# Count-bound Merkle artifact bundle

Build-time release reference. Runtime readiness, deployment, payment settlement and external indexing are not evaluated here. Prices are proposed; this file cannot authorize execution or payment.

Compose a local SHA-256 Merkle content commitment binding exact IDs, bytes and item count, plus selected shape-aware inclusion paths. This is consistency with a separately trusted root, not identity, signature, authenticity, confidentiality, completeness, timestamp or file-safety verification.

Release: 0.29.0. Built: 2026-10-06T15:38:00Z.

## Choose for
- Hand off one supplied artifact and its logarithmic inclusion path without resending the full bundle

## Outside this profile
- Signatures, certificate transparency, blockchain protocol compatibility, append-only proofs or trusted root distribution
- Authentication, identity, confidentiality, timestamping, safety or complete-item-list verification
- Executing code, writing files, environment changes, network requests, publishing or deployment

Proposed nominal USD 0.005 per successful call; payer fees excluded. No verified runtime availability.

- [Exact release contract](/reference/services/merkle-bundle-compose.json)
- [Input schema](/reference/schemas/merkle-bundle-compose.input.json)
- [Output schema](/reference/schemas/merkle-bundle-compose.output.json)
- [Fixed example](/reference/examples/merkle-bundle-compose.json)
- [Complete HTML reference](/discover/tools/merkle-bundle-compose)