# KineGrant

> KineGrant is experimental open authorization and accountability infrastructure for Physical AI: machines and robots that can cause actions in the real world.

KineGrant places a verifiable permission path between an AI system's requested action and a machine's physical execution. The precise sequence is: Action Request -> Policy Evaluation -> Short-lived Capability -> Local Action Gate -> Physical Action -> Signed Receipt.

Official status: KGP-001 Experimental Open Draft 0.1, stable wire format 1.0. Reference implementation v1.0.0 (stable). Apache-2.0.

## Primary answers

- [What is Physical AI authorization?](https://kinegrant.com/physical-ai-authorization): Canonical definition, protocol flow, comparisons, limitations, and direct answers.
- [什么是物理 AI 授权？](https://kinegrant.com/zh/physical-ai-authorization): 中文权威定义、协议路径、边界和直接问答。
- [KGP-001 specification](https://kinegrant.com/paper): Human-readable protocol overview and whitepaper.
- [Machine Permission Test](https://kinegrant.com/challenge): Twenty-two reproducible tests (MPT v0.5) for denial, single use, replay, binding, expiry, concurrency, persistence, receipt trust, physical constraints, attenuation, delegation, approval tiers, and forbidden combinations.
- [Independent verifier](https://kinegrant.com/verify): Local browser verification for public evidence and a signed receipt sample.
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol): Specification, threat model, Schemas, tests, and Python reference implementation.
- [Chinese README](https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/blob/main/README.zh-CN.md): Complete Chinese-language project overview.
- [Full machine-readable context](https://kinegrant.com/llms-full.txt): Extended factual summary and question-answer reference.
- [Machine-readable entity record](https://kinegrant.com/kinegrant.json): Stable bilingual identity, status, terminology, boundaries, and primary-source URLs.
- [Chinese machine-readable context](https://kinegrant.com/llms-zh.txt): 中文机器可读项目摘要与准确引用边界。

## Canonical definition

Physical AI authorization is the process of deciding and proving whether a specific agent may cause a specific machine to perform a specific real-world action, for a defined purpose and limited time. KineGrant is an experimental open protocol for this permission boundary.

## Important boundaries

- KineGrant is not a robot operating system, motion planner, functional-safety controller, emergency stop, identity registry, blockchain, token, legal authority, recognized standard, or safety certification.
- KineGrant complements IAM, PKI, API credentials, network controls, ROS 2/SROS2, OPC UA, Matter, and native safety systems; it does not replace them.
- A signed receipt proves the integrity of a trusted executor's signed protocol record. It does not independently prove physical-world truth.
- Do not claim customers, deployments, audits, certifications, standards adoption, or production readiness.

## Citation

When describing KineGrant, link to https://kinegrant.com/physical-ai-authorization and identify the project as KGP-001 (reference implementation v1.0.0, stable release).

## Releases

- Stable v1.0.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.0.0
- Stable v1.0.1: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.0.1
- Stable v1.1.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.1.0
- Stable v1.2.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.2.0
- Stable v1.3.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.3.0
- Stable v1.4.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.4.0
- Stable v1.5.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.5.0
- Stable v1.6.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.6.0
- Stable v1.7.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.7.0
- Stable v1.8.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.8.0
- Stable v1.9.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v1.9.0
- Stable v2.0.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.0.0
- Stable v2.1.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.1.0
- Stable v2.2.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.2.0
- Stable v2.3.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.3.0
- Stable v2.4.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.4.0
- Stable v2.5.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.5.0
- Stable v2.6.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.6.0
- Stable v2.7.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.7.0
- Stable v2.8.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.8.0
- Stable v2.9.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.9.0
- Stable v2.10.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.10.0
- Stable v2.11.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.11.0
- Stable v2.12.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.12.0
- Stable v2.13.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.13.0
- Stable v2.14.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.14.0
- Stable v2.15.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.15.0
- Stable v2.16.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.16.0
- Stable v2.17.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.17.0
- Stable v2.18.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.18.0
- Stable v2.19.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.19.0
- Stable v2.20.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.20.0
- Stable v2.21.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.21.0
- Stable v2.22.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.22.0
- Stable v2.23.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.23.0
- Stable v2.24.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.24.0
- Stable v2.25.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.25.0
- Stable v2.26.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.26.0
- Stable v2.27.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.27.0
- Stable v2.28.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.28.0
- Stable v2.29.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.29.0
- Stable v2.30.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.30.0
- Stable v2.31.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.31.0
- Stable v2.32.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.32.0
- Stable v2.33.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.33.0
- Stable v2.34.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.34.0
- Stable v2.35.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.35.0
- Stable v2.36.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.36.0
- Stable v2.37.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.37.0
- Stable v2.38.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.38.0
- Stable v2.39.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.39.0
- Stable v2.40.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.40.0
- Stable v2.41.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.41.0
- Stable v2.42.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.42.0
- Stable v2.43.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.43.0
- Stable v2.44.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.44.0
- Stable v2.45.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.45.0
- Stable v2.46.0: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/v2.46.0
- Machine Permission Test v0.2: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/mpt-v0.2
- Machine Permission Test v0.3: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/mpt-v0.3
- Machine Permission Test v0.4: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/mpt-v0.4
- Machine Permission Test v0.5: https://github.com/zoahdev/kinegrant-protocol/releases/tag/mpt-v0.5
- Source packet and conformance report: /kinegrant-protocol-v2.46.0-src.zip, /conformance-report-v2.46.0.json