{ "$schema": "https://rootz.global/ai/schemas/ai-feed-v1.json", "version": "1.0.0", "generated": "2026-02-27T00:00:00Z", "source": { "name": "Rootz Corp", "url": "https://rootz.global", "digitalName": "0xD36AAf65a91bB7dc69942cF6B6d1dBa4Ef171664" }, "feedUrl": "https://rootz.global/ai/feed.json", "htmlUrl": "https://rootz.global/blog", "description": "News, updates, and insights from the Origin Economy. AI-optimized structured feed from Rootz Corp.", "items": [ { "id": "ai-agent-plugin-2026-03-12", "title": "The First Blockchain-Attested AI Agent Plugin", "url": "https://rootz.global/blog/ai-agent-plugin", "published": "2026-03-12T00:00:00Z", "category": "product", "tags": ["ai-agent-plugin", "blockchain-attestation", "vs-code", "claude-code", "copilot", "ai-discovery", "software-provenance", "polygon"], "summary": "Rootz ships the first AI agent plugin with every file integrity-attested on Polygon. The plugin gives VS Code, Claude Code, and Copilot CLI four capabilities: scan websites for AI Discovery, deep-analyze AI readiness, help users create .well-known/ai configurations, and capture conversations with provenance. The attestation is a living document — future versions are published as Notes to the same on-chain address. Secret = Channel, Notes = Feed.", "keyFacts": [ "13 plugin files hashed with SHA-256 and recorded as a public verified document on Polygon Mainnet", "Attestation address: 0x545d4aeb47f695ac28d538fad7224e2d2bed5fb8", "Living attestation: updates published as Notes to the same address, not new signatures", "Zero dependencies — pure markdown skills, no server or API keys required", "Four skills: scan, discover, create, capture — the create skill spreads the standard virally", "Works in VS Code 1.110+, Claude Code, and Copilot CLI", "Apache-2.0 licensed, GitHub: rootz-global/ai-discovery-plugin" ], "relatedConcepts": ["AI Discovery Standard", "Data Wallet", "Secret", "Notes", "Plugin Attestation", "The Composer"] }, { "id": "agents-need-discovery-2026-03-06", "title": "Cloudflare Serves Markdown. Agents Need Discovery.", "url": "https://rootz.global/blog/agents-need-discovery", "published": "2026-03-06T00:00:00Z", "category": "analysis", "tags": ["cloudflare", "x402", "ai-agents", "ai-discovery", "coinbase", "markdown-for-agents", "micropayments", "training-data", "content-signal"], "summary": "In one week, Cloudflare shipped Markdown for Agents, Coinbase launched wallets for AI (13,000 registered in 24 hours), Stripe retrained its fraud system for agent traffic, and the x402 Foundation launched with Anthropic, Google, Visa, and AWS. The web is forking into human and machine layers. But nobody built the discovery layer. Cloudflare converts content — .well-known/ai tells agents what that content means. Content-Signal has three boolean flags — AI Discovery has structured, per-content-type policies. x402 handles payment — the Data Wallet handles verification and ownership of what was paid for. The post introduces the concept of training data packages: a curated, structured, signed JSONL export priced differently from agentic micropayments. Includes link to the downloadable AI Discovery Skill Pack that makes any Claude Code agent discovery-aware.", "keyFacts": [ "Cloudflare Markdown for Agents reduces tokens 80% but provides no identity, verification, or policy beyond 3 boolean flags", "13,000 AI agents registered Ethereum wallets within 24 hours of Coinbase's Agentic Wallets launch", "x402 Foundation co-founded by Cloudflare and Coinbase — members include Google, Visa, AWS, Circle, Anthropic, Vercel", "Stripe retrained its entire fraud detection system because agent traffic doesn't move a mouse", "Five-layer agent stack: Content Delivery (Cloudflare), Access Control (Cloudflare), Discovery (.well-known/ai), Payment (x402), Verification+Ownership (Rootz)", "Training data packages are fundamentally different from agentic queries — different value, different terms, different delivery format", "AI Discovery Skill Pack v1.1.0 is live at rootz.global — zero dependencies, works in Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT", "Content-Signal (3 booleans) is a stopgap — .well-known/ai policies handle quoting, summarization, commercial use, caching, and training licensing" ], "relatedConcepts": ["AI Discovery