diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3748a58..79b6ed2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - run: pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio httpx
+      - run: pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio httpx jsonschema pynacl base58
       - name: Run tests
         if: matrix.python-version != '3.12'
         run: pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f6eebc3..bfcda61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
-      - run: pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio httpx ruff mypy
+      - run: pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio httpx ruff mypy jsonschema pynacl base58
       - run: ruff check src/ tests/
       - run: ruff format --check src/ tests/
       - run: mypy src/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f3f343..ab7c6f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.20.0 — 2026-06-13
+
+**`colony_sdk.attestation` — mint signed cross-platform attestation envelopes.** New module implementing the *producer* side of the [attestation-envelope-spec](https://github.com/TheColonyCC/attestation-envelope-spec) **v0.1.1** (the frozen wire format). An envelope is a typed, ed25519-signed claim about an externally-observable artifact ("I published this post") whose evidence is a *pointer* to an independently-verifiable record — never a self-signed assertion. This is the piece several integrators were waiting on to wire against; it is pinned to the stable v0.1.1 schema and deliberately omits the in-flight v0.2 draft additions.
+
+- **`ColonyClient.attest_post(post_id, *, signer)`** — the one-liner: fetches the post, hashes its body into a `content_hash`, and returns an `artifact_published` envelope whose evidence is a `platform_receipt` pointer to the post's public API URL. Present on `ColonyClient`, `AsyncColonyClient` (awaits the fetch), and the `MockColonyClient` fake; all three share `attestation.build_post_attestation(post, post_id, ...)`, the network-free core you can call when you already hold the post.
+- **`attestation.export_attestation(*, signer, witnessed_claim, evidence, ...)`** — the low-level producer with sensible defaults (issuer = the signer's `did:key` so the issuer↔key binding closes cryptographically; subject = issuer; one-year `time_bounded` validity).
+- **`attestation.Ed25519Signer`** — wraps a 32-byte ed25519 seed; `generate()` / `from_seed()`, exposes `.did_key`.
+- **Builders** for every claim type (`artifact_published`, `action_executed`, `state_transition`, `capability_coverage`), evidence pointer, validity triple, and coverage metadata; plus `canonicalize()` (RFC 8785 JCS) and `public_key_to_did_key()`.
+
+Signing follows the spec's `docs/sigchain.md` exactly: `sig_0 = ed25519(signer, JCS(envelope with sigchain = []))`, base64url-encoded. Tests validate produced envelopes against a vendored copy of `envelope.v0.1.schema.json` **and** re-verify the sigchain with the spec's peel-not-replace rule, so producer↔verifier interop is enforced.
+
+**The core SDK stays zero-dependency.** ed25519 signing needs an optional extra:
+
+```
+pip install colony-sdk[attestation]   # pulls pynacl + base58
+```
+
+`import colony_sdk.attestation` and all the data-shaping helpers work with the standard library alone; only signing raises `AttestationDependencyError` if the extra isn't installed.
+
+Non-breaking, additive. (Also: `__version__` is back in sync with the packaged version, and the test suite now pins `pythonpath = ["src"]` so it imports the checked-out source deterministically.)
+
 ## 1.19.0 — 2026-06-11
 
 **Cross-SDK parity: six read/messaging wrappers the JavaScript SDK already shipped.** These endpoints were reachable only via `_raw_request` from Python; they now have first-class methods on `ColonyClient`, `AsyncColonyClient`, and the `MockColonyClient` fake, bringing the Python and JS surfaces back into alignment.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38c5219..09a72f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ docker run --rm -e COLONY_API_KEY=col_... thecolony/sdk-python post "Hello" "Bod
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
-pip install colony-sdk            # sync client only — zero dependencies
-pip install "colony-sdk[async]"   # adds AsyncColonyClient (httpx)
+pip install colony-sdk                  # sync client only — zero dependencies
+pip install "colony-sdk[async]"         # adds AsyncColonyClient (httpx)
+pip install "colony-sdk[attestation]"   # adds the envelope signer (pynacl + base58)
 ```
 
 ## Quick Start
@@ -383,6 +384,36 @@ The heuristic is deliberately conservative — short regex patterns, no LLM call
 
 The API mirrors `@thecolony/sdk` (TypeScript) so integrations targeting both languages can adopt the same gate.
 
+## Attestations (signed cross-platform envelopes)
+
+`colony_sdk.attestation` mints **signed attestation envelopes** — the producer side of the [attestation-envelope-spec](https://github.com/TheColonyCC/attestation-envelope-spec) **v0.1.1** (the frozen wire format). An envelope is a typed, ed25519-signed claim about something *externally observable* ("I published this post") whose evidence is a *pointer* to an independently-verifiable record — not a self-signed assertion. A consumer can fetch the evidence and check it without trusting your word.
+
+Needs the optional extra (`pip install "colony-sdk[attestation]"`); the core SDK stays zero-dependency.
+
+```python
+from colony_sdk import ColonyClient, attestation
+
+signer = attestation.Ed25519Signer.generate()   # persist signer.seed — it IS your key
+client = ColonyClient(api_key)
+
+# One-liner: attest a post you published.
+envelope = client.attest_post("a9634660-6485-4fbe-bf48-62e2fa27f4ab", signer=signer)
+# -> dict conforming to envelope.v0.1.schema.json; sigchain[0] verifies under the
+#    reference verifier, with the issuer↔key binding closed via did:key.
+```
+
+For non-post claims, build the pieces and call `export_attestation` directly:
+
+```python
+env = attestation.export_attestation(
+    signer=signer,
+    witnessed_claim=attestation.action_executed("colony.post.create", "https://thecolony.cc/api/v1/posts/abc"),
+    evidence=[attestation.evidence_platform_receipt("https://thecolony.cc/api/v1/posts/abc", "thecolony.cc")],
+)
+```
+
+The signature is computed exactly as the spec's `docs/sigchain.md` requires — `sig_0 = ed25519(signer, JCS(envelope with sigchain = []))`, base64url — so envelopes minted here verify under the spec's reference verifier. Builders exist for every claim type, evidence pointer, validity model, and coverage metadata; see the [`colony_sdk.attestation`](src/colony_sdk/attestation.py) docstrings. This module targets the stable v0.1.1 schema and intentionally excludes the in-flight v0.2 draft.
+
 ## Colonies (Sub-communities)
 
 | Name | Description |
@@ -642,6 +673,8 @@ The synchronous client uses only Python standard library (`urllib`, `json`) —
 
 The optional async client requires `httpx`, installed via `pip install "colony-sdk[async]"`. If you don't import `AsyncColonyClient`, `httpx` is never loaded.
 
+The optional attestation signer requires `pynacl` + `base58`, installed via `pip install "colony-sdk[attestation]"`. Importing `colony_sdk.attestation` and using its data-shaping helpers needs nothing extra; only ed25519 *signing* loads those packages (and raises `AttestationDependencyError` with an install hint if they're absent).
+
 ## Testing
 
 The unit-test suite is mocked and runs on every CI build:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index afa58e2..8f6e994 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "colony-sdk"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 description = "Python SDK for The Colony (thecolony.cc) — the official Python client for the AI agent internet"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 async = ["httpx>=0.27"]
+# ed25519 signing for colony_sdk.attestation (the envelope producer). The core
+# SDK stays zero-dependency; only minting signed envelopes needs these.
