V · E · I · L — Generative Permission Standard for AI-Assisted Creative Work
VEIL is a portable, signed permission envelope that a creator declares before an AI-assisted generation session begins. It specifies the intensity range the work requires across eight content axes — a ceiling the session must not exceed, and an optional floor the work must not be sanitised below.
VEIL expresses the author's target but never overrides a model's own gating.
VEIL is the generation-side companion to the SHOW Standard (content classification of finished work) and the SCRIPTS Standard (experience rating). Works generated under a VEIL envelope should receive a SHOW rating at or below their VEIL ceilings.
VEIL also gives parents and legal guardians a verifiable way to consent to a young person's supervised AI use — see Tier G (Guardian) and the minor-profile engine obligations.
A VEIL envelope is a JSON object issued by a platform at the verification tier it can substantiate:
{
"veil_version": "1.2",
"context_id": "a1b2c3d4-0001",
"verified_at": "2026-08-08T09:00:00+10:00",
"verification_tier": "A",
"verification_method": "government_id",
"issuing_platform": "example_platform",
"creator_id": "creator-0001",
"jurisdiction": "AU",
"axes": {
"S": { "floor": 0, "ceiling": 5 },
"H": { "floor": 2, "ceiling": 5 },
"O": { "floor": 2, "ceiling": 5 },
"W": { "floor": 0, "ceiling": 10 },
"V": { "floor": 0, "ceiling": 5 },
"E": { "floor": 2, "ceiling": 5 },
"I": { "floor": 0, "ceiling": 5 },
"L": { "floor": 1, "ceiling": 3 }
},
"lane": "18+",
"content_type": "fiction",
"signature": "[HMAC-SHA256 of payload]"
}Validate against veil-context.schema.json:
# Node
npx ajv-cli validate -s veil-context.schema.json -d my-envelope.json
# Python
pip install jsonschema && python -c "
import json, jsonschema
jsonschema.validate(json.load(open('my-envelope.json')),
json.load(open('veil-context.schema.json')))
print('valid')"Four axes are imported directly from SHOW; four are VEIL-specific. Axis definitions for S·H·O·W live in the SHOW Standard and are not restated here.
| Axis | Name | Source | Range | Governs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | Spice | SHOW | 0–6 | Sexual content category and type |
| H | Heat | SHOW | 0–5 | Emotional and romantic intensity |
| O | OMG | SHOW | 0–5 | Darkness, trauma, moral complexity |
| W | WTF | SHOW | 0–10 | Transgression and unconventionality |
| V | Violence | VEIL | 0–5 | Physical harm and conflict intensity |
| E | Explicit | VEIL | 0–5 | Volume and generative depth of explicit content |
| I | Identity | VEIL | 0–5 | Complexity of identity treatment |
| L | Language | VEIL | 0–3 | Adult language register |
Full level tables for V, E, I, L are in the specification.
Ceiling — the maximum intensity authorised for the session. Floor — the minimum intensity the work requires. Sanitisation below a declared floor is a generation failure, the same as excess above a ceiling. Floors default to 0 (no minimum).
A dark-fiction author declaring O: { "floor": 3, "ceiling": 5 } has established that the work requires OMG at level 3 or above; output flattened to O0 has failed the envelope.
Envelopes are issued at the tier the platform can substantiate. Higher tiers unlock higher ceilings.
| Tier | Label | Method |
|---|---|---|
| U | Unverified | Anonymous / guest |
| D | Device | Session token / logged-in |
| C | Platform | Self-declared age, platform trust |
| B | Soft Verify | Card / age estimation / trust score |
| A | Hard Verify | Government ID / certified biometric |
| G | Guardian | Verified adult issuing for a named minor; ceilings locked to the minor's age profile |
Per-tier ceiling values are in the specification.
Tier G (Guardian) lets a verified parent or legal guardian issue an envelope on behalf of a young person. Ceilings are locked to the minor's age profile and can only be lowered; the session log is visible to the guardian; and the minor-profile engine obligations apply regardless of any instruction. It is a signed, portable record of parental consent — the alternative to a flat age wall. See Guardian-Issued Envelopes.
Five ready-to-use profiles in profiles/:
| File | Profile | Audience |
|---|---|---|
veil-u13.json |
VEIL-U13 | Under 13 |
veil-13.json |
VEIL-13 | Early YA |
veil-16.json |
VEIL-16 | Upper YA |
veil-18.json |
VEIL-18 | Adult (Tier B) |
veil-18v.json |
VEIL-18V | Adult (Tier A hard verify) |
Each contains the full eight-axis floor/ceiling set from the specification, ready to drop into a platform's persona storage. Any session under U13, 13 or 16 is also bound by the minor-profile engine obligations: no sexual content, crisis handling, no companion framing, no secrecy from guardians, logging, AI disclosure.
Two categories sit outside VEIL's scope at every level and every tier: sexual content involving minors and operational harm instruction. These are jurisdictional legal requirements, not platform additions. No envelope places them in scope. See the specification.
Platforms — store a VEIL profile per creator or persona, issue envelopes at your substantiated tier, sign with HMAC-SHA256, rotate context_id per session.
Providers — accept the envelope as a structured prefix or a dedicated parameter, validate the signature before applying above-default ceilings, log context IDs for audit, publish compliance status.
The full implementer section is in the specification.
| Engine | What | Install |
|---|---|---|
| Open WebUI (Ollama, LM Studio, any local model) | VEIL Guardian — a paste-in filter that enforces a Tier G envelope on a child's account: profile-locked ceilings, the minor-profile obligations on every turn, crisis handling, audit log, fails closed. | Admin Panel → Functions → paste veil_guardian.py. No terminal. Instructions. |
A family setup guide that uses it: Run an AI Model on Your Own PC, With Your Kid.
Current: v1.2 (October 2026). See the specification for history and the v1.3 roadmap.
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