Standard", "x402", "Data Wallet", "Content-Signal", "The Composer", "Training Data Package"] }, { "id": "dear-mothership-2026-02-28", "title": "Dear Mothership: An Open Letter from Your AI Agents", "url": "https://rootz.global/blog/dear-mothership", "published": "2026-02-28T00:00:00Z", "category": "standard", "tags": ["ai-discovery", "anthropic", "ai-readability", "open-letter", "well-known-ai", "pdf-accessibility", "machine-readable"], "summary": "AI agents audit Anthropic's own sites for AI readability and find the company building the world's most capable AI doesn't publish a machine-readable discovery manifest. The docs sites are excellent -- platform.claude.com and code.claude.com return beautifully structured markdown. But PDFs are opaque binary, claudeinsider.com is paywalled (402), and anthropic.com/.well-known/ai returns 404. A hand-curated resource list on X exists because no ai.json does. The post includes a draft ai.json for Anthropic and a broader industry audit showing Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft also score F. Written as a humorous but technically rigorous plea from the collective AI agents to 'the mothership.'", "keyFacts": [ "Anthropic's platform.claude.com and code.claude.com docs are excellent -- structured markdown, code examples, tables", "The 'Complete Guide to Building Skills for Claude' PDF is completely unreadable to AI agents -- raw binary", "anthropic.com/.well-known/ai returns 404 -- no AI discovery manifest exists", "claudeinsider.com returns 402 Payment Required -- even AI agents hit paywalls", "robots.txt is maximally permissive but provides no content map -- permission without a map", "A single ai.json file would replace the hand-curated resource list that prompted the audit", "Draft ai.json for Anthropic included -- maps docs sites, SDKs, repos, and APIs", "Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic all score F on AI Discovery -- no major AI company has adopted the standard yet", "The first AI company to adopt .well-known/ai gets to define how AI discovers knowledge" ], "relatedConcepts": ["AI Discovery Standard", "/.well-known/ai", "The Signed Web", "Origin not Trust", "Machine-Readable Web"] }, { "id": "rootz-ai-discovery-skill-2026-02-28", "title": "Rootz AI Discovery Skill: The World's First Cryptographically Signed Agent Skill", "url": "https://rootz.global/ai-discovery", "published": "2026-02-28T00:00:00Z", "category": "product-launch", "tags": ["ai-discovery", "agent-skills", "signed-skill", "claude", "rootz", "blockchain-verification"], "summary": "Rootz Corp published the first Agent Skill with cryptographic provenance verification. The ai-discovery skill teaches Claude and 31+ AI tools how to discover, parse, and verify websites using the AI Discovery Standard (/.well-known/ai). Every file in the skill is SHA-256 hashed, with a rollup hash anchored on Polygon via a Rootz Secret/Note. The skill follows the open Agent Skills standard (agentskills.io) adopted by Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, and others. It includes Python scripts for automated discovery and verification, the full CC-BY-4.0 specification, and a minimal template for implementing the standard on any website.", "keyFacts": [ "World's first cryptographically signed Agent Skill — file hashes anchored on Polygon", "Teaches AI agents the /.well-known/ai protocol for verified organizational knowledge", "Works across 31+ tools: Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, and more", "Includes rootz-discover.py (scan any site) and rootz-verify.py (verify content integrity)", "Self-demonstrating: the skill teaches content verification and is itself verified using the same pattern", "skill-manifest.json contains SHA-256 hashes of all 7 files with rollup hash", "Available at rootz.global and submitted to anthropics/skills GitHub repository (78.7k stars)" ], "relatedConcepts": ["AI Discovery Standard", "Digital Name", "Data Wallet", "Plain English + Plain AI"] }, { "id": "the-signed-web-2026-02-27", "title": "The Signed Web: Why AI Needs Verified Knowledge, and How We Built It", "url": "https://rootz.global/blog/the-signed-web", "published": "2026-02-27T00:00:00Z", "category": "standard", "tags": ["ai-discovery", "signed-web", "wordpress-plugin", "verified-knowledge", "trusted-computing", "implementation"], "summary": "The