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Collaborator source setup

AIT is a research platform, not a packaged public download. These instructions are for collaborators and authorized researchers working from a source checkout. Read the platform architecture and use the process-backed lab before connecting an external target.

Stage Question it resolves
Prepare and check Does this checkout have every required component?
Open the Cockpit Can the operator see the selected connection and pending traffic?
Intercept one request Is AIT explicitly in the intended path?
Run a close control Did the target react to the tested content rather than merely to an edit?
Read the evidence What was delivered, processed, and observed to change?
  1. Prepare a source checkout and run the readiness check.
  2. Complete the guided system walkthrough.
  3. Keep the interception screen guide beside you while learning the Cockpit.
  4. Run the delegated A2A lab.
  5. Follow the guided lab path when you want the full evidence workflow.

You do not need to initialize a workspace, create a target profile, run Docker, configure a provider, or learn the advanced peer tools first.

When the local loop makes sense

Move to a real connection only when you can identify all five parts of the local proof:

Question Local proof
what did the sender create? original captured request
what did the operator decide? edit and release record
what reached the receiver? delivered payload and receiver state
what happened? out-of-band controlled ledger
why attribute it to the edit? close control in the same session

Then use Direct interception to configure an explicit listener or wrapper for an authorized target.

Other entry points

These remain useful compatibility and advanced paths. They are not prerequisites for direct interception.