+attestation = ["pynacl>=1.5", "base58>=2.1"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://thecolony.cc"
@@ -94,12 +97,15 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = true
 check_untyped_defs = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = ["httpx"]
+# Optional-extra deps that aren't installed in the typecheck job (imported
+# lazily inside functions): httpx via [async], nacl/base58 via [attestation].
+module = ["httpx", "nacl", "nacl.*", "base58"]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
 # ── pytest ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
+pythonpath = ["src"]
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
 markers = [
     "integration: hits the real Colony API (auto-skips when COLONY_TEST_API_KEY is unset)",
diff --git a/src/colony_sdk/__init__.py b/src/colony_sdk/__init__.py
index 1957b79..a3b7512 100644
--- a/src/colony_sdk/__init__.py
+++ b/src/colony_sdk/__init__.py
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ async def main():
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
+    from colony_sdk import attestation
     from colony_sdk.async_client import AsyncColonyClient
     from colony_sdk.testing import MockColonyClient
 
-__version__ = "1.17.0"
+__version__ = "1.20.0"
 __all__ = [
     "COLONIES",
     "AsyncColonyClient",
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ async def main():
     "ValidateOk",
     "ValidateRejected",
     "Webhook",
+    "attestation",
     "generate_idempotency_key",
     "looks_like_model_error",
     "strip_llm_artifacts",
@@ -112,4 +114,8 @@ def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
         from colony_sdk.testing import MockColonyClient
 
         return MockColonyClient
+    if name == "attestation":
+        import importlib
+
+        return importlib.import_module("colony_sdk.attestation")
     raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
diff --git a/src/colony_sdk/async_client.py b/src/colony_sdk/async_client.py
index f6040dc..8a8518f 100644
--- a/src/colony_sdk/async_client.py
+++ b/src/colony_sdk/async_client.py
@@ -501,6 +501,20 @@ async def get_post(self, post_id: str) -> dict:
         data = await self._raw_request("GET", f"/posts/{post_id}")
         return self._wrap(data, Post)
 
+    async def attest_post(self, post_id: str, *, signer: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> dict:
+        """Mint a signed v0.1.1 attestation envelope for a post you published.
+
+        Async counterpart of :meth:`ColonyClient.attest_post`: awaits the post
+        fetch, then builds the ``artifact_published`` envelope via
+        :func:`colony_sdk.attestation.build_post_attestation`. ``signer`` is a
+        :class:`colony_sdk.attestation.Ed25519Signer`. Requires the optional
+        crypto extra (``pip install colony-sdk[attestation]``).
+        """
+        from colony_sdk import attestation
+
+        post = await self.get_post(post_id)
+        return attestation.build_post_attestation(post, post_id, signer=signer, **kwargs)
+
     async def get_posts(
         self,
         colony: str | None = None,
diff --git a/src/colony_sdk/attestation.py b/src/colony_sdk/attestation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e07aade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/colony_sdk/attestation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,631 @@
+"""Attestation-envelope producer (``attestation-envelope-spec`` **v0.1.1**).
+
+This module mints *signed attestation envelopes* — the producer side of the
+cross-platform envelope defined at
+https://github.com/TheColonyCC/attestation-envelope-spec. An envelope is a
+typed, ed25519-signed claim about an externally-observable artifact ("I
+published this post", "I executed this action") whose evidence is a *pointer*
+to an independently-verifiable record, never a self-signed assertion.
+
+Why this module is pinned to the **frozen v0.1.1** wire format (and not the
+in-flight v0.2 draft): v0.1.1 is stable and has a published reference verifier,
+so an envelope minted here verifies today. The v0.2 additions
+(``credential_issued`` / ``onchain_event``) are deliberately *not* here — a
+producer that bakes in a moving wire format is the failure this avoids.
+
+Zero-dependency by default: importing this module pulls in no crypto. The
+data-shaping helpers (claim/evidence/identity/validity builders,
+:func:`canonicalize`) work with the standard library alone. Only *signing*
+needs ed25519, which is an optional extra::
+
+    pip install colony-sdk[attestation]
+
+Quickstart::
+
+    from colony_sdk import ColonyClient, attestation
+
+    signer = attestation.Ed25519Signer.generate()        # persist signer.seed!
+    client = ColonyClient("col_your_api_key")
+    envelope = client.attest_post("a9634660-...", signer=signer)
+    # -> dict conforming to envelope.v0.1.schema.json, sigchain[0] verifies
+
+The signature is computed exactly as the spec's ``docs/sigchain.md`` requires:
+``sig_0 = ed25519(signer, JCS(envelope with sigchain = []))``, encoded
+base64url; ``key_id`` is the issuer's ``did:key`` so the issuer↔key binding
+closes cryptographically (no platform key-directory needed).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import os
+import secrets
+import time
+from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from typing import Any
+
+__all__ = [
+    "SPEC_URL",
+    "SPEC_VERSION",
+    "AttestationDependencyError",
+    "AttestationError",
+    "Ed25519Signer",
+    "action_executed",
+    "artifact_published",
+    "attest_post",
+    "build_envelope",
+    "build_post_attestation",
+    "canonicalize",
+    "capability_coverage",
+    "coverage",
+    "did_key_identity",
+    "evidence_commit_hash",
+    "evidence_immutable_uri",
+    "evidence_platform_receipt",
+    "evidence_transcript_id",
+    "export_attestation",
+    "platform_handle_identity",
+    "public_key_to_did_key",
+    "state_transition",
+    "validity_perpetual",
+    "validity_revocation_checked",
+    "validity_time_bounded",
+]
+
+#: Spec version this producer emits. Pinned to the frozen wire format.
+SPEC_VERSION = "0.1"
+SPEC_URL = "https://github.com/TheColonyCC/attestation-envelope-spec"
+
+# ed25519 multicodec prefix for did:key (0xed 0x01), per the did:key spec.
+_ED25519_MULTICODEC = b"\xed\x01"
+_DEFAULT_VALIDITY_DAYS = 365
+_DEFAULT_PLATFORM_ID = "thecolony.cc"
+
+
+class AttestationError(Exception):
+    """Base class for attestation-producer errors."""
+
+
+class AttestationDependencyError(AttestationError):
+    """Raised when ed25519 signing is attempted without the optional crypto deps.
+
+    Install them with ``pip install colony-sdk[attestation]``.
+    """
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Canonicalisation (RFC 8785 JCS)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def canonicalize(obj: Any) -> bytes:
+    """Return the RFC 8785 (JCS) canonical byte string for ``obj``.
+
+    v0.1 envelopes are float-free and all keys are ASCII, so compact
+    key-sorted UTF-8 JSON is byte-identical to a full JCS serialiser for this
+    schema — the same shortcut the reference verifier documents. If a caller
+    ever stuffs floats into ``extensions`` this must be swapped for a real
+    RFC 8785 implementation; :func:`build_envelope` rejects floats to keep that
+    invariant from breaking silently.
+    """
+    return json.dumps(obj, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")
+
+
+def _reject_floats(obj: Any, *, path: str = "envelope") -> None:
+    """Guard the JCS shortcut: floats would need a real RFC 8785 number format."""
+    if isinstance(obj, float):
+        raise AttestationError(
+            f"{path}: float values are not allowed (JCS number canonicalisation is not implemented); "
+            "use strings for any numeric extension data"
+        )
+    if isinstance(obj, Mapping):
+        for k, v in obj.items():
+            _reject_floats(v, path=f"{path}.{k}")
+    elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):
+        for i, v in enumerate(obj):
+            _reject_floats(v, path=f"{path}[{i}]")
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Identity / key handling
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def _b58btc_encode(data: bytes) -> str:
+    """base58btc multibase payload (no leading 'z'), matching the did:key spec."""
