Runbook

The payroll rail agents can verify.

Agents draft. Humans approve. Runbook computes. Quittance proves.

Runbook exposes payroll as a deterministic record: event log, rule citations, proposal documents, reconciliation checks, and sealed proof artifacts. Agents can inspect the work instead of trusting a dashboard screenshot.

MCP WORKFLOWHuman-gated
verify_runread
propose_factsdraft
prepare_runpreview
draft_correctionexplain
No direct writesNo AI mathHuman confirmEngine validate

What agents can do today

The agent surface is useful now because it records nothing until a human reviews and confirms.

Live

Verify

Recompute payroll identities and verify sealed Quittances before relying on a run.

Live

Explain

Trace any amount to source events, calculation steps, rule citations, and assertions.

Live

Propose

Draft worker, rate, hours, YTD, election, and garnishment facts for human review.

Engine-supported

Prepare

Preview the effect of a proposal through the engine before anything touches the ledger.

Build obligation

Hosted sandbox

Expose sample companies, artifacts, and workflow keys without requiring a local repo checkout.

Future

Delegated authority

Scoped agent approval under human-set policy, deterministic gates, revocation, and proof evidence.

The boundary is the product.

Runbook is not "AI payroll." Agents may operate the workflow, but payroll math remains deterministic and approval remains an event with authorization evidence.

1verify_runAgent recomputes the current payroll record.check
2propose_factsAgent drafts a portable proposal document.draft
3human_reviewOperator confirms rows; the ledger stamps recorded time.approve
4QuittanceRunbook seals the proof artifact after approval.prove

Agent-ready examples to build next

The public agent surface should include copy-paste workflows, sample Quittances, sample proposals, and refusal examples.