Direct answer
Delivery Receipt, in this worked example, is limited to the following inspected scope. A receipt records digest-bound execution, release, exact substantial-publication revision and route, delivery state, and acknowledgement requirement. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Worked example
Use bounded inputs and carry every assumption, source, and limitation into the result.
The example demonstrates a method and must not be presented as a production observation.
Applied scope: A receipt records digest-bound execution, release, exact substantial-publication revision and route, delivery state, and acknowledgement requirement.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is agentic-publishing. This route may apply release; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
This property may publish publishing protocols, editorial templates, release guidance. It must not publish duplicate research records or unlabelled machine authorship.
Evidence and exact locators
Substantial MCP delivery receipt contract — bindingFromLicensedProjection; buildSubstantialMcpDeliveryReceipt; verifySubstantialMcpDeliveryReceipt. Establishes: A receipt records digest-bound execution, release, exact substantial-publication revision and route, delivery state, and acknowledgement requirement.
What the evidence does not establish
A valid receipt proves internal field and digest consistency only; it does not prove payment settlement, recipient identity, downstream use, external acknowledgement, or claim truth.
This route must not claim duplicate research records.
This route must not claim unlabelled machine authorship.
Related definitions and applications
same-topic-application: https://publish.mahastrategies.com/agentic-publishing/delivery-receipt/definition
property-home: https://publish.mahastrategies.com/
Questions this page can answer
What does Delivery Receipt mean in this bounded context?
Delivery Receipt, in this worked example, is limited to the following inspected scope. A receipt records digest-bound execution, release, exact substantial-publication revision and route, delivery state, and acknowledgement requirement. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this example answer?
Substantial MCP delivery receipt contract (repository source inspected 2026-09-06), at bindingFromLicensedProjection; buildSubstantialMcpDeliveryReceipt; verifySubstantialMcpDeliveryReceipt, supports a receipt records digest-bound execution, release, exact substantial-publication revision and route, delivery state, and acknowledgement requirement.
What does the evidence not establish?
A valid receipt proves internal field and digest consistency only; it does not prove payment settlement, recipient identity, downstream use, external acknowledgement, or claim truth. Property boundary: This route may apply release; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which definition or canonical owner must be read first?
This page is the local agentic-publishing definition for its topic. Related applications may depend on it but may not silently redefine it.
What source, policy, implementation, or release change would require revision?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.