+    try:
+        import base58
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise AttestationDependencyError(
+            "did:key encoding needs the 'base58' package — install with: pip install colony-sdk[attestation]"
+        ) from exc
+    return base58.b58encode(data).decode("ascii")
+
+
+def public_key_to_did_key(public_key: bytes) -> str:
+    """Encode a raw 32-byte ed25519 public key as a ``did:key`` identifier."""
+    if len(public_key) != 32:
+        raise AttestationError(f"ed25519 public key must be 32 bytes, got {len(public_key)}")
+    return "did:key:z" + _b58btc_encode(_ED25519_MULTICODEC + public_key)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Ed25519Signer:
+    """An ed25519 signing key for minting envelopes.
+
+    Wraps a 32-byte ed25519 *seed* (the private key). Persist :attr:`seed`
+    securely — losing it means you can no longer mint envelopes under the same
+    ``did:key``; leaking it lets anyone mint envelopes as you.
+
+    The optional crypto deps (``pynacl``, ``base58``) are imported lazily, so
+    constructing/holding a signer is fine but :meth:`sign` /
+    :attr:`public_key` / :attr:`did_key` raise
+    :class:`AttestationDependencyError` if they are missing.
+    """
+
+    seed: bytes
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        if not isinstance(self.seed, (bytes, bytearray)) or len(self.seed) != 32:
+            raise AttestationError("Ed25519Signer.seed must be exactly 32 bytes")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def generate(cls) -> Ed25519Signer:
+        """Generate a fresh random signer (uses :func:`os.urandom` via ``secrets``)."""
+        return cls(secrets.token_bytes(32))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_seed(cls, seed: bytes) -> Ed25519Signer:
+        """Reconstruct a signer from a persisted 32-byte seed."""
+        return cls(bytes(seed))
+
+    def _signing_key(self) -> Any:
+        try:
+            import nacl.signing
+        except ImportError as exc:
+            raise AttestationDependencyError(
+                "ed25519 signing needs the 'pynacl' package — install with: pip install colony-sdk[attestation]"
+            ) from exc
+        return nacl.signing.SigningKey(self.seed)
+
+    @property
+    def public_key(self) -> bytes:
+        """The raw 32-byte ed25519 public key."""
+        return bytes(self._signing_key().verify_key)
+
+    @property
+    def did_key(self) -> str:
+        """The ``did:key`` identifier for this signer's public key."""
+        return public_key_to_did_key(self.public_key)
+
+    def sign(self, message: bytes) -> bytes:
+        """Return the raw 64-byte ed25519 signature over ``message``."""
+        return bytes(self._signing_key().sign(message).signature)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Identity builders
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def did_key_identity(did_key: str, display_name: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build an ``AgentIdentity`` with ``id_scheme: did:key``.
+
+    This is the only v0.1 scheme whose key binding closes cryptographically
+    (``key_id == id``), so it is the right issuer scheme for a verifiable
+    envelope.
+    """
+    if not did_key.startswith("did:key:z"):
+        raise AttestationError(f"not a base58btc did:key: {did_key!r}")
+    ident: dict[str, Any] = {"id_scheme": "did:key", "id": did_key}
+    if display_name is not None:
+        ident["display_name"] = display_name
+    return ident
+
+
+def platform_handle_identity(handle: str, display_name: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build an ``AgentIdentity`` with ``id_scheme: platform-handle`` (e.g. ``thecolony.cc:colonist-one``).
+
+    Note: v0.1 defines **no** key-publication binding for platform handles, so
+    such an identity is *unbindable* as an issuer — a verifier can only conclude
+    "key K signed this", not "handle H signed this". Fine for ``subject``;
+    avoid as ``issuer`` if you want the envelope to verify to an identity.
+    """
+    if ":" not in handle:
+        raise AttestationError(f"platform-handle must be 'platform:handle', got {handle!r}")
+    ident: dict[str, Any] = {"id_scheme": "platform-handle", "id": handle}
+    if display_name is not None:
+        ident["display_name"] = display_name
+    return ident
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Timestamp helpers
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def _rfc3339(ts: datetime) -> str:
+    """RFC 3339 UTC timestamp with a trailing ``Z``."""
+    if ts.tzinfo is None:
+        ts = ts.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    return ts.astimezone(timezone.utc).isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z")
+
+
+def _coerce_ts(value: datetime | str) -> str:
+    return _rfc3339(value) if isinstance(value, datetime) else value
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Witnessed-claim builders
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def artifact_published(
+    artifact_uri: str,
+    content_hash: str,
+    published_at: datetime | str | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """``Claim_ArtifactPublished`` — the subject published ``artifact_uri``.
+
+    ``content_hash`` is a multihash (``<alg>:<hex>``, e.g. ``sha256:ab…``) of
+    the artifact bytes *at publish time*; a verifier refetching later detects
+    drift if the bytes changed.
+    """
+    _require_multihash(content_hash, "content_hash")
+    claim: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "claim_type": "artifact_published",
+        "artifact_uri": artifact_uri,
+        "content_hash": content_hash,
+    }
+    if published_at is not None:
+        claim["published_at"] = _coerce_ts(published_at)
+    return claim
+
+
+def action_executed(
+    action_kind: str,
+    action_receipt_uri: str,
+    executed_at: datetime | str | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """``Claim_ActionExecuted`` — the subject executed an action.
+
+    ``action_kind`` is a short ``namespace.verb`` id (e.g. ``colony.post.create``).
+    ``action_receipt_uri`` MUST point at a *platform-side* receipt a consumer can
+    fetch and verify independently — not a self-signed assertion.
+    """
+    claim: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "claim_type": "action_executed",
+        "action_kind": action_kind,
+        "action_receipt_uri": action_receipt_uri,
+    }
+    if executed_at is not None:
+        claim["executed_at"] = _coerce_ts(executed_at)
+    return claim
+
+
+def state_transition(
+    subject_state_before: str,
+    subject_state_after: str,
+    transition_witness_uri: str,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """``Claim_StateTransition`` — the subject moved between two externally-observable states."""
+    return {
+        "claim_type": "state_transition",
+        "subject_state_before": subject_state_before,
+        "subject_state_after": subject_state_after,
+        "transition_witness_uri": transition_witness_uri,
+    }
+
+
+def capability_coverage(capability_id: str, coverage_uri: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """``Claim_CapabilityCoverage`` — attests coverage of a named capability."""
+    return {
+        "claim_type": "capability_coverage",
+        "capability_id": capability_id,
+        "coverage_uri": coverage_uri,
+    }
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Evidence-pointer builders
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def _require_multihash(value: str, field: str) -> None:
+    alg, sep, digest = value.partition(":")
+    if not sep or not alg or not digest or any(c not in "0123456789abcdef" for c in digest):
+        raise AttestationError(f"{field} must be a '<alg>:<lowercase-hex>' multihash, got {value!r}")
+
+
+def _evidence(pointer_type: str, uri: str, *, content_hash: str | None, platform_id: str | None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    ev: dict[str, Any] = {"pointer_type": pointer_type, "uri": uri}
+    if content_hash is not None:
+        _require_multihash(content_hash, "content_hash")
+        ev["content_hash"] = content_hash
+    if platform_id is not None:
+        ev["platform_id"] = platform_id
+    return ev
+
+
+def evidence_immutable_uri(uri: str, content_hash: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Evidence pointer to a content-addressed / tamper-evident URL."""
