# agentsettlement.org

Settlement layer for agent-executed transactions. Finality, clearing, dispute resolution, liability assignment.

## Chain Position

Part of the L4.5 agent accountability stack:
- authority (agent-authority.org) — declares what agents may do
- provenance (agent-provenance.org) — records what agents did
- settlement (agentsettlement.org) — declares the record final

## What This Domain Defines

settlement.json — three schemas:
1. settlement_record: declares an action record settled, sets dispute window, assigns liability
2. clearing_record: confirms value transfer through a clearing layer
3. dispute_record: initiates a dispute before the dispute window closes

## Open Dependency

Cryptographic signing mechanism is not yet defined. See agent-provenance.org/.well-known/signing.json for the named gap. Settlement finality is an assertion until signing is defined; it becomes a verifiable proof once it is.

## Machine-Readable Files

- /.well-known/settlement.json — settlement, clearing, and dispute schemas
- /.well-known/agent-discovery.json — chain and companion file references
- /.well-known/constellation.json — payment cluster neighbors