Essay archive · Agent passport demo

Long-form writing is the authority layer.

The deeper arguments beneath governed intelligence — and the protected-resource example for the Open Agent Access demonstration.

SteveKirton.com remains open to ordinary human navigation. The essays page demonstrates how an automated agent should approach a protected knowledge resource: declare identity, purpose, intended use, budget if relevant, trace ID, and respect for the published policy before access.

AA-Agent-ID
agent identity
AA-Purpose
research, accessibility, or citation
AA-Use
read, summarize, or quote
AA-Budget
declared if relevant
AA-Trace-ID
request traceability
AA-Respect-Policy
true

Policy summary: public pages are allowed; essays require a passport for agents; AI training is denied; research summarisation is allowed with attribution; indexing is allowed only where policy permits; future premium routes are charge-ready via Algorand x402.