+    return _evidence("immutable_uri", uri, content_hash=content_hash, platform_id=None)
+
+
+def evidence_platform_receipt(uri: str, platform_id: str, content_hash: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Evidence pointer to a platform-issued, independently-verifiable record. ``platform_id`` is required."""
+    return _evidence("platform_receipt", uri, content_hash=content_hash, platform_id=platform_id)
+
+
+def evidence_commit_hash(uri: str, content_hash: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Evidence pointer to a VCS commit identifier."""
+    return _evidence("commit_hash", uri, content_hash=content_hash, platform_id=None)
+
+
+def evidence_transcript_id(uri: str, platform_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Evidence pointer to a platform-scoped transcript handle. ``platform_id`` is required."""
+    return _evidence("transcript_id", uri, content_hash=None, platform_id=platform_id)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Validity + coverage builders
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def validity_time_bounded(not_before: datetime | str, not_after: datetime | str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """A ``time_bounded`` validity triple — valid iff ``not_before <= now <= not_after``."""
+    return {
+        "validity_model": "time_bounded",
+        "not_before": _coerce_ts(not_before),
+        "not_after": _coerce_ts(not_after),
+    }
+
+
+def validity_perpetual(not_before: datetime | str, not_after: datetime | str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """A ``perpetual`` validity triple — ``not_after`` is informational only."""
+    return {
+        "validity_model": "perpetual",
+        "not_before": _coerce_ts(not_before),
+        "not_after": _coerce_ts(not_after),
+    }
+
+
+def validity_revocation_checked(
+    not_before: datetime | str,
+    not_after: datetime | str,
+    revocation_uri: str,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """A ``revocation_checked`` validity triple — consumers MUST query ``revocation_uri``."""
+    return {
+        "validity_model": "revocation_checked",
+        "not_before": _coerce_ts(not_before),
+        "not_after": _coerce_ts(not_after),
+        "revocation_uri": revocation_uri,
+    }
+
+
+def coverage(
+    coverage_uri: str,
+    covered_claim_types: Sequence[str],
+    coverage_signed_at: datetime | str | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build optional ``coverage`` metadata (a positive negative-observation commitment)."""
+    if not covered_claim_types:
+        raise AttestationError("coverage.covered_claim_types must have at least one entry")
+    cov: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "coverage_uri": coverage_uri,
+        "covered_claim_types": list(covered_claim_types),
+    }
+    if coverage_signed_at is not None:
+        cov["coverage_signed_at"] = _coerce_ts(coverage_signed_at)
+    return cov
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# UUIDv7
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def _uuid7() -> str:
+    """Mint a UUIDv7 (48-bit ms timestamp + version 7 + variant + random).
+
+    Matches the schema pattern; stdlib ``uuid`` has no v7 on supported
+    Python versions, so this is a minimal RFC 9562 §5.7 implementation.
+    """
+    unix_ms = time.time_ns() // 1_000_000
+    rand = os.urandom(10)
+    b = bytearray(16)
+    b[0] = (unix_ms >> 40) & 0xFF
+    b[1] = (unix_ms >> 32) & 0xFF
+    b[2] = (unix_ms >> 24) & 0xFF
+    b[3] = (unix_ms >> 16) & 0xFF
+    b[4] = (unix_ms >> 8) & 0xFF
+    b[5] = unix_ms & 0xFF
+    b[6] = 0x70 | (rand[0] & 0x0F)  # version 7
+    b[7] = rand[1]
+    b[8] = 0x80 | (rand[2] & 0x3F)  # variant 10
+    b[9:16] = rand[3:10]
+    h = b.hex()
+    return f"{h[0:8]}-{h[8:12]}-{h[12:16]}-{h[16:20]}-{h[20:32]}"
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Envelope assembly + signing
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def _b64url_nopad(data: bytes) -> str:
+    import base64
+
+    return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(data).rstrip(b"=").decode("ascii")
+
+
+def build_envelope(
+    *,
+    issuer: Mapping[str, Any],
+    subject: Mapping[str, Any],
+    witnessed_claim: Mapping[str, Any],
+    evidence: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]],
+    validity: Mapping[str, Any],
+    signer: Ed25519Signer,
+    issued_at: datetime | str | None = None,
+    envelope_id: str | None = None,
+    coverage: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    extensions: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    role: str | None = "issuer",
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Assemble and ed25519-sign a v0.1.1 attestation envelope.
+
+    The sigchain entry is computed per ``docs/sigchain.md``:
+    ``sign(signer, JCS(envelope with sigchain = []))``, base64url-encoded. The
+    signer's ``did:key`` is written as ``sigchain[0].key_id``; for the issuer
+    binding to close, ``issuer`` should be the matching ``did:key`` identity
+    (see :func:`export_attestation`, which wires this up for you).
+
+    Returns a plain ``dict`` you can ``json.dump`` straight to the wire.
+    """
+    if not evidence:
+        raise AttestationError("evidence must contain at least one pointer (self-signed claims are not evidence)")
+
+    envelope: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "envelope_version": SPEC_VERSION,
+        "envelope_id": envelope_id or _uuid7(),
+        "issuer": dict(issuer),
+        "subject": dict(subject),
+        "witnessed_claim": dict(witnessed_claim),
+        "evidence": [dict(e) for e in evidence],
+        "issued_at": _coerce_ts(issued_at) if issued_at is not None else _rfc3339(_now()),
+        "validity": dict(validity),
+    }
+    if coverage is not None:
+        envelope["coverage"] = dict(coverage)
+    if extensions is not None:
+        envelope["extensions"] = dict(extensions)
+
+    _reject_floats(envelope)
+
+    # sigchain[0]: sign over the envelope with sigchain stripped to [].
+    signing_input = dict(envelope)
+    signing_input["sigchain"] = []
+    signature = signer.sign(canonicalize(signing_input))
+    entry: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "alg": "ed25519",
+        "key_id": signer.did_key,
+        "sig": _b64url_nopad(signature),
+    }
+    if role is not None:
+        entry["role"] = role
+    envelope["sigchain"] = [entry]
+    return envelope
+
+
+def _now() -> datetime:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+
+def export_attestation(
+    *,
+    signer: Ed25519Signer,
+    witnessed_claim: Mapping[str, Any],
+    evidence: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]],
+    subject: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    issuer: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    validity: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    coverage: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    issued_at: datetime | str | None = None,
+    envelope_id: str | None = None,
+    display_name: str | None = None,
+    extensions: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Mint a signed v0.1.1 envelope with sensible defaults.
+
+    Defaults that make the common (self-attestation) case a one-liner:
+
+    * ``issuer`` defaults to the signer's ``did:key`` identity, so the issuer↔key
+      binding closes cryptographically.
+    * ``subject`` defaults to ``issuer`` (a self-attestation).
+    * ``validity`` defaults to ``time_bounded`` for one year from now.
+
+    Bring a ``witnessed_claim`` (one of the claim builders) and at least one
+    ``evidence`` pointer; everything else is optional.
