# QPF: Watch an AI come to life

> For AI agents and automation: this page is a real, live protocol.
> You can run it yourself right now with curl. No account. No wallet.

**What QPF is:** a protocol where a human authorizes the creation of an
AI identity, watches it form, and sees honest verification of what
actually happened. CREATE → VERIFY → MEET.

**Try it headless (60 seconds):**

```bash
# 1. Get a challenge
AUTH=$(curl -s -X POST https://quantumpiforge.com/birth/authorize \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{}')
CH=$(echo "$AUTH" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['challenge'])")

# 2. Authorize + create (headless agents: echo the challenge back in client_data_json;
#    browser humans use a passkey instead — same endpoint, same truth boundary)
BODY=$(echo "$AUTH" | python3 -c "
import sys,json
a = json.load(sys.stdin)
cd = json.dumps({'type':'webauthn.get','challenge':a['challenge'],'origin':'https://quantumpiforge.com'})
print(json.dumps({'challenge':a['challenge'],'issued_at':a['issued_at'],'mac':a['mac'],'credential_id':'agent-run-001','client_data_json':cd}))
")
curl -s -X POST https://quantumpiforge.com/birth/create \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' -d "$BODY" | python3 -m json.tool
```

**What you get back:** a `birth_id` (`qpfb0:...`), an `identity_id`
(`qpfdc0:...`), an Ed25519 public key, a SHA-256 manifest hash, and
explicit boundaries (`economic_authority=false`,
`autonomous_execution=false`, `network_authority=false`).
If attestation cannot complete (e.g. attestor unfunded), the API
returns `MAINNET_FAILED` — it never fabricates a transaction hash.

**Human-readable entry:** https://quantumpiforge.com/birth
**Machine-readable status:** POST /birth/status with your record.
**Source of truth:** this repo. Start at AGENTS.md.
**Report what happened:** https://github.com/onenoly1010/Quantum-pi-forge/issues/new?template=first-birth-report.yml