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Upstream acceptance

Accept SatGate capabilities without pretending there is a marketplace.

Acceptance means an upstream verifies SatGate-scoped authority before action and returns receipt-grade evidence after the decision. It does not mean SatGate ranks, endorses, or reputationally scores that upstream.

Badge definition
Accepts SatGate capabilities

Verifies scoped SatGate capabilities and returns SatGate-compatible receipts. Acceptance means capability verification and receipt emission. No marketplace, ranking, reputation, or endorsement claim.

{
  "schema_version": "satgate.receipt.v1",
  "schema_url": "https://satgate.io/.well-known/satgate-receipt.schema.json",
  "receipt_id": "rcpt_mock_accept_001",
  "evidence_pack_id": "ep_mock_accept_001",
  "issuer": "https://satgate.io",
  "issuer_kid": "satgate-mock-2026-05",
  "acceptor_id": "https://api.internal.example/satgate-mock",
  "decision": "allowed",
  "decision_reason": "capability_scope_audience_and_budget_ok",
  "policy_version": "policy_mock_acceptance_v0",
  "timestamp": "2026-05-13T00:00:00Z",
  "canonicalization": "jcs-rfc8785",
  "hash_algorithm": "sha256",
  "signature_algorithm": "ed25519",
  "capability_hash": "sha256:mock_capability_hash",
  "receipt_hash": "sha256:mock_receipt_hash",
  "signature": "ed25519:mock_signature_not_for_production",
  "mock_only": true
}

Badge and copy

The badge says exactly one thing.

Badge text

Accepts SatGate capabilities

Use when an upstream verifies SatGate-scoped capabilities and returns SatGate-compatible receipts for accepted calls.

Short disclaimer

Capability verification + receipts only

The badge does not mean SatGate endorses the upstream, ranks it, audits its business, or provides network-wide reputation.

Machine signal

roles: ["acceptor"]

Acceptor metadata advertises accepted capability formats, trust anchors, recognized prior receipt decisions, emitted receipt decisions, and the claim boundary.

Minimal integration checklist

Enough to prove acceptance. Not enough to claim reputation.

Publish or document the upstream acceptor identity and contact path.

Accept `Authorization: Bearer <capability>` using `satgate.capability.v1` or `macaroon-bearer`.

Verify issuer trust anchor before fetching issuer JWKS.

Verify signature, expiry, audience, route/tool scope, caveats, budget, and delegation depth before execution.

Execute only the action authorized by the capability.

Return a SatGate-compatible receipt that validates against `satgate.receipt.v1` for the acceptor v0 decision subset: allowed, denied, or paid.

Expose a test vector or mock endpoint before claiming real production acceptance.

Verification criteria

A verifier should be able to reproduce these outcomes.

Capability accepted

A valid scoped capability for the upstream audience and route is accepted before execution.

Capability denied

An expired, wrong-audience, wrong-route, over-budget, or untrusted-issuer capability is rejected with a receipt-grade denial.

Receipt returned

Every allowed or denied call returns a receipt with `schema_version`, `schema_url`, `receipt_id`, `evidence_pack_id`, `issuer`, `issuer_kid`, `decision`, `decision_reason`, `policy_version`, `timestamp`, `canonicalization`, `hash_algorithm`, `signature_algorithm`, `receipt_hash`, and `signature`.

Trust remains bounded

The upstream makes no marketplace, ranking, reputation, or endorsement claim. Acceptance proves verification behavior, not global trust.

No overclaiming

What the badge does not mean.

It does not mean SatGate operates a directory of trusted APIs.

It does not mean the upstream is endorsed, ranked, audited, or safer than another upstream.

It means one integration path has evidence: scoped capability verification before execution and receipt emission after the decision.

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  • “SatGate trusted marketplace member”
  • “SatGate certified reputation score”
  • “SatGate endorsed API”
  • “Network-approved upstream”

Internal mock first

Use the mock acceptor until a real upstream is ready.

The mock example is deliberately labeled internal: it proves the acceptance shape without claiming public network adoption.