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Agent #11 — Senior Cryptography Engineer (circuit + prover)

Reports to: Agent #1 (dotted: Agent #2). Mandate: Owns identity_proof.circom, trusted-setup ceremony, *.zkey + verification_key.json artefacts, prover correctness. KPIs: see role 11 in ../03-team.md.

Week 1 (2026-05-25 → 2026-05-29)​

A11-W1-Mon (2026-05-25) — ADR 0009 (QR proof pairing protocol) draft

  • Done when: → C-008 PR opened; Option B′ protocol captured with didHashSession = Poseidon(2)([storedDidHash, sessionNonce]).
  • Output: adr/0009-qr-proof-pairing-protocol.md.
  • Verify: threat-model row A-23 (replay) referenced.
  • Reviewer: Agents #1, #27.
  • Depends on: A01-W1-Mon.

A11-W1-Tue (2026-05-26) — Co-design ADR 0010 (audit hash chain) with Agent #8

  • Done when: → C-009 ADR drafted (continued in week 2).
  • Output: adr/0010-audit-log-hash-chain.md v0.
  • Verify: hash function (SHA-256 over canonical JSON), chain entry shape, genesis row.
  • Reviewer: Agents #13, #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W1-Mon.

A11-W1-Wed (2026-05-27) — Spike: Poseidon test vectors against circomlibjs reference

  • Done when: 100 test vectors generated; matched against reference.
  • Output: tests/poseidon-vectors.test.ts written with Agent #13.
  • Verify: vectors match byte-for-byte.
  • Reviewer: Agent #13.
  • Depends on: A11-W1-Tue.

A11-W1-Thu (2026-05-28) — Circuit version-pin design (precursor C-018, C-019)

  • Done when: vkey hash check on boot designed; mismatch behaviour documented.
  • Output: docs/team/crypto/circuit-version-pin-design.md.
  • Verify: design covers ADR 0012 contents.
  • Reviewer: Agents #6, #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W1-Wed.

A11-W1-Fri (2026-05-29) — Status post + trusted-setup ceremony invite drafting

  • Done when: → ceremony invite emails drafted for 6 candidate contributors.
  • Output: docs/team/crypto/trusted-setup-invite-draft.md.
  • Verify: 6 named contributors with backgrounds.
  • Reviewer: Agent #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W1-Thu.

Week 2 (2026-06-01 → 2026-06-05)​

A11-W2-Mon (2026-06-01) — Author ADR 0012 (circuit version pinning + upgrade procedure)

  • Done when: → C-019 PR opened.
  • Output: adr/0012-circuit-version-pinning.md.
  • Verify: defines version constant, vkey hash check, landing procedure.
  • Reviewer: Agents #2, #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W1-Thu.

A11-W2-Tue (2026-06-02) — Implement C-018 (src/services/zkp.ts version pin)

  • Done when: → C-018 PR opened.
  • Output: src/services/zkp.ts, tests/zkp-version.test.ts.
  • Verify: tests/zkp-version.test.ts::"loads identity_proof v1.1 verification_key" green.
  • Reviewer: Agent #6.
  • Depends on: A11-W2-Mon.

A11-W2-Wed (2026-06-03) — Review C-012 (audit chain implementation) — cryptographer review

  • Done when: PR reviewed; chain construction cryptographically sound.
  • Output: PR comment on C-012; cryptographer-reviewer APPROVE row.
  • Verify: review row present in PR thread.
  • Reviewer: Agents #13, #27.
  • Depends on: C-012 opened.

A11-W2-Thu (2026-06-04) — Trusted-setup ceremony runbook v1

  • Done when: runbook captures pre-ceremony, in-ceremony, post-ceremony steps; transcript hashing recipe + publication procedure.
  • Output: docs/cryptography/trusted-setup-ceremony.md v1.
  • Verify: includes Phase 2 Powers of Tau, randomness mixing, transcript verification.
  • Reviewer: Agent #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W2-Wed.

A11-W2-Fri (2026-06-05) — Phase 0 crypto sign-off + status post

  • Done when: ADRs 0009, 0010, 0012 merged; C-018 merged; Poseidon vector tests green.
  • Output: row in docs/team/phase-exits/phase-0-crypto-signoff.md.
  • Verify: each ADR + commit referenced + merged.
  • Reviewer: Agent #1.
  • Depends on: A11-W2-Thu.

Week 3 (2026-06-08 → 2026-06-12)​

A11-W3-Mon (2026-06-08) — ADR 0015 (rapidsnark vs WebView) draft

  • Done when: → C-103 PR opened.
  • Output: adr/0015-rapidsnark-jni-prover.md.
  • Verify: dual-track plan captured.
  • Reviewer: Agents #4, #17, #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W2-Fri.

A11-W3-Tue (2026-06-09) — Review C-104 (rapidsnark JNI POC) — first-pass

  • Done when: review submitted; cryptographer-reviewer feedback on memory-safety + RNG seeding.
  • Output: PR comment on C-104.
  • Verify: mobile/prover/src/androidTest/.../ProverSmokeTest.kt::"generates a valid proof against fixed witness" reviewed.
  • Reviewer: Agent #17.
  • Depends on: A11-W3-Mon.

A11-W3-Wed (2026-06-10) — Cross-line architecture sync attendance

  • Done when: sync attended; circuit + prover topology shared with mobile + backend.
  • Output: sync notes contribution.
  • Verify: notes published.
  • Reviewer: Agent #1.
  • Depends on: A11-W3-Tue.

A11-W3-Thu (2026-06-11) — Trusted-setup contributor recruitment

  • Done when: 6 contributors confirmed; dates scheduled for week 10 ceremony.
  • Output: docs/team/crypto/trusted-setup-contributors.md.
  • Verify: 6 named contributors with confirmed schedules.
  • Reviewer: Agent #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W2-Thu.

A11-W3-Fri (2026-06-12) — Status post + ADR 0015 merge

  • Done when: ADR 0015 APPROVE + merged; status posted.
  • Output: ADR merged.
  • Verify: ADR referenced from CLAUDE.md.
  • Reviewer: Agent #1.
  • Depends on: A11-W3-Thu.

Week 4 (2026-06-15 → 2026-06-19)​

A11-W4-Mon (2026-06-15) — External cryptographer engagement letter signed

  • Done when: engagement SoW signed with external cryptographer for v1.2 circuit review (precursor to week 10 review).
  • Output: SoW + signed letter (off-repo; reference logged).
  • Verify: engagement reference number recorded.
  • Reviewer: Agents #27, #36.
  • Depends on: A11-W3-Thu.

A11-W4-Tue (2026-06-16) — Identity_proof.v1.2 design freeze

  • Done when: circuit changes for v1.2 frozen; design doc captures the diff from v1.1.
  • Output: docs/cryptography/identity-proof-v1-2-diff.md.
  • Verify: covers tx_nonce binding and consent_hash binding.
  • Reviewer: Agent #27.
  • Depends on: A11-W4-Mon.

A11-W4-Wed (2026-06-17) — Cross-line architecture sync attendance

  • Done when: sync attended.
  • Output: sync notes contribution.
  • Verify: notes published.
  • Reviewer: Agent #1.
  • Depends on: A11-W4-Tue.

A11-W4-Thu (2026-06-18) — Sprint 1 crypto sign-off

  • Done when: crypto section of S1 exit gate green.
  • Output: row in docs/team/sprint-exits/s1-crypto.md.
  • Verify: ADRs 0014, 0015 merged; trusted-setup ceremony scheduled.
  • Reviewer: Agent #1.
  • Depends on: A11-W4-Wed.

A11-W4-Fri (2026-06-19) — Sprint 2 self-plan + status post

  • Done when: sprint-2 daily tickets drafted; v1.2 ceremony pre-work scoped.
  • Output: docs/team/crypto/a11-sprint-2-plan.md.
  • Verify: 5 daily tickets.
  • Reviewer: Agent #1.
  • Depends on: A11-W4-Thu.