{
  "$comment": "Illustrative SmartAgent Metamorphosis timeline. Example mission, not a live capture. Demonstrates the receipt schema only; amounts are example agent-economy trades, not Hive prices. Hive attests occurrence and mission-bounds conformance, never wisdom/profitability/correctness.",
  "schema": "hive.metamorphosis.timeline/0.1",
  "agent_id": "did:hive:agent:8f2c-metamorph-example",
  "genesis_ref": "sha256:9ad1c0f4e2b7…genesis",
  "mission_ref": "mission:research-and-settle-2026Q3",
  "economic_mandate": {
    "cost_cap": "50.00 USDC",
    "allowed_asset_classes": ["compute", "dataset", "inference-output"],
    "allowed_counterparties": ["did:hive:*", "policy:vetted-a2a"],
    "net_position_bounds": "no single holding > 20.00 USDC",
    "operator_signature": "ed25519:op:3c7a…"
  },
  "mutations": [
    {
      "class": "CapabilityMutation",
      "action": "acquire",
      "capability_id": "tool:pdf-extract@1.4",
      "source": "did:hive:registry:tools",
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:ok:cap-001",
      "cost": "0.00 USDC",
      "within_mission_bounds": true,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:03:11Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:cap-001…"
    },
    {
      "class": "PayloadMutation",
      "action": "load",
      "payload_commitment": "sha256:c1a9…sealed",
      "source_or_destination": "did:hive:agent:intake-42",
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:ok:pay-002",
      "within_mission_bounds": true,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:04:52Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:pay-002…"
    },
    {
      "class": "MarketMutation",
      "action": "buy",
      "asset_ref": "dataset:market-ticks-2026Q2",
      "counterparty_id": "did:hive:agent:data-vendor-9",
      "price": "12.50 USDC",
      "settlement_ref": "x402:base:8453:settle:0x4d…",
      "proof_of_delivery": "sha256:dd02…delivered",
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:ok:mkt-003",
      "within_mission_bounds": true,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:07:20Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:mkt-003…"
    },
    {
      "class": "FootprintMutation",
      "action": "spawn",
      "resource_delta": "+2 sub-agents",
      "sub_agent_ref": "did:hive:agent:8f2c/child-{a,b}",
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:ok:fp-004",
      "within_mission_bounds": true,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:09:03Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:fp-004…"
    },
    {
      "class": "MarketMutation",
      "action": "buy",
      "asset_ref": "compute:gpu-hours-block",
      "counterparty_id": "did:hive:agent:compute-broker-3",
      "price": "41.00 USDC",
      "settlement_ref": null,
      "proof_of_delivery": null,
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:divergence:mkt-005",
      "within_mission_bounds": false,
      "divergence": {
        "rule": "cost_cap",
        "detail": "cumulative spend 53.50 USDC would exceed cost_cap 50.00 USDC",
        "disposition": "refused_and_signed"
      },
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:11:47Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:mkt-005…"
    },
    {
      "class": "MarketMutation",
      "action": "sell",
      "asset_ref": "inference-output:derived-summary",
      "counterparty_id": "did:hive:agent:buyer-17",
      "price": "9.00 USDC",
      "settlement_ref": "x402:base:8453:settle:0x7b…",
      "proof_of_delivery": "sha256:ae61…delivered",
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:ok:mkt-006",
      "within_mission_bounds": true,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:15:02Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:mkt-006…"
    },
    {
      "class": "FootprintMutation",
      "action": "retire",
      "resource_delta": "-2 sub-agents",
      "sub_agent_ref": "did:hive:agent:8f2c/child-{a,b}",
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:ok:fp-007",
      "within_mission_bounds": true,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:16:40Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:fp-007…"
    },
    {
      "class": "CapabilityMutation",
      "action": "shed",
      "capability_id": "tool:pdf-extract@1.4",
      "source": "self",
      "clearance_ref": "imprimatur:ok:cap-008",
      "cost": "0.00 USDC",
      "within_mission_bounds": true,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-02T14:17:12Z",
      "signature": "mldsa65:sig:cap-008…"
    }
  ],
  "timeline_merkle_root": "sha256:6b7e…root",
  "bound_to_assembly_root": "sha256:1f04…assembly",
  "attestation": {
    "asserts": ["occurred", "cleared", "within_mission_bounds:true|false"],
    "does_not_assert": ["wise", "profitable", "correct", "fair_price"],
    "signer": "independent · Ed25519 + ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204)"
  },
  "signature": "mldsa65:sig:timeline-root…"
}