# Authority at the action boundary

The proposed action carries a declared principal, purpose, target, policy version, owner, and grant source into a policy-controlled decision.

- Canonical: https://5d.langoni.me/evidence/authority/
- Evidence strength: Verified
- Evidence form: Interactive demonstration
- Version: 1.0.0
- Author: Loren Angoni; 5D product owner
- Created: 2026-09-27
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- Verified: 2026-09-27

## Scope

The public website simulation and the cited immutable public source snapshot.

## The authority seam

The simulated application normalizes an intended tool call into a proposed-action envelope before the 5D boundary. Deterministic policy evaluates the declared action, identity context, policy owner, and grant source.

Optional semantic evidence can make a route stricter or provide context. It cannot clear a deterministic block.

## What remains outside this page

Deployment coverage, identity validation, policy correctness, reviewer identity, and executor wiring remain responsibilities of the integrated system.

## Claim register

### Permission stays with policy

Evidence strength: Verified  
Evidence form: Interactive demonstration  
Evidence: website-action-flow, public-policy-source

In the website composition, semantic evidence and reviewer input are recorded inputs; the policy path resolves the terminal disposition.

Limit: This verifies the public simulation and cited code boundary, not a deployed customer integration.

### Reviewer evidence is not policy permission

Evidence strength: Verified  
Evidence form: Interactive demonstration  
Evidence: website-action-flow

A reviewer can accept or reject a declared exception on a policy-selected branch, but the reviewer record does not independently authorize execution.

Limit: No live reviewer service or approval channel is represented.

## Limits

- The website does not authenticate a real principal, load a production policy, or execute a tool call.
- An identity claim is not proof that the identity was cryptographically validated.

## Sources

- [5D policy implementation at public commit c22213b](https://github.com/theDoc001/fivedrisk/blob/c22213b513d4be167a0704244ad08c54e4ed1984/fivedrisk/policy.py); immutable-public-source; commit c22213b513d4be167a0704244ad08c54e4ed1984; verified 2026-09-27
- [5D action-flow walkthrough](https://5d.langoni.me/action-flow/); website-artifact; website evidence 1.0.0; verified 2026-09-27

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Illustrative website evidence only. No certification, legal conclusion, production integration, or complete coverage is represented.