Document Proofing Quickstart
This quickstart covers uploading a document, triggering a proof job, polling for completion, reading chunks, and retrieving a signed receipt/proofpack.
Required environment variables
VAULTCRUX_API_URLVAULTCRUX_API_KEYVAULTCRUX_TENANT_ID
1) Upload a document
curl -sS "$VAULTCRUX_API_URL/v1/ingest" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-H "x-tenant-id: $VAULTCRUX_TENANT_ID" \
-H "x-api-key: $VAULTCRUX_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"doc_id": "report-2026-q1",
"content": "Quarterly revenue reached $4.2M, up 18% year-over-year...",
"mime_type": "text/plain",
"metadata": {"source": "finance", "quarter": "2026-Q1"}
}'
The response includes a job_id. Wait for ingestion to complete before proofing.
2) Trigger a proof job
Via MCP:
curl -sS "$VAULTCRUX_API_URL/rpc" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-H "x-tenant-id: $VAULTCRUX_TENANT_ID" \
-H "x-api-key: $VAULTCRUX_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": "proof-1",
"method": "proof_document",
"params": {"doc_id": "report-2026-q1"}
}'
Or directly via REST:
curl -sS -X POST "$VAULTCRUX_API_URL/v1/proof/jobs" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-H "x-tenant-id: $VAULTCRUX_TENANT_ID" \
-H "x-api-key: $VAULTCRUX_API_KEY" \
-d '{"doc_id": "report-2026-q1"}'
Both return a proof_job_id.
3) Poll job status
curl -sS "$VAULTCRUX_API_URL/v1/proof/jobs/$PROOF_JOB_ID" \
-H "x-tenant-id: $VAULTCRUX_TENANT_ID" \
-H "x-api-key: $VAULTCRUX_API_KEY"
Poll until status is completed. Expected states: queued → processing → completed (or failed).
4) Read proof chunks
curl -sS "$VAULTCRUX_API_URL/v1/proof/jobs/$PROOF_JOB_ID/chunks" \
-H "x-tenant-id: $VAULTCRUX_TENANT_ID" \
-H "x-api-key: $VAULTCRUX_API_KEY"
Returns the chunk lineage used to construct the proof: chunk IDs, content hashes, and evidence provenance.
5) Retrieve the receipt and proofpack
curl -sS "$VAULTCRUX_API_URL/v1/proof/receipts/$RECEIPT_ID/proofpack" \
-H "x-tenant-id: $VAULTCRUX_TENANT_ID" \
-H "x-api-key: $VAULTCRUX_API_KEY"
The receipt_id is included in the completed job response. The proofpack is a signed payload suitable for audit archival and independent replay.

