Got proof?

Evidence is the difference between saying AI is governed and showing what happened.

PalmerAI evidence is a readable record of the workflow, policy, decision, approval state, model route, redaction state, and review status. It is not a raw log dump and not a legal certificate.

What evidence should prove

What happened

Request ID, timestamp, customer or tenant, workflow, input kind, and document class.

Why it happened

Policy version, reason codes, risk flags, decision state, and approval requirement.

What remains reviewable

Approval state, reviewer notes, model route, redaction state, export reference, and retention expiry.

Sanitized sample

Example: scanned supplier invoice routed to approval

Enough detail to understand the decision path without exposing raw document contents by default.

{
  "evidence_event_id": "ev_20260608_104211_7b41",
  "request_id": "req_20260608_104211_7b41",
  "customer_id": "northstar-manufacturing",
  "tenant_id": "northstar-finance",
  "workflow_id": "supplier_invoice_review",
  "plan_id": "managed_professional",
  "input_kind": "pdf_rasterized",
  "document_class": "financial_document",
  "decision": "approval_required",
  "approval_state": "pending_reviewer",
  "redaction_state": "raw_document_not_exposed",
  "policy_version": "finance-intake-v3.2",
  "model_route": "customer_byok:azure-openai",
  "reason_codes": [
    "financial_document_requires_approval"
  ],
  "risk_flags": [
    "payment_due",
    "supplier_reference",
    "vat_marker"
  ],
  "export_status": "included_in_monthly_pack",
  "retention_expiry": "2026-12-05T10:42:13Z",
  "timestamps": {
    "received_at": "2026-06-08T10:42:11Z",
    "decided_at": "2026-06-08T10:42:13Z"
  }
}
  • What entered A scanned invoice entered a governed intake path, not an invisible attachment passed straight to a model.
  • What happened PalmerAI classified the input as a financial document and stopped it at approval_required.
  • Why it stopped The policy matched finance markers and required explicit review.
  • What stayed visible Workflow, policy, decision, approval, model route, redaction, export, and retention state.
  • What is omitted Raw invoice contents and sensitive supplier details are not exposed here by default.

This is a representative sanitized record. It is not customer data and not a full internal dump.

What evidence does not prove

No fake certification

Evidence supports review, oversight, and audit conversations. It is not legal advice or guaranteed AI Act compliance.

No raw-content exposure by default

Useful evidence does not require partners or routine reviewers to see full sensitive documents.

Got proof?

Use evidence when AI workflow control needs to be explained later, not reconstructed from memory.