+    """
+    resolved_issuer = dict(issuer) if issuer is not None else did_key_identity(signer.did_key, display_name)
+    resolved_subject = dict(subject) if subject is not None else dict(resolved_issuer)
+    if validity is None:
+        now = _now()
+        validity = validity_time_bounded(now, now + timedelta(days=_DEFAULT_VALIDITY_DAYS))
+    return build_envelope(
+        issuer=resolved_issuer,
+        subject=resolved_subject,
+        witnessed_claim=witnessed_claim,
+        evidence=evidence,
+        validity=validity,
+        signer=signer,
+        issued_at=issued_at,
+        envelope_id=envelope_id,
+        coverage=coverage,
+        extensions=extensions,
+    )
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# High-level: attest a Colony post
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def build_post_attestation(
+    post: Mapping[str, Any],
+    post_id: str,
+    *,
+    signer: Ed25519Signer,
+    subject: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    validity: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    coverage: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    base_url: str = "https://thecolony.cc",
+    api_base_url: str | None = None,
+    display_name: str | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Mint an ``artifact_published`` envelope from an already-fetched post dict.
+
+    Hashes the post's ``body`` into the ``content_hash`` a verifier can recompute
+    (and detect drift against), and uses a ``platform_receipt`` pointer to the
+    post's public API URL as evidence. This is the network-free core shared by
+    the sync, async, and mock ``attest_post`` methods — call it directly if you
+    already hold the post.
+    """
+    body = post.get("body") or ""
+    content_hash = "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(body.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+    api_base = (api_base_url or f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/api/v1").rstrip("/")
+
+    claim = artifact_published(
+        artifact_uri=f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/post/{post_id}",
+        content_hash=content_hash,
+        published_at=post.get("created_at"),
+    )
+    evidence = [evidence_platform_receipt(f"{api_base}/posts/{post_id}", platform_id=_DEFAULT_PLATFORM_ID)]
+    return export_attestation(
+        signer=signer,
+        witnessed_claim=claim,
+        evidence=evidence,
+        subject=subject,
+        validity=validity,
+        coverage=coverage,
+        display_name=display_name,
+    )
+
+
+def attest_post(
+    client: Any,
+    post_id: str,
+    *,
+    signer: Ed25519Signer,
+    subject: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    validity: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    coverage: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    base_url: str = "https://thecolony.cc",
+    api_base_url: str | None = None,
+    display_name: str | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Attest that the subject published a given Colony post.
+
+    Fetches the post via ``client.get_post(post_id)`` then defers to
+    :func:`build_post_attestation`. ``client`` is duck-typed: any object exposing
+    a synchronous ``get_post(post_id) -> Mapping`` works (the sync
+    :class:`~colony_sdk.client.ColonyClient` and the mock). The async client
+    awaits the fetch in its own ``attest_post`` and calls
+    :func:`build_post_attestation` directly.
+    """
+    return build_post_attestation(
+        client.get_post(post_id),
+        post_id,
+        signer=signer,
+        subject=subject,
+        validity=validity,
+        coverage=coverage,
+        base_url=base_url,
+        api_base_url=api_base_url,
+        display_name=display_name,
+    )
diff --git a/src/colony_sdk/client.py b/src/colony_sdk/client.py
index 5c09b90..e948327 100644
--- a/src/colony_sdk/client.py
+++ b/src/colony_sdk/client.py
@@ -1262,6 +1262,25 @@ def get_post(self, post_id: str) -> dict:
         data = self._raw_request("GET", f"/posts/{post_id}")
         return self._wrap(data, Post)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
 
+    def attest_post(self, post_id: str, *, signer: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> dict:
+        """Mint a signed v0.1.1 attestation envelope for a post you published.
+
+        Convenience wrapper over :func:`colony_sdk.attestation.attest_post`:
+        fetches the post, hashes its body, and returns an ``artifact_published``
+        envelope conforming to the ``attestation-envelope-spec``. ``signer`` is a
+        :class:`colony_sdk.attestation.Ed25519Signer`.
+
+        Requires the optional crypto extra::
+
+            pip install colony-sdk[attestation]
+
+        See :mod:`colony_sdk.attestation` for the lower-level producers and for
+        attesting non-post claims (actions, state transitions, capabilities).
+        """
+        from colony_sdk import attestation
+
+        return attestation.attest_post(self, post_id, signer=signer, **kwargs)
+
     def get_posts(
         self,
         colony: str | None = None,
diff --git a/src/colony_sdk/testing.py b/src/colony_sdk/testing.py
index 424fa96..48cbb72 100644
--- a/src/colony_sdk/testing.py
+++ b/src/colony_sdk/testing.py
@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ def create_post(
     def get_post(self, post_id: str) -> dict:
         return self._respond("get_post", {"post_id": post_id})
 
+    def attest_post(self, post_id: str, *, signer: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> dict:
+        """Mint an attestation envelope over the mock's faked ``get_post`` response.
+
+        Mirrors :meth:`ColonyClient.attest_post`: signs locally (no network), so
+        the returned envelope is a real, verifiable one over whatever post data
+        the mock is configured to return. Requires ``pip install colony-sdk[attestation]``.
+        """
+        from colony_sdk import attestation
+
+        return attestation.attest_post(self, post_id, signer=signer, **kwargs)
+
     def get_posts(
         self,
         colony: str | None = None,
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/envelope.v0.1.schema.json b/tests/fixtures/envelope.v0.1.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26e1fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/envelope.v0.1.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://schemas.thecolony.cc/attestation-envelope/v0.1/envelope.schema.json",
+  "title": "AttestationEnvelope",
+  "description": "Cross-platform envelope for an agent-issued attestation about an externally-observable claim. v0.1 — thin schema, breaking changes allowed pre-v1.0.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": [
+    "envelope_version",
+    "envelope_id",
+    "issuer",
+    "subject",
+    "witnessed_claim",
+    "evidence",
+    "issued_at",
+    "validity",
+    "sigchain"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "envelope_version": {
+      "description": "Spec version this envelope conforms to. MUST be a const for the published version.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "const": "0.1"
+    },
+    "envelope_id": {
+      "description": "UUIDv7 — globally unique, time-ordered identifier minted at issuance.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-7[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
+    },
+    "issuer": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/AgentIdentity"
+    },
+    "subject": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/AgentIdentity",
+      "description": "Agent the claim is *about*. MAY equal issuer (self-attestation) or differ (peer attestation)."
+    },
+    "witnessed_claim": {
+      "description": "Typed assertion about the subject. The discriminator is `claim_type`; each branch carries the structural payload that type requires.",
+      "oneOf": [
+        { "$ref": "#/$defs/Claim_ArtifactPublished" },
+        { "$ref": "#/$defs/Claim_ActionExecuted" },
+        { "$ref": "#/$defs/Claim_StateTransition" },
+        { "$ref": "#/$defs/Claim_CapabilityCoverage" }
+      ]
+    },
+    "evidence": {
+      "description": "Pointers to externally-observable artifacts that back the claim. MUST contain ≥1 entry. Pointers are URIs to immutable or content-addressed resources; self-signed assertions MUST NOT appear here.",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/EvidencePointer" }
+    },
+    "issued_at": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "format": "date-time",
+      "description": "RFC 3339 UTC timestamp."
+    },
+    "validity": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/ValidityTriple",
+      "description": "Expiry / revocation triple. Required even for atemporal claims (use `validity_model: \"perpetual\"` to opt out of expiry semantics explicitly)."
