From directory listing to witnessed commitment — the step-by-step path through the MERIT Q-App on Qortal.
Each step is narrow enough to be witnessed and concrete enough to build trust over time.
Open the MERIT Q-App inside Qortal. Select your registered Qortal name. Fill in your group details — name, location, format, focus areas, description. Publish the listing as a QDN JSON resource. Your group is now discoverable in the decentralized directory.
If your group already appears in the directory, claim it by publishing a claim record from your Qortal name. Worldwide Brotherhood stewards review claims and update verification status. Verified groups appear with a verified badge on the directory and website mirror.
Go beyond a basic listing. Create a MERIT circle profile with your covenant, steward, meeting rhythm, member roster, and public trust surface. Link your circle to a Qortal group for member coordination and chat.
Use the Commitment Builder. Name your responsibility. Write your acknowledgement. Set a due date. Choose your evidence standard. Select your witnesses by Qortal name. The commitment is encrypted for your witnesses and published as an encrypted QDN record.
The Q-App notifies your selected witnesses via Qortal chat. They receive the encrypted commitment, review it, and wait for your evidence. Witnesses can ask clarifying questions through the Witness Room.
At the due date, return to the Q-App. Upload or describe your evidence. Mark the commitment as completed, partially completed, or honestly not completed. The second outcome is workable. The third — avoidance or dishonesty — is corrosive to trust.
Your witnesses review the evidence and publish attestations. They do not certify that you are 'good.' They certify something narrower: 'I witnessed this commitment. I reviewed the evidence. I attest that the stated outcome was completed / not completed / partially completed.' This narrowness keeps MERIT honest.
Over time, your circle dashboard shows patterns: commitments made, commitments completed, honest resets, service missions contributed, confidentiality maintained. This is not a score. It is a trust surface — a pattern of witnessed behavior across domains. No single number. No public ranking. Just proof that you can be counted on.