Venice AI Verification

Overview

Replaces manual milestone approval with AI judgment. The Venice score directly determines the payment amount — a $100 milestone that scores 0.85 releases exactly $85 USDC.

AI verification in progress — payout released autonomously once complete

How It Works

VerificationService builds a brief from the job (target platform, post type, required hashtags/mentions/brand tag)
Sends the brief + deliverable to a Venice vision model
Returns a structured verdict: { approved, score, reasoning, missing }
Records the verdict on the milestone as ai_verification metadata

Configuration

Env Var	Default
`VENICE_API_KEY`	— (safe no-op when unset)
`VENICE_MODEL`	`claude-opus-4-8`
`VENICE_BASE_URL`	`https://api.venice.ai/api/v1`

Fallback

When GEMINI_API_KEY is set and Venice is unavailable, the system falls back to Gemini AI (same OpenAI-compatible interface).

Key Files

File	Purpose
`services/veniceService.ts`	Venice AI HTTP client
`services/verificationService.ts`	Brief building + verdict parsing