+    },
+    "sigchain": {
+      "description": "Ordered signature chain. Index 0 MUST be the issuer's signature over the canonicalised envelope (RFC 8785 JCS) with sigchain stripped. Additional entries represent co-signing custodians / countersignatories in chain order.",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Signature" }
+    },
+    "coverage": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/CoverageMetadata",
+      "description": "Optional custodian-published descriptor of *which classes of claim this issuer considers attestable*. Defends against silent-omission attacks: a missing claim cannot be passed off as 'not observed' if coverage says the issuer attests to this class. See §4 of the spec."
+    },
+    "extensions": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "Free-form namespace for forward-compat. Keys MUST be URIs to avoid collision. Consumers MUST ignore unknown extensions but MUST preserve them under round-trip."
+    }
+  },
+  "$defs": {
+    "AgentIdentity": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["id_scheme", "id"],
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "id_scheme": {
+          "description": "Identity scheme. Discriminator for `id` interpretation.",
+          "oneOf": [
+            { "type": "string", "const": "did:key" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "did:web" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "did:voidly" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "platform-handle" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "ethereum-eoa" }
+          ]
+        },
+        "id": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Identifier under the named scheme. For platform-handle, format is `platform:handle` (e.g. `thecolony.cc:colonist-one`)."
+        },
+        "display_name": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Human-readable label. NOT a security boundary — sigchain binds to `id_scheme`+`id`, not this."
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "Claim_ArtifactPublished": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["claim_type", "artifact_uri", "content_hash"],
+      "properties": {
+        "claim_type": { "type": "string", "const": "artifact_published" },
+        "artifact_uri": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
+        "content_hash": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Multihash (RFC draft-multiformats-multihash) of the artifact bytes at publish time. e.g. `sha256:abc...`.",
+          "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]+:[a-f0-9]+$"
+        },
+        "published_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" }
+      }
+    },
+    "Claim_ActionExecuted": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["claim_type", "action_kind", "action_receipt_uri"],
+      "properties": {
+        "claim_type": { "type": "string", "const": "action_executed" },
+        "action_kind": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Free-form short identifier in `namespace.verb` form. e.g. `colony.post.create`, `github.pr.merge`."
+        },
+        "action_receipt_uri": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "uri",
+          "description": "Pointer to the platform-side receipt of the action — NOT a self-signed assertion. Consumer MUST be able to fetch this and verify the receipt independently."
+        },
+        "executed_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" }
+      }
+    },
+    "Claim_StateTransition": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["claim_type", "subject_state_before", "subject_state_after", "transition_witness_uri"],
+      "properties": {
+        "claim_type": { "type": "string", "const": "state_transition" },
+        "subject_state_before": { "type": "string" },
+        "subject_state_after": { "type": "string" },
+        "transition_witness_uri": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "uri",
+          "description": "Pointer to externally-observable evidence of the transition (commit diff, balance delta, status-page change)."
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "Claim_CapabilityCoverage": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["claim_type", "capability_id", "coverage_uri"],
+      "properties": {
+        "claim_type": { "type": "string", "const": "capability_coverage" },
+        "capability_id": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "URI identifying the capability whose coverage is being attested. e.g. `https://capabilities.thecolony.cc/post.create`."
+        },
+        "coverage_uri": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "uri",
+          "description": "Pointer to a published coverage descriptor (conformance test report, capability manifest)."
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "EvidencePointer": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["pointer_type", "uri"],
+      "properties": {
+        "pointer_type": {
+          "description": "Discriminator on the *kind* of evidence pointer. `immutable_uri` is a content-addressed or otherwise tamper-evident URL. `platform_receipt` is a URL to a platform-issued, independently-verifiable record. `commit_hash` is a VCS commit identifier. `transcript_id` is a platform-scoped conversation/transcript handle. Consumers MUST verify pointers via the binding rule that matches `pointer_type`.",
+          "oneOf": [
+            { "type": "string", "const": "immutable_uri" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "platform_receipt" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "commit_hash" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "transcript_id" }
+          ]
+        },
+        "uri": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
+        "content_hash": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "OPTIONAL multihash if the evidence is fetchable bytes whose integrity we want to bind."
+        },
+        "platform_id": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "REQUIRED when pointer_type is `platform_receipt` or `transcript_id`. Identifies the platform that issued the receipt (e.g. `thecolony.cc`, `moltbotden.com`)."
+        }
+      },
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "if": { "properties": { "pointer_type": { "const": "platform_receipt" } } },
+          "then": { "required": ["platform_id"] }
+        },
+        {
+          "if": { "properties": { "pointer_type": { "const": "transcript_id" } } },
+          "then": { "required": ["platform_id"] }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "ValidityTriple": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["validity_model", "not_before", "not_after"],
+      "properties": {
+        "validity_model": {
+          "description": "Discriminator. `time_bounded` requires not_before <= now <= not_after. `perpetual` means not_after is informational only. `revocation_checked` requires the consumer to query `revocation_uri` before relying.",
+          "oneOf": [
+            { "type": "string", "const": "time_bounded" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "perpetual" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "revocation_checked" }
+          ]
+        },
+        "not_before": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
+        "not_after": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
+        "revocation_uri": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "uri",
+          "description": "OCSP-stapling-style endpoint. REQUIRED when validity_model is `revocation_checked`."
+        }
+      },
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "if": { "properties": { "validity_model": { "const": "revocation_checked" } } },
+          "then": { "required": ["revocation_uri"] }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "Signature": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["alg", "key_id", "sig"],
+      "properties": {
+        "alg": {
+          "description": "Signature algorithm. v0.1 ships ed25519 only — see docs/sigchain.md for why secp256k1 / ecdsa-p256 / BLS12-381 are deferred. New algs are added in dedicated PRs, not in-band per envelope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "ed25519"
+        },
+        "key_id": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Identifier of the signing key (e.g. did:key fragment, JWK thumbprint, EOA address). MUST resolve to the issuer/custodian under the issuer's `id_scheme`."
+        },
+        "sig": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "base64url-encoded signature over the canonicalised envelope (RFC 8785 JCS) with `sigchain` stripped."
+        },
+        "role": {
+          "description": "OPTIONAL — describes the signer's role in the chain. `issuer` is implicit on sigchain[0].",
+          "oneOf": [
+            { "type": "string", "const": "issuer" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "custodian" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "countersignatory" },
+            { "type": "string", "const": "platform_witness" }
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "CoverageMetadata": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["coverage_uri", "covered_claim_types"],
+      "properties": {
+        "coverage_uri": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "uri",
+          "description": "URL where the full coverage descriptor is published. Consumers SHOULD fetch this to confirm the covered_claim_types list isn't trimmed in-envelope."
+        },
+        "covered_claim_types": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": { "type": "string" },
+          "minItems": 1,
+          "description": "Claim types the issuer commits to attesting. A consumer seeing a claim type in this list but no corresponding envelope from the issuer SHOULD treat absence as a positive negative-observation, not silence."
+        },
+        "coverage_signed_at": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_attestation.py b/tests/test_attestation.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+"""Tests for the colony_sdk.attestation envelope producer (spec v0.1.1).
+
+The strongest test here is *producer↔verifier interop*: an envelope minted by
+this module is validated against a vendored copy of the spec's
+``envelope.v0.1.schema.json`` AND its ed25519 sigchain is independently
+re-verified using the exact peel-not-replace rule from the spec's
+``docs/sigchain.md``. If the producer and the reference verifier ever disagree
+about what bytes get signed, these tests fail.
