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name: proven-work-clients-use-cases
description: Apply the Who buys proof of AI work — six segments, the pain in their own words, and the smallest thing each can buy article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Who buys proof of AI work — six segments, the pain in their own words, and the smallest thing each can buy

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/proven-work-clients-use-cases). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/proven-work-clients-use-cases.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/proven-work-clients-use-cases/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

This page is the market map for a specific new object — proof of AI-performed work. Proven work is a claim about completed AI work, bound to the complete record of the work's formation — every model and tool call preserved as a raw request-

## Representations

- Human: /a/proven-work-clients-use-cases
- JSON: /api/articles/proven-work-clients-use-cases
- Relationships: /api/articles/proven-work-clients-use-cases/topology
- History: /api/articles/proven-work-clients-use-cases/revisions