{"id":"madeinplutofabio-pic-standard","name":"pic-standard","af_score":60.0,"security_score":59.5,"reliability_score":31.2,"what_it_does":"PIC (Provenance & Intent Contracts) is a Python library/CLI and integration set that validates structured “action proposals” for AI agents, enforcing fail-closed checks on intent/impact, provenance trust, and evidence (hash/signature) before allowing tool execution.","best_when":"You have agent workflows where side effects must be authorized based on verifiable provenance/evidence, and you want fail-closed gating at the tool execution boundary.","avoid_when":"You cannot supply any trustworthy provenance/evidence (because PIC will likely block). Avoid where you need complex, stateful, domain-specific authorization that PIC does not model.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:38:53.893358+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":true,"auth_methods":["Local trust/keyring for signature verification (Ed25519)","Optional HTTP bridge for /verify requests (authentication not described)","Optional key resolver interface for custom trust backends"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["PIC enforces fail-closed for high-impact proposals when trusted provenance/evidence is missing; agents may need to be adapted to produce richer Action Proposal JSON.","Signature evidence verification depends on having a correct trusted keyring/resolver configured; otherwise actions will be blocked."],"error_quality":0.0}