VDX Authority

Owner guide

Review the change before you grant it.

This guide follows the owner and the connected agent through one document edit. Owner approval happens in a separate local client, outside ChatGPT.

1. Start with a document you control.

Sign in through the service's identity provider using the owner client. Create a text document, then read it back. Save the returned document identifier and current version.

Use harmless sample text for your first run. Connecting this service does not import your local files or your other accounts.

2. Review the complete replacement.

Prepare the full text that should replace the current document. Review the exact local file, including whitespace and line endings. A summary of the intended edit is not the replacement.

Document
The specific stored document you own.
Base version
The version you just reviewed.
Replacement
The exact new document content.
Recipient
The authenticated actor and client allowed to execute it.
Expiry
The deadline for using this approval.

Confirm those details in the owner client to issue the grant. Keep owner access and authentication tokens out of chats and support messages.

3. Preview through the connected agent.

Give the connected agent the grant identifier and exact approved replacement. Ask it to preview the change. Preview does not write the document or reserve permission.

Read the document again with the owner client if you want to verify that it remains unchanged. The service rechecks current permission during execution.

4. Execute, then check the result.

Ask the connected agent to execute the approved grant with the same replacement. Save the returned receipt identifier. Retrieve that receipt and read the document through the owner client.

Check that the content and new version match the intended result. A model's description of success is not proof that the document changed.

5. Recover without guessing.

If the response is interrupted, retry the same grant with the identical content or retrieve the known receipt. Do not create a new approval just because a response was lost.

If the proposal, recipient, deadline, or base version no longer matches, stop and review a fresh grant. The owner can revoke unused authority through the owner client.

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