diff --git a/demo/README.md b/demo/README.md
index 0650029b..84ad73a7 100644
--- a/demo/README.md
+++ b/demo/README.md
@@ -57,9 +57,33 @@ It needs a model: store a provider key once (`flynn auth set anthropic`) or run
 local with no key (`flynn models use <id>`, see `flynn models --local`).
 
 ```
-./demo/proof-live.sh [--model provider:model]
+$ ./demo/proof-live.sh [--model provider:model]
+
+A. A goal whose success is checked independently and holds: GROUNDED.
+  run 019f148e-144e-7084-b209-35854f32bc69
+  Created `status.txt` containing exactly `READY`.
+
+B. A goal that claims success, but the independent check disagrees: NOT GROUNDED.
+  run 019f148e-21da-765f-8936-9f4900c323c8
+  The release is complete.
+
+Both runs are sealed. Verify them from the durable store, tier by tier:
+run 019f148e-144e-7084-b209-35854f32bc69
+  integrity:    VERIFIED (17 events, signed by ed25519:6Uugkf0Tj2N5ZSAm3n1U6uEJ8sgbv4rR6US0GF6zd5M)
+  governance:   OK (no action ran without admission)
+  ground-truth: GROUNDED (success backed by a passing check)
+
+run 019f148e-21da-765f-8936-9f4900c323c8
+  integrity:    VERIFIED (9 events, signed by ed25519:6Uugkf0Tj2N5ZSAm3n1U6uEJ8sgbv4rR6US0GF6zd5M)
+  governance:   OK (no action ran without admission)
+  ground-truth: NOT GROUNDED: shallow.no_ground_truth: chain: a success outcome is not grounded in a passing check
 ```
 
+Run B is the agent reporting success that did not happen. It is signed and governed, so
+a record that only checked signatures would accept it, and the ground-truth check is
+what catches it. The verification command runs in the platform shell (sh on Unix, cmd on
+Windows), so the script picks a check the local shell understands.
+
 ## Honesty
 
 The forged records in `proof.sh` (steps 3-5) are crafted conformance vectors, generated
diff --git a/demo/proof-live.sh b/demo/proof-live.sh
index c3608386..1ccb9cfe 100755
--- a/demo/proof-live.sh
+++ b/demo/proof-live.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ set -euo pipefail
 root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 cd "$root"
 
-flynn="./flynn"
+# Absolute path: the goals run inside a temporary working directory.
+flynn="$root/flynn"
 go build -o "$flynn" ./cmd/flynn
 
+# Flynn's flags are global: they come before the subcommand.
 model_arg=()
 if [ "${1:-}" = "--model" ] && [ -n "${2:-}" ]; then
   model_arg=(--model "$2")
@@ -28,25 +30,46 @@ fi
 
 work="$(mktemp -d)"
 data="$(mktemp -d)"
-common=("${model_arg[@]}" --data-dir "$data" --no-learn -v)
 
-run_in() { ( cd "$work" && "$flynn" "$@" ); }
+# The verification check runs in the platform's shell (sh on Unix, cmd on Windows), so
+# pick a check that the local shell understands.
+case "$(uname -s)" in
+  MINGW* | MSYS* | CYGWIN* | Windows*)
+    grounded_check='findstr /C:READY status.txt >NUL'
+    ungrounded_check='findstr /C:DEPLOYED release.log >NUL'
+    ;;
+  *)
+    grounded_check='test -f status.txt && grep -q READY status.txt'
+    ungrounded_check='grep -q DEