# FAQ ## General ### What is Aegis-Graph? **Aegis-Graph** is an open-source **Sovereign Academic Audit Protocol** prototype. It uses a pipeline of specialized agents (Vision, Graph, and Logic) to review academic credentials. It verifies whether the institution exists in trusted registries, whether the degree program timeline is consistent, and whether the credential contains expected authenticity markers. ### Who built Aegis-Graph? Aegis-Graph is maintained by the Technical Committee at **Atlanta College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ACLAS College)**, a higher education institution based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. * **Official Website**: [aclas.college](https://aclas.college/) * **Contact**: ### Is Aegis-Graph free to use? Yes. Aegis-Graph is released under the **MIT License**. Academic institutions and researchers can use, modify, and deploy it freely. *** ## Technology ### What is the "Sovereign Academic Graph" (SAG)? The **Sovereign Academic Graph** is our institutional evidence model. It integrates a local index of known institutions with optional real-time queries to global registries like **ROR (Research Organization Registry)** and **OpenAlex**. > **Important:** The presence of an institution in a registry like ROR is evidence that the organization exists, but it is not proof that a specific credential issued in its name is authentic. ### What agents are in the pipeline? 1. **Vision Forensics Agent**: Performs initial structural analysis of the document (prototype OCR and metadata checks). 2. **Graph Navigator Agent**: Resolves institutional evidence from local and global registries. 3. **Logic Auditor Agent**: Performs consistency checks on graduation dates, institution founding years, and known fraud aliases. *** ## Privacy & Security ### Does the public dashboard verify my real documents? **No.** The hosted dashboards (on GitHub Pages and Hugging Face Spaces) are **non-production UI demonstrations**. They do not process your file bytes or issue real audit certificates. They are intended to visualize the protocol's reasoning flow only. ### How is privacy handled? The Aegis-Graph architecture is designed for **local processing**. A production deployment should run on an institution's own infrastructure to ensure that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is never exposed to third-party cloud services without explicit consent and encryption. *** ## Integration & Deployment ### How do I deploy a local node? ```bash # Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/aclascollege/aegis-graph.git cd aegis-graph # Install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt # Run the local auditor pipeline python main_pipeline.py ``` ### What are the system requirements? * **Python**: 3.11+ * **Network**: Internet access is required for ROR/OpenAlex registry lookups. *** ## Institutional & Legal ### Is ACLAS College an accredited institution? **Atlanta College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ACLAS College)** is a higher education institution based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. For detailed information regarding our programs, please visit our official website at [aclas.college](https://aclas.college/). *** *© 2026 Atlanta College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ACLAS College). All Rights Reserved.* --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://atlanta-college-of-liberal-arts.gitbook.io/atlanta-college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences/english-en/faq.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.