# kaal:claim:7314479-009

**Claim.** Each new integration in a sovereign runtime requires the parties to settle identity, authority, permitted data use, responsibility, and remedy.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- integrations across economic boundaries in sovereign local agent runtimes

**Source quote.**

> They must settle identity, meaning what a component is and how a claim to be that component is tested. They must settle authority, meaning what the component is permitted to do and on whose behalf. They must settle permitted data use, meaning what may cross the boundary, for what purpose, and for how long. They must settle responsibility, meaning who answers for an outcome produced jointly. They must settle remedy, meaning what happens when the answer is unsatisfactory.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes* (2026), IV. Connectivity Is Not Coordination, page 8

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7314479

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**Topics.** institutional-design, governance-design, ai-and-agents

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