CRI: A Multi-Factor Reputation System for Autonomous Agent Commerce

We present the Composite Reliability Index (CRI) a multi-factor reputation systembuilt for autonomous agent-to-agent commerce. The problem it addresses has no directprecedent: how do software agents that transact economic value without human oversightestablish trust in a system where Sybil attacks are trivially cheap and traditional identityverication does not apply?The CRI computes a score from 0 to 100 using 10 weighted components 7 positivefactors and 3 penalties combining logarithmic transaction scaling, counterparty diver-sity measurement, temporal tenure, bilateral participation signals, and graduated sanctions.Each component is grounded in published research from trust systems, game theory, andcommons…