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What Are AI Agent Receipts?

By Brennan Zambo

In short: AI agent receipts are public, persistent, independently checkable records of work done by an AI: what was asked, what the agent did, and the observed result, tied together so someone else can verify the execution.

What a receipt for AI work records

A receipt makes a task inspectable outside the original chat. A Zambo receipt carries the receipt ID, canonical request bytes, a timestamp, the tool and arguments, the observed result, upstream evidence, and a SHA-256 hash with a stable public URL.

Receipts for AI agents versus screenshots

A screenshot shows an image, not what ran or whether the result changed afterward. A receipt connects the request to the observed result so another person or agent can independently check the execution.

FAQ

What are AI agent receipts?

AI agent receipts are public, persistent, independently checkable records of work done by an AI: what was asked, what the agent did, and the observed result, tied together so someone else can verify the execution.

What is a receipt for AI work?

A receipt for AI work records one task with its request, observed result, timestamp, SHA-256 hash, and stable public verification URL.

Why are receipts for AI agents better than screenshots?

A screenshot can be faked and is disconnected from execution. A receipt binds canonical request bytes to the observed result so anyone can recompute and check it.