RSL DECLARATIONS · SIGNED EVIDENCE · HTTP X402
RSL evidence before RAG ingestion
Preflight supported URLs before corpus ingestion and preserve signed rights evidence with your provenance.
When to call
RAG is a workflow, not a purpose enum. Indexing and model input can require separate ai-index and ai-input evaluations.
Deduplicate by canonical URL, purpose and context. Request new evidence only when your freshness policy requires it.
Input and purchase
Check live coverage → prepare one bounded quote → inspect availability/preview → verify the signed offer → obtain buyer-controlled payment authorization → persist the encrypted checkpoint → redeem and verify report, receipt and delivery binding. After ambiguity, resume the same checkpoint; never sign a replacement payment blindly.
{
"resource": "https://rslstandard.org/",
"purpose": "ai-index",
"tier": "fresh",
"user_class": "commercial",
"max_total_micro": "20000"
}Decision and retry
UNKNOWN, missing declarations, unsupported origins and LICENSE_REQUIRED do not authorize use. A report records observed RSL declarations; it is not a license or legal clearance.
Verify all evidence and use one durable purchase ID. Resume an existing checkpoint after ambiguity; never create a replacement charge blindly.