# kaal:claim:7314479-042

**Claim.** Cross-tool provenance and tamper evidence should precede a tool marketplace, because a registry that distributes tools without them will accumulate an installed base whose behavior cannot be reconstructed.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- sequencing of institutional features in sovereign runtimes

**Source quote.**

> Contributions 1 and 2 should precede a tool marketplace, because a registry that distributes tools without cross-tool provenance or tamper evidence will accumulate an installed base whose behavior cannot be reconstructed.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes* (2026), VIII. Engineering Contributions, Sequencing, page 22

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

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `debace24a155ae924a155b1fafe98856d98cf83689feff2f87a32f1c06171ce6` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202026%20-%20Institutional%20Requirements%20for%20Sovereign%20Local%20Agent%20Runtimes.pdf

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

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