SafeClash is the bookkeeper and certifier of the Governed AI OS. It does not make decisions. It records them — with cryptographic precision, Merkle-anchored audit trails, and usage receipts that cannot be disputed.
OpenClashd owns consent. CLASHD27 owns discovery. Jeeves owns the approval surface. SafeClash owns what comes after: the record, the bill, the proof.
A usage atom is the smallest billable unit of governed computation. One atom = one meaningful action that passed through the policy gate. Atoms are counted per proposal, not per API call.
| Event | Atoms | Billed when | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal observed | 0 | Never | Observation is always free |
| Proposal created | 1 | On creation | Policy gate, residue calculation |
| Correlated proposal | 3 | On creation | Multi-node correlation, entropy calculation |
| Action executed (A=1) | 5–20 | On execution | Bounded execution, receipt generation, Merkle append |
| Action blocked (A=0) | 1 | On rejection | Rejection receipt, audit entry |
| Certification issued | 100 | On issuance | Full audit trail verification, certificate signing |
Any system — a hospital's medication platform, a bank's transaction engine, a city's infrastructure controller — can apply for SafeClash certification. The process verifies that the system implements the full Governed AI OS protocol.