Truss SDK — Python

Python SDK for the Truss trust infrastructure API — create mandates, record actions, manage agents, and verify evidence.

What is Truss?

Truss is an accountability layer for AI agents — it records every agent action as a cryptographically signed, tamper-evident audit trail. Learn more →

Features

• Ed25519 cryptography — Key generation, payload signing, and signature verification via PyNaCl
• TrussClient — Full-featured HTTP client for the Truss API
• ActionContext — Builder pattern for recording actions with chain-of-custody linkage
• Dataclass models — Mirroring Truss TAP schemas with full type annotations
• Python ≥3.9

Installation

pip install truss-sdk

Quick start

from truss_sdk import TrussClient, generate_keypair, sign_payload, verify_signature

# 1. Generate an Ed25519 keypair
kp = generate_keypair()
print(f"Public key:  {kp.public_key}")
print(f"Private key: {kp.private_key}")  # keep secret!

# 2. Sign and verify
sig = sign_payload({"action": "read", "value": 42}, kp.private_key)
assert verify_signature({"action": "read", "value": 42}, sig, kp.public_key)
print("Signature valid: True")

# 3. Create an API client
client = TrussClient(api_key="tr_your_api_key")

# 4. Register an agent
agent = client.create_agent(
    name="My Agent",
    public_key=kp.public_key,
    description="My autonomous agent",
)

# 5. Create a mandate
mandate = client.create_mandate(
    mandate_id="mnd_001",
    agent_id=agent.id,
    agent_name=agent.name,
    issuing_principal={
        "entity": "org_1",
        "human_id": "usr_1",
        "role": "Admin",
    },
    scope={"permitted_actions": ["read", "write"]},
    jurisdiction_context={
        "deploying_org_jurisdiction": "US",
        "operating_jurisdictions": ["US"],
    },
    validity={
        "issued_at": "2026-06-06T00:00:00Z",
        "expires_at": "2026-12-31T23:59:59Z",
    },
    private_key=kp.private_key,
)

# 6. Record an action using the builder pattern
ctx = client.action("read", mandate.id, kp.private_key)
ctx.record_input({"file": "/data/report.pdf"})
ctx.record_output({"summary": "Report contains 42 records"})
result = ctx.commit(agent_id=agent.id, chain_position=1, prev_record_hash=None)
print(f"Action recorded: {result.id}")

API reference

generate_keypair()

Returns a Keypair namedtuple with .public_key and .private_key fields.

sign_payload(payload, private_key)

Signs any JSON-serialisable dict and returns a hex-encoded Ed25519 signature string.

verify_signature(payload, signature, public_key)

Verifies an Ed25519 signature. Returns bool.

TrussClient(api_key, api_url=None)

Client methods: create_agent, get_agent, list_agents, create_mandate, get_mandate, list_mandates, record_action, get_action, list_actions, create_delegation, generate_evidence, verify_evidence, and more.

client.action(action_type, mandate_id, private_key)

Returns an ActionContext builder with .record_input(), .record_output(), .commit().

Related packages

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Please see the contribution guidelines.

License

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.