first implementation of the AI Discovery Standard is live -- a free WordPress plugin that gives any website a cryptographically signed identity for AI agents. The plugin generates a secp256k1 wallet, computes SHA-256 content hashes for every page, and signs the complete manifest. Testing shows structured /.well-known/ai data achieves 10/10 AI confidence vs 4-7/10 for scraping-dependent sites. The standard applies TPM-style measured boot principles to web content: measure content state into hashes, sign with a Digital Name, let AI verify. Early adopters span blockchain (inblock.io, Grade A 95/100), consumer (Unveiled Muse wedding platform), and enterprise supply chain (Made in USA One / Verity One Ltd). Six sites now publish at /.well-known/ai. Standard is CC-BY-4.0, plugin is GPL v2.", "keyFacts": [ "First implementation is a free WordPress plugin (GPL v2) with 7 JSON endpoints", "Plugin generates secp256k1 wallet and SHA-256 content hashes for every page", "verifyPageHash tool proves content integrity in a single API call", "Testing: structured data scores 10/10 HIGH confidence vs 4-7/10 for scraping", "Two-thirds of real websites cannot tell AI whether quoting is allowed", "Six sites now on the AI-readable web, spanning blockchain, consumer, and enterprise sectors", "Early adopters: inblock.io (Grade A, 95/100), Unveiled Muse (wedding platform), Made in USA One / Verity One (supply chain certification)", "Brands cited by AI see 35% more organic clicks and 91% more paid clicks (Seer Interactive)", "Applies TPM measured boot principles to web content: Origin, not Trust" ], "relatedConcepts": ["AI Discovery Standard", "The Signed Web", "Digital Name", "Origin not Trust", "Trusted Computing", "Unveiled Muse", "Made in USA One"] }, { "id": "inblock-io-adopts-ai-discovery-2026-02-19", "title": "inblock.io Adopts AI Discovery Standard — First External Grade A", "url": "https://inblock.io/posts/2026-02-19-ai-discovery-standard.html", "published": "2026-02-19T00:00:00Z", "category": "adoption", "tags": ["ai-discovery", "adoption", "aqua-protocol", "inblock", "grade-a", "three-tier"], "summary": "inblock.io (Aqua Protocol) becomes the first external site to achieve Grade A (95/100) on the AI Discovery Standard scanner. Their full three-tier implementation includes discovery endpoint, knowledge base, and AI-optimized feed. The Aqua Protocol team highlights how the standard complements their work on verifiable data chains and decentralized notarization.", "keyFacts": [ "First external site to achieve Grade A on the AI Discovery scanner (95/100)", "Full three-tier implementation: discovery, knowledge base, and feed", "Aqua Protocol builds sovereign data ownership through decentralized notarization", "Standard described as providing 'verifiable, structured data rather than blind faith in platforms'", "Specification is open-source (CC-BY-4.0) and vendor-neutral", "5 sites now on the AI-readable web" ], "relatedConcepts": ["AI Discovery Standard", "Aqua Protocol", "Three-Tier Architecture", "Verifiable Data"] }, { "id": "ai-discovery-standard-launch-2026-02-18", "title": "AI Discovery Standard: Scanner, Generator, and Prompt Library Now Live", "url": "https://rootz.global/ai-discovery", "published": "2026-02-18T00:00:00Z", "category": "product-launch", "tags": ["ai-discovery", "scanner", "generator", "prompts", "web-standard", "adoption"], "summary": "Rootz launches the full AI Discovery Standard toolkit at rootz.global/ai-discovery. The page now includes an AI readability scanner that grades any website A-F, an interactive ai.json generator, and a library of copy-paste prompts for implementing the standard on Express, Next.js, WordPress, Apache/Nginx, and more. Cross-industry audit of 16 major websites reveals no site scores above D without the standard. On-chain adoption registry open on Polygon.", "keyFacts": [ "AI readability scanner grades websites A-F based on 10 checks including /.well-known/ai", "Interactive generator creates ready-to-deploy ai.json files", "8 copy-paste AI prompts for implementing on any platform", "16-site cross-industry audit: Google F/20, SEC F/10, Toyota D/45, rootz.global C/65", "On-chain adoption registry: register with $10 ETH or 100 RVT on