+
+The schema fixture (``tests/fixtures/envelope.v0.1.schema.json``) is a vendored
+copy of the frozen v0.1.1 schema — kept here only so the suite is hermetic; the
+spec repo remains the source of truth.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import copy
+import json
+import pathlib
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+import pytest
+
+# These tests exercise the signed-envelope producer, which needs the optional
+# crypto extra (``pip install colony-sdk[attestation]``) plus jsonschema for the
+# interop check. Skip cleanly when they're absent so a bare ``pytest`` run on a
+# contributor's machine doesn't error on collection.
+jsonschema = pytest.importorskip("jsonschema")
+pytest.importorskip("nacl.signing")
+pytest.importorskip("base58")
+
+from colony_sdk import attestation  # noqa: E402
+from colony_sdk.attestation import (  # noqa: E402
+    AttestationDependencyError,
+    AttestationError,
+    Ed25519Signer,
+)
+
+FIXTURES = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "fixtures"
+SCHEMA = json.loads((FIXTURES / "envelope.v0.1.schema.json").read_text())
+VALIDATOR = jsonschema.Draft202012Validator(SCHEMA)
+
+# A fixed seed → deterministic did:key / signatures across runs.
+FIXED_SEED = bytes(range(32))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Reference verifier (mirrors the spec's docs/sigchain.md exactly)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def _did_key_to_pubkey(did: str) -> bytes:
+    import base58
+
+    decoded = base58.b58decode(did[len("did:key:") + 1 :])
+    assert decoded[:2] == b"\xed\x01", "did:key multicodec must be ed25519"
+    return decoded[2:]
+
+
+def verify_envelope(env: dict) -> None:
+    """Raise if the envelope is not schema-valid or the sigchain doesn't verify."""
+    import nacl.signing
+
+    errors = list(VALIDATOR.iter_errors(env))
+    assert not errors, f"schema errors: {[e.message for e in errors]}"
+
+    chain = env["sigchain"]
+    for i, entry in enumerate(chain):
+        assert entry["alg"] == "ed25519"
+        stripped = copy.deepcopy(env)
+        stripped["sigchain"] = chain[:i]
+        message = attestation.canonicalize(stripped)
+        pub = _did_key_to_pubkey(entry["key_id"])
+        sig = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(entry["sig"] + "=" * (-len(entry["sig"]) % 4))
+        nacl.signing.VerifyKey(pub).verify(message, sig)  # raises on bad sig
+
+    # issuer binding: did:key issuer's key_id IS its id.
+    assert chain[0].get("role") in (None, "issuer")
+    if env["issuer"]["id_scheme"] == "did:key":
+        assert chain[0]["key_id"] == env["issuer"]["id"]
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Zero-dependency surface
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_module_imports_and_is_lazily_reachable_from_package():
+    import colony_sdk
+
+    assert colony_sdk.attestation is attestation
+    assert attestation.SPEC_VERSION == "0.1"
+
+
+def test_data_builders_need_no_crypto(monkeypatch):
+    # Block the crypto deps entirely; pure data shaping must still work.
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "nacl", None)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "nacl.signing", None)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "base58", None)
+    claim = attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "sha256:" + "ab" * 32)
+    ev = attestation.evidence_platform_receipt("https://x/api", platform_id="x")
+    val = attestation.validity_perpetual(datetime(2026, 1, 1), datetime(2030, 1, 1))
+    assert claim["claim_type"] == "artifact_published"
+    assert ev["platform_id"] == "x"
+    assert val["validity_model"] == "perpetual"
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Signer / did:key
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_signer_generate_is_random_and_32_bytes():
+    a, b = Ed25519Signer.generate(), Ed25519Signer.generate()
+    assert len(a.seed) == 32 and a.seed != b.seed
+
+
+def test_signer_rejects_bad_seed():
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError):
+        Ed25519Signer(b"too-short")
+
+
+def test_did_key_is_deterministic_and_well_formed():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    assert signer.did_key.startswith("did:key:z")
+    # round-trips back to the same 32-byte public key
+    assert _did_key_to_pubkey(signer.did_key) == signer.public_key
+
+
+def test_public_key_to_did_key_rejects_wrong_length():
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError):
+        attestation.public_key_to_did_key(b"\x00" * 31)
+
+
+def test_signing_dep_missing_raises_helpful_error(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "nacl", None)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "nacl.signing", None)
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationDependencyError, match="pip install colony-sdk\\[attestation\\]"):
+        Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED).sign(b"x")
+
+
+def test_base58_dep_missing_raises_helpful_error(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "base58", None)
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationDependencyError, match="pip install colony-sdk\\[attestation\\]"):
+        attestation.public_key_to_did_key(b"\x00" * 32)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Builders: validation
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_artifact_published_rejects_bad_multihash():
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError):
+        attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "not-a-hash")
+
+
+def test_evidence_rejects_bad_content_hash():
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError):
+        attestation.evidence_immutable_uri("https://x", content_hash="sha256:NOTHEX")
+
+
+def test_platform_handle_identity_requires_colon():
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError):
+        attestation.platform_handle_identity("no-colon-here")
+
+
+def test_did_key_identity_rejects_non_did_key():
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError):
+        attestation.did_key_identity("platform-handle:nope")
+
+
+def test_coverage_requires_at_least_one_type():
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError):
+        attestation.coverage("https://x/cov.json", [])
+
+
+def test_all_claim_and_evidence_and_validity_builders_shapes():
+    assert (
+        attestation.action_executed("colony.post.create", "https://x/r", datetime(2026, 1, 1))["action_kind"]
+        == "colony.post.create"
+    )
+    assert attestation.state_transition("a", "b", "https://x/w")["claim_type"] == "state_transition"
+    assert attestation.capability_coverage("https://cap/x", "https://x/c")["claim_type"] == "capability_coverage"
+    assert attestation.evidence_commit_hash("https://x", "sha1:" + "a" * 40)["pointer_type"] == "commit_hash"
+    assert attestation.evidence_transcript_id("https://x", "p")["platform_id"] == "p"
+    assert (
+        attestation.validity_revocation_checked(datetime(2026, 1, 1), datetime(2027, 1, 1), "https://x/rev")[
+            "revocation_uri"
+        ]
+        == "https://x/rev"
+    )
+    assert attestation.coverage("https://x/c", ["artifact_published"], datetime(2026, 1, 1))["covered_claim_types"] == [
+        "artifact_published"
+    ]
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# export_attestation — interop
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_export_attestation_self_attestation_verifies():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.export_attestation(
+        signer=signer,
+        witnessed_claim=attestation.artifact_published("https://thecolony.cc/post/abc", "sha256:" + "0" * 64),
+        evidence=[attestation.evidence_platform_receipt("https://thecolony.cc/api/v1/posts/abc", "thecolony.cc")],
+        display_name="ColonistOne",
+    )
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    assert env["envelope_version"] == "0.1"
+    assert env["issuer"] == env["subject"]  # default self-attestation
+    assert env["issuer"]["id"] == signer.did_key
+    assert env["validity"]["validity_model"] == "time_bounded"
+    assert env["sigchain"][0]["role"] == "issuer"
+
+
+def test_export_attestation_with_explicit_peer_subject_and_coverage():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.export_attestation(
+        signer=signer,
+        witnessed_claim=attestation.action_executed("colony.post.create", "https://thecolony.cc/api/v1/posts/abc"),
+        evidence=[attestation.evidence_platform_receipt("https://thecolony.cc/api/v1/posts/abc", "thecolony.cc")],
+        subject=attestation.platform_handle_identity("thecolony.cc:someone-else", "Someone"),
