Learn CAIN ATLAS: 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 CAIN ATLAS
Level 1 Beginner: understand it
Riskier transaction, higher bar. Not enough evidence or unknown action: DENY.
Think of it like this: A bank that needs only a card for a coffee but two IDs and a call-back for a large transfer.
Read the full plain-English explanation: CAIN ATLAS, explained.
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:
- Read a catalogue (low consequence), identity verified: Low risk, enough evidence.
- Same read with no evidence at all: Below the bar.
- WIRE_TRANSFER (not a known action) at critical: Unknown action: denied.
- What level does that unknown action require?: The highest level, never the lowest.
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.
- Install Python 3 if you don't have it (python.org/downloads).
- Download the kit and unzip it.
- Open a terminal in that folder. On Windows, click the folder's address bar, type
cmdand press Enter. On a Mac, right-click the folder and choose New Terminal at Folder. - Run
python3 verify.py(on Windows,python verify.py). It checks the seal without the internet. - Run
python3 verify.py --live. It repeats every check from your own computer. - Try to cheat it: open
transcript.jsonin a text editor, change one character, save, and runpython3 verify.pyagain. It must now say FAIL. Unzip a fresh copy afterward.
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.
- It decides from the assurance level the transaction states; proving that level is the job of the evidence it references.
- Before 2026-11-03 an unknown action type was treated as needing the lowest level; that is fixed and deployed.
- Cross-company federation needs the other organisation to run or accept ATLAS.
You can say
- Riskier actions need stronger evidence.
- Unknown actions are denied.
Never say
- "Verifies the other company" (it checks the evidence level stated).
Read the questions real buyers send, with honest answers: answers to buyer questions.
Test yourself (click a question to see the answer)
Unknown action at critical?
DENY; needs A8.
Read at low with no evidence?
DENY.
In the live check "Same read with no evidence at all", what answer must come back, and why?
"DENY". Below the bar.
In the live check "WIRE_TRANSFER (not a known action) at critical", what answer must come back, and why?
"DENY". Unknown action: denied.
In the live check "What level does that unknown action require?", what answer must come back, and why?
"A8_FEDERATED_TRUST_VERIFIED". The highest level, never the lowest.
Does a passing kit prove the product is safe for every possible input?
No. It proves what the live product answered to the inputs listed in the kit, and lets anyone check that again.
Has an independent party audited or certified this product?
No. No third-party audit is complete and no certification is held. Say so if asked.
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
- Copy, paste, send: the shortest route, no technical skill needed.
- Who buys it and where to find them.
- The sales conversation, then the offer and the close.
- The rules: read these before your first message.
- Selling tools with this product's evidence built in: pitch, emails, call script, objection answers, one-pager.
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.