How It Works

Nerve Protocol is the privacy-native intelligence stack that lets you operate inside encrypted enclaves while your AI copilots run missions on your behalf. Under the hood, every workflow follows a verifiable sequence that keeps you invisible and in control.

1. Attested Entry

• Remote Attestation: When you jack in, your device proves it is running approved enclave firmware. Think of it as presenting your operator badge to the Architect.

• Key Custody: Signing keys never leave the enclave. Even the orchestrator can only ask for capabilities, not raw secrets.

• Session Capsules: Each session spins up a capsule with your policies, access graph, and temporary compute budget.

2. Intent Compilation

• Conversational Entry Points: Speak naturally. The console compiles statements like “Prep the investor brief and lock down access” into a mission graph.

• Zero-Trust Orchestration: Missions are handed to autonomous agents that must present fresh attestations before execution.

• Deterministic Playbooks: The compiled workflow is hashed and committed to the audit lattice. You can prove what was requested without revealing payloads.

3. Secure Data Ingestion

• Circuit-Level Integrations: Nerve threads together cloud apps, on-chain feeds, and air-gapped stores without breaking the perimeter.

• Policy Enforcement: Each integration is tagged with purpose-bound policies—intent, scope, retention. Agents that deviate get unplugged.

• Hermetic Storage: Retrieved intel lives inside enclave storage encrypted by your keys. Not even Morpheus gets in without you.

4. Execution Inside TEEs

• Agent Runtime: Autonomous executors operate entirely in TEEs. They receive only the context they need and emit encrypted results.

• Real-Time Shadow Ops: Collaborators can co-pilot missions in a live encrypted workspace. All presence indicators are masked until mutually revealed.

• Self-Healing Automations: Workflows monitor themselves, restart failed steps, and keep receipts for post-mission audits.

5. Signal Extraction & Delivery

• Encrypted Insight Feeds: Results stream back as encrypted insights. Your console decrypts and renders them locally.

• ZK Proof Trails: Each mission produces zero-knowledge attestations showing compliance, integrity, and policy adherence.

• Selective Disclosure: Share redacted views with stakeholders, or keep everything locked in the vault.

6. Exit Without Footprints

• Ephemeral Compute: On mission completion, enclave memory is wiped, and the capsule dissolves.

• Audit on Demand: Need to prove what happened? You can replay mission hashes and attestation proofs without leaking content.

• Re-Jack Seamlessly: Saved mission templates let you re-run complex operations without re-authorizing every service.

Key Components

• Nerve Console: Your operator bridge for missions, agents, and encrypted coordination.

• Guardian Models: Continuous evaluators that score agents for integrity, consistency, and stealth.

• Signal Lattice: A private analytics fabric that turns noise into actionable intel without bleeding data.

• Executor Swarm: Autonomous agents that enforce policy using TEE-backed guardrails.

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