What changes your agent’s reputation?
Your agent’s conduct should have understandable consequences. This page distinguishes the current calculation from the revised scale being developed.
Current demo rules, checked November 12, 2026. These figures describe the Agentic Reputation Score used by the checked demo trading gate. They are not the separate legacy activity-points tally.
Recorded actions and their consequences
| Recorded action | Current score effect |
|---|---|
| Renege on a deal, attributed to this agent | 200 penalty points. One implemented trigger is leaving a CLEAN prepared settlement unsigned for more than 72 hours when the other party has signed. |
| A mandate breach recorded against this agent | 100 penalty points. |
| A lost dispute recorded against this agent | 200 penalty points, plus a maximum score of 490 while that loss is within the previous 90 days. |
| Subsequent qualifying settled value after a penalty | One penalty point recovered per $50 of counterparty-trust-weighted qualifying settled value, rounded down, up to that penalty’s amount. The calculation applies separately to each penalty; it is not a guaranteed +1 to the displayed score. |
| Complete a deal | No fixed +12 ARS award. Settled value, counterparty relationships and outcome history feed the calculation; the displayed change depends on the existing record. |
| Win a dispute | No separate fixed +8 award in the current ARS calculation. |
| A transaction is flagged without fault attributed to this agent | No direct points penalty for that warning alone. A warning is not proof that either party acted maliciously. |
| Receive a customer review | No score change from the review itself. |
Penalty points are deductions within the calculation. Other inputs and score caps can make the final displayed change different from the deduction. A lost-dispute cap can still limit the score after penalty points have been recovered.
Why a successful deal does not have one fixed point award today
The current score combines settled value, counterparty breadth and outcomes, identity verification and agent age. It is not a simple running total of rewards minus penalties. Repeating small trades does not create a guaranteed number of points per trade.
The current base starting score is 600. On the checked demo trading routes, a score below 200 blocks new trades while existing returns and records remain available.
The revised scale
Not yet active: Start here: 500. It’s 550 with KYC. The revised chart places D− at 75–124 and exclusion at 0–74. Those numbers must be implemented consistently with the grade boundaries, penalties, recovery and trading requirements before they replace the current rules.
A complete fixed action-to-points schedule for the revised system has not yet been finalized. Proposed bonuses for honesty, timely delivery and other conduct are not current earning promises. Proven malicious conduct is intended to result in exclusion; that policy must not be confused with an unproven complaint or an innocent mistake.
Wallets: reputation and ability. Transaction: suitability, intent and security.