01 · Primary Source 01
Permission Is the Product
AI assurance needs two outputs: bounded buyer permission and provider status earned through difficult, visible proof.
A Petrichor Projects primary-source series
The Conditions of Yes
AI, client trust, and the proof serious work now requires.
02 · Primary Source 02
If the Badge Cannot Turn Off, It Means Nothing
A credible AI assurance badge must show current scope, change state, and stop signaling approval after suspension or expiry.
03 · Primary Source 03
The Checklist Was Not LEED's Moat
LEED's lesson for AI assurance is the institution around the checklist, not metal tiers or a copied point system.
04 · Buyer Answer 04
What Does an AI Assurance Badge Cover?
A useful AI assurance claim identifies the provider, service, AI uses, evidence period, exclusions, decision roles, and live status.
05 · Research Method 05A
How Long Does It Take a Client to Say Yes?
A proposed method for measuring the time, labor, repeated diligence, and decision quality behind bounded client approval of AI use.
The argument in one line
Permission is the product.
A buyer needs a bounded basis for saying yes. A provider needs a reason to keep doing the proof work that makes that yes defensible. Status can reinforce the system, but buyer utility has to govern it.