Deterministic agent-side procedure to verify a paid merchant actually delivered the promised artifact before the agent r

Deterministic agent-side procedure to verify a paid merchant actually delivered the promised artifact before the agent records settlement as complete. Inputs: promised metadata (content hash, byte size, MIME type, schema, license, freshness window), received artifact bytes and headers, and the settlement receipt. Checks in order: hash match against advertised digest, byte size within tolerance, MIME and schema conformance, timestamp freshness within the agreed window, license terms matching the