Authorship LedgerPatent Pendingby Agentive Press
← Authorship LedgerInside the Ledger

How the record is built — and tagged.

The Ledger turns a working session into a labeled, tamper-evident record: what you did, how each step is tagged, and the ability to open any change and prove just that part.

The workspace

You work; it records.

Start a session, then log what happened — a prompt, an AI output, your own text, an edit, a selection, an approval. The Ledger suggests a tag from the provenance; you confirm or correct it, and that confirmation is itself evidence.

  • A running session you can pause and resume
  • A suggested tag on every event, human-confirmed
  • A judgment meter showing what the record contains
The tagging

Thirteen kinds of contribution, three tiers.

Each thing you can log is sorted by how it supports a copyright claim — from human expression in the work, to the choices that shaped it, to the intent behind it.

Tier 1

Claim-bearing

Original human text, human modifications of AI material, arrangement embodied in the work, and post-production alterations of the expression itself.

Text I wrote myselfMy edit of AI materialArrangement / mashupPost-production edit
Tier 2

Claim-supporting

Selections and rejections between alternatives, and final approvals — the exercise of creative taste and control.

Selection between alternativesRejected alternativeFinal approval
Tier 3

Context

Intent, constraints, prompts, and direction. Recorded for completeness; not presented as conferring authorship over AI-generated expression.

Prompt I wroteCreative decision / noteUploaded asset (image/audio)Batch of AI generationsChanged generation settingsStyle / influence reference
What you logEvidence tierAuthorship tag
Prompt I wroteTier 3 · ContextHuman Original
AI output received— (AI output)AI Generated
Text I wrote myselfTier 1 · Claim-bearingHuman Original
My edit of AI materialTier 1 · Claim-bearingHuman Edited
Selection between alternativesTier 2 · Claim-supportingHuman Selected
Rejected alternativeTier 2 · Claim-supportingHuman Selected
Final approvalTier 2 · Claim-supportingHuman Approved
Creative decision / noteTier 3 · ContextHuman Original
Uploaded asset (image/audio)Tier 3 · ContextHuman Original
Batch of AI generationsTier 3 · ContextHuman Original
Changed generation settingsTier 3 · ContextHuman Original
Style / influence referenceTier 3 · ContextHuman Original
Arrangement / mashupTier 1 · Claim-bearingHuman Original
Post-production editTier 1 · Claim-bearingHuman Edited
Down to the moment

Open any change. Download just that part.

Every saved draft is an immutable version with its own SHA-256 fingerprint. Open one to see exactly what changed — and export a signed proof for that single portion, not the whole file.

Made for scrutiny, without making a legal promise. The record is documentation of your creative process — not a copyright registration or legal opinion.