# Introduction

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Welcome to the official technical documentation for **Aegis-Graph**, the sovereign academic audit protocol. This documentation provides a comprehensive guide to the architecture, multi-agent frameworks, and institutional graph evidence models that power decentralized academic integrity.

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## 🏛️ Executive Summary

Aegis-Graph is an open prototype for a multi-agent framework designed to identify academic fraud and synthetic credentials. Governed by the **Atlanta College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ACLAS)**, it replaces manual verification with **Agentic GraphRAG** evidence processing.

## 🧩 Documentation Pillars

### [1. Core Architecture](/atlanta-college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences/english-en/chapter2.md)

Explore the **Defense-in-Depth** model, comprising the Data Ingestion Layer, GraphRAG Evidence Engine, and Logic consensus protocol.

### [2. Multi-Agent Reasoning Swarm (MARS)](/atlanta-college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences/english-en/chapter3.md)

Deep dive into the specialized AI agents (Vision, Graph, and Logic) that perform the audit handshake.

### [3. Institutional Evidence (SAG)](/atlanta-college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences/english-en/chapter4.md)

Technical details on our evidence model, integrating local institutional indices with optional ROR and OpenAlex registry support.

### [4. Deployment & Integration](/atlanta-college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences/english-en/chapter8.md)

Step-by-step instructions for launching local nodes, environment configuration, and pipeline integration.

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## 🛠️ The Path to Sovereignty (Roadmap)

| Phase    | Milestone                                | Status         |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| **V1.0** | Institutional Index Integration          | ✅ Complete     |
| **V2.0** | Agentic Reasoning Swarm (MARS) Prototype | ✅ Complete     |
| **V2.5** | Evidence-Weighted Logic Audit            | ✅ Complete     |
| **V3.0** | Server-Signed Audit Certificates         | 🚧 In Progress |

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> \[!TIP] To get started immediately, we recommend following the [Quick Start Guide](https://github.com/aclascollege/aegis-graph/blob/main/README.md#🛠️-quick-start) in the root directory.

## 🏛️ Governance & Authority

Aegis-Graph is governed by the **AEGIS-GRAPH Governance Board**, with core support and academic validation provided by the [Atlanta College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ACLAS)](https://aclas.college/).

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