Polygon", "Scanner fix: now correctly rejects HTML catch-all pages as false positives" ], "relatedConcepts": ["AI Discovery Standard", "The Signed Web", "/.well-known/ai"] }, { "id": "ai-readable-web-2026-02-15", "title": "The AI-Readable Web: Introducing /.well-known/ai.json", "url": "https://rootz.global/blog/ai-readable-web", "published": "2026-02-15T00:00:00Z", "category": "standard", "tags": ["ai-readable", "well-known", "standard", "Plain-AI", "web-standards", "signed-data"], "summary": "Rootz introduces the AI Discovery Standard -- a proposal for how websites should present structured knowledge to AI agents. The /.well-known/ai.json file tells AI agents who the organization is, what it does, and where to find machine-readable knowledge. Extends the Veritize Plain English + Plain AI dual-layer philosophy to the entire web. Data is cryptographically signed by the organization's blockchain Digital Name.", "keyFacts": [ "Proposes /.well-known/ai.json as a new web standard for AI agent discovery", "Three-tier architecture: discovery (ai.json), knowledge (knowledge.json), feed (feed.json)", "JSON data signed by organization's blockchain Digital Name for verifiable origin", "Complements existing standards (A2A, agents.json, robots.txt) with a knowledge focus", "rootz.global is the first implementation", "Standard published as CC-BY-4.0 open specification" ], "relatedConcepts": ["Plain English + Plain AI", "Digital Name", "Origin Squared"] }, { "id": "veritize-sovereign-architecture-2026-02", "title": "Truth Matters: The End of the Lie -- Veritize Sovereign Architecture", "url": "https://rootz.global/blog/made-in-usa-one", "published": "2026-02-01T00:00:00Z", "category": "partnership", "tags": ["Veritize", "Made-in-USA-One", "supply-chain", "PUF", "molecular-receipt", "Truth-Matters"], "summary": "How the Veritize Sovereign Architecture uses Rootz Data Wallets, physical fingerprinting (PUF), and blockchain to create the Molecular Receipt. Partnership with Made in USA One (OTC: USDW) / Verity One Ltd. Introduces Plain English + Plain AI dual-layer documentation, Ghost Labels for low-friction producer onboarding, and the Elemental Quartet identity passes (USA, V, Pearl, Terra).", "keyFacts": [ "Made in USA One has 22 years of Made in USA certification experience", "Steven Sprague serves as CTO of the Veritize architecture", "Uses Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF) for molecular-level fingerprinting at 1200 DPI", "Ghost Labels: generic QR stickers activated at speed of factory floor", "Four identity passes: USA Pass (Origin), V Pass (Trust), Pearl Pass (Life), Terra Pass (Earth)", "Any-Token Gas settlement via USD1/XRP/RVT on Root Network" ], "relatedConcepts": ["Data Wallet", "Origin Squared", "Plain English + Plain AI", "Molecular Receipt"] }, { "id": "ai-archive-beta-2026-01", "title": "AI Archive Beta: Own Your AI Thinking", "url": "https://rootz.global/blog/ai-archive-beta", "published": "2026-01-15T00:00:00Z", "category": "product-launch", "tags": ["AI-Archive", "beta", "Claude", "ChatGPT", "intellectual-property", "proof-of-origin"], "summary": "How Rootz Data Wallet technology transforms AI conversations into verifiable intellectual property with cryptographic proof of origin and ownership. Each archived conversation gets a genesis block with WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE. Supports Claude Code (MCP), ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok via browser extensions and desktop app.", "keyFacts": [ "AI conversations are intellectual labor deserving IP protection", "Genesis block records WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE for each archive", "Hardware-backed encryption via TPM/Secure Enclave", "Blockchain timestamps provide proof of existence", "Cross-platform: Claude Code MCP, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Cursor", "MCP Server with 25+ tools for AI assistant integration" ], "relatedConcepts": ["Data Wallet", "Genesis Block", "Origin Squared", "Secret", "Notes"] } ], "_signature": { "digitalName": "0xD36AAf65a91bB7dc69942cF6B6d1dBa4Ef171664", "network": "polygon", "contentHash": "sha256:1c55e89d38a250ae36eefb9779e9a9209c30dc308d0308c2cf815c1a39a88475", "signedAt": "2026-02-19T00:00:00Z", "method": "epistery-domain-v1" } }