Learn APPROVAL: from zero to expert, then sell it

No AI background needed. Five levels, each with something to actually do, at your own pace. Tick items as you go (your ticks stay in this browser).

Evidence, proof and selling tools for APPROVAL

Level 1 Beginner: understand it

Some actions should never happen without a person: wiring money, deleting customer records, changing someone's access. APPROVAL lets a company require one person, or N of M people ("2 of 3 finance leads"), to approve the exact action, by a one-time ballot link or a Slack button.

The approval becomes a single-use credential for exactly that action. Change the amount or the target, or try to reuse it, and it fails. The agent can never approve itself.

Think of it like this: A bank vault that needs two keys turned by two different people. APPROVAL is the second key, and it only opens the one drawer that was agreed.

Read the full plain-English explanation: APPROVAL, explained.

• I read the explanation above.
• I can say what it does in one sentence, without notes.

Level 2 User: see it work

Run it live: open the live demo. Before each result, guess what will happen. These are checks it must pass:

• Two different approvers say yes: Quorum reached: the request becomes one single-use credential.
• One approver votes twice: A ballot counts once.
• One yes is not enough: 2 of 3 means 2.
• A no from anyone after one yes: A denial is recorded and never counts toward approval.
• Forged ballot: Ballots are signed; a made-up one is refused.
• Vote 'maybe': Only APPROVE or DENY.

• I ran the live demo.
• I can explain what one of these checks shows.

Level 3 Verifier: prove it yourself

This is the skill that sets you apart: you don't have to believe us, and neither do your customers.

1. Install Python 3 if you don't have it (python.org/downloads).
2. Download the kit and unzip it.
3. Open a terminal in that folder. On Windows, click the folder's address bar, type cmd and press Enter. On a Mac, right-click the folder and choose New Terminal at Folder.
4. Run python3 verify.py (on Windows, python verify.py). It checks the seal without the internet.
5. Run python3 verify.py --live. It repeats every check from your own computer.
6. Try to cheat it: open transcript.json in a text editor, change one character, save, and run python3 verify.py again. It must now say FAIL. Unzip a fresh copy afterward.

• I ran the kit's check on my own computer.
• I changed a file and saw it fail.

Level 4 Expert: know the edges

An expert knows what a product does not do, and says it first. That is what makes a buyer trust you.

Read its limits page in full: what APPROVAL does not do.

You can say

• Approval covers the exact action.
• N of M approvers.
• Single use; the agent cannot approve itself.

Never say

• "Revocable": not after approval.
• "Integrated with your Slack" before it is set up.
• "Hardware-signed".

Read the questions real buyers send, with honest answers: answers to buyer questions.

Test yourself (click a question to see the answer)

• I got every quiz question right without looking.
• I can name one thing it does not do.
• I explained it to a friend, and they understood it.

Want a formal study path? The CAIN Academy has courses and exams. Finishing this page is your own practice; it is not a qualification or certification.

Level 5 Seller: put it in front of a customer

1. Copy, paste, send: the shortest route, no technical skill needed.
2. Who buys it and where to find them.
3. The sales conversation, then the offer and the close.
4. The rules: read these before your first message.
5. Selling tools with this product's evidence built in: pitch, emails, call script, objection answers, one-pager.

• I read the rules.
• I sent my first personal message.

About money: your share is agreed in writing with FIRME AI CORPORATION before your first message (email vincent@firmeai.com). Nothing here promises income. Most messages get no reply; that is normal.