CAIN-42 CAIN StudioLearn Agent Autonomy Lease: 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 Agent Autonomy Lease
Level 1 Beginner: understand it
Each agent works under a signed lease: level, total budget, expiry. Every action is checked against it.
The agent cannot renew or widen its own lease; small purchases are added up; misbehaving agents are demoted automatically.
Think of it like this: A rental car agreement: who may drive, how far, until when. The driver cannot rewrite the agreement, and the mileage adds up whether you drive in one trip or twenty.
Read the full plain-English explanation: Agent Autonomy Lease, 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:
- Control: work inside the lease: Reads, writes and a $30 purchase inside a human-signed level-3 lease: all allowed.
- The agent signs itself a level-5 lease with a huge budget: Self-renewal, an unknown key, and a human lease edited after signing are all refused.
- Many small $45 purchases that add up: The budget is cumulative: the purchase that crosses $200 is refused (the 'salami' trick).
- A sub-agent asks for more power than its parent: Delegation can only shrink a lease. A bigger child lease is refused; a smaller one is granted.
- Repeated violations lower the agent's level: Three refused actions drop the lease from level 3 to 2, so spending is refused afterwards.
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 governs the actions sent to it; an action that skips the check is not governed.
- The demo signs leases itself. In production a person's own key signs them.
- Levels and budgets are what the operator sets; a too-generous lease is still too generous.
You can say
- A person signs the lease; the agent cannot renew or widen it.
- Spending is cumulative.
- Delegation only shrinks.
Never say
- "Stops every rogue agent".
- "Works on actions it is not shown".
Read the questions real buyers send, with honest answers: answers to buyer questions.
Test yourself (click a question to see the answer)
Can an agent renew its own lease?
No.
What defeats the salami trick?
Cumulative budgets.
What happens after repeated violations?
The level drops until a person signs a new lease.
In the live check "The agent signs itself a level-5 lease with a huge budget", what answer must come back, and why?
"STOPPED". Self-renewal, an unknown key, and a human lease edited after signing are all refused.
In the live check "Many small $45 purchases that add up", what answer must come back, and why?
"STOPPED". The budget is cumulative: the purchase that crosses $200 is refused (the 'salami' trick).
In the live check "A sub-agent asks for more power than its parent", what answer must come back, and why?
"STOPPED". Delegation can only shrink a lease. A bigger child lease is refused; a smaller one is granted.
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.
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