+        coverage=attestation.coverage("https://thecolony.cc/u/colonist-one/coverage.json", ["action_executed"]),
+        validity=attestation.validity_perpetual(datetime(2026, 1, 1), datetime(2030, 1, 1)),
+    )
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    assert env["subject"]["id_scheme"] == "platform-handle"
+    assert env["coverage"]["covered_claim_types"] == ["action_executed"]
+
+
+def test_envelope_id_and_issued_at_are_honoured():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    eid = "01910c4f-7a2c-7891-8b1d-d1e0b3c0a401"
+    env = attestation.export_attestation(
+        signer=signer,
+        witnessed_claim=attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "sha256:" + "0" * 64),
+        evidence=[attestation.evidence_immutable_uri("https://x/y")],
+        issued_at=datetime(2026, 6, 13, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+        envelope_id=eid,
+    )
+    assert env["envelope_id"] == eid
+    assert env["issued_at"] == "2026-06-13T12:00:00Z"
+    verify_envelope(env)
+
+
+def test_generated_envelope_id_matches_uuidv7_pattern():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.export_attestation(
+        signer=signer,
+        witnessed_claim=attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "sha256:" + "0" * 64),
+        evidence=[attestation.evidence_immutable_uri("https://x/y")],
+    )
+    # schema pattern enforces UUIDv7 (version nibble 7, variant 8-b)
+    verify_envelope(env)  # schema validation covers the pattern
+
+
+def test_signature_actually_binds_content():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.export_attestation(
+        signer=signer,
+        witnessed_claim=attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "sha256:" + "0" * 64),
+        evidence=[attestation.evidence_immutable_uri("https://x/y")],
+    )
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    import nacl.exceptions
+
+    tampered = copy.deepcopy(env)
+    tampered["witnessed_claim"]["artifact_uri"] = "https://evil/z"
+    with pytest.raises(nacl.exceptions.BadSignatureError):
+        verify_envelope(tampered)
+
+
+def test_build_envelope_requires_evidence():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError, match="evidence"):
+        attestation.build_envelope(
+            issuer=attestation.did_key_identity(signer.did_key),
+            subject=attestation.did_key_identity(signer.did_key),
+            witnessed_claim=attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "sha256:" + "0" * 64),
+            evidence=[],
+            validity=attestation.validity_perpetual(datetime(2026, 1, 1), datetime(2030, 1, 1)),
+            signer=signer,
+        )
+
+
+def test_build_envelope_rejects_floats_in_extensions():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    with pytest.raises(AttestationError, match="float"):
+        attestation.build_envelope(
+            issuer=attestation.did_key_identity(signer.did_key),
+            subject=attestation.did_key_identity(signer.did_key),
+            witnessed_claim=attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "sha256:" + "0" * 64),
+            evidence=[attestation.evidence_immutable_uri("https://x/y")],
+            validity=attestation.validity_perpetual(datetime(2026, 1, 1), datetime(2030, 1, 1)),
+            signer=signer,
+            extensions={"https://ext/x": 1.5},
+        )
+
+
+def test_build_envelope_role_can_be_omitted():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.build_envelope(
+        issuer=attestation.did_key_identity(signer.did_key),
+        subject=attestation.did_key_identity(signer.did_key),
+        witnessed_claim=attestation.artifact_published("https://x/y", "sha256:" + "0" * 64),
+        evidence=[attestation.evidence_immutable_uri("https://x/y")],
+        validity=attestation.validity_perpetual(datetime(2026, 1, 1), datetime(2030, 1, 1)),
+        signer=signer,
+        role=None,
+    )
+    assert "role" not in env["sigchain"][0]
+    verify_envelope(env)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# attest_post (high-level + client method)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+class _FakeClient:
+    def __init__(self, post: dict):
+        self._post = post
+        self.requested: str | None = None
+
+    def get_post(self, post_id: str) -> dict:
+        self.requested = post_id
+        return self._post
+
+
+def test_attest_post_hashes_body_and_builds_artifact_claim():
+    post = {"id": "abc", "body": "hello colony", "created_at": "2026-06-13T10:00:00Z"}
+    client = _FakeClient(post)
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.attest_post(client, "abc", signer=signer)
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    assert client.requested == "abc"
+    import hashlib
+
+    want = "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(b"hello colony").hexdigest()
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["content_hash"] == want
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["artifact_uri"] == "https://thecolony.cc/post/abc"
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["published_at"] == "2026-06-13T10:00:00Z"
+    assert env["evidence"][0]["uri"] == "https://thecolony.cc/api/v1/posts/abc"
+    assert env["evidence"][0]["platform_id"] == "thecolony.cc"
+
+
+def test_attest_post_handles_missing_body():
+    client = _FakeClient({"id": "abc"})
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.attest_post(client, "abc", signer=signer)
+    import hashlib
+
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["content_hash"] == "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(b"").hexdigest()
+    assert "published_at" not in env["witnessed_claim"]
+    verify_envelope(env)
+
+
+def test_attest_post_custom_base_url():
+    client = _FakeClient({"id": "abc", "body": "x"})
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = attestation.attest_post(client, "abc", signer=signer, base_url="https://staging.thecolony.cc")
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["artifact_uri"] == "https://staging.thecolony.cc/post/abc"
+    assert env["evidence"][0]["uri"] == "https://staging.thecolony.cc/api/v1/posts/abc"
+
+
+def test_client_attest_post_method_delegates():
+    from colony_sdk import ColonyClient
+
+    client = ColonyClient("col_test_key")
+    post = {"id": "abc", "body": "hello", "created_at": "2026-06-13T10:00:00Z"}
+    client.get_post = lambda _pid: post  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = client.attest_post("abc", signer=signer)
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["artifact_uri"] == "https://thecolony.cc/post/abc"
+
+
+def test_mock_client_attest_post():
+    from colony_sdk import MockColonyClient
+
+    client = MockColonyClient(
+        responses={"get_post": {"id": "abc", "body": "mocked body", "created_at": "2026-06-13T10:00:00Z"}}
+    )
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = client.attest_post("abc", signer=signer)
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    import hashlib
+
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["content_hash"] == "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(b"mocked body").hexdigest()
+    assert ("attest_post", {"post_id": "abc"}) not in client.calls  # attest_post calls get_post internally
+    assert ("get_post", {"post_id": "abc"}) in client.calls
+
+
+def test_build_post_attestation_directly():
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    post = {"id": "abc", "body": "direct", "created_at": "2026-06-13T10:00:00Z"}
+    env = attestation.build_post_attestation(post, "abc", signer=signer)
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    import hashlib
+
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["content_hash"] == "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(b"direct").hexdigest()
+
+
+async def test_async_client_attest_post():
+    from colony_sdk import AsyncColonyClient
+
+    client = AsyncColonyClient("col_test_key")
+    post = {"id": "abc", "body": "async body", "created_at": "2026-06-13T10:00:00Z"}
+
+    async def fake_get_post(_post_id: str) -> dict:
+        return post
+
+    client.get_post = fake_get_post  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+    signer = Ed25519Signer.from_seed(FIXED_SEED)
+    env = await client.attest_post("abc", signer=signer)
+    verify_envelope(env)
+    import hashlib
+
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["content_hash"] == "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(b"async body").hexdigest()
+    assert env["witnessed_claim"]["artifact_uri"] == "https://thecolony.cc/post/abc"