trade secret laws.

For commercial enterprise licensing, contact: help@bartholomew.info (routing to itsub@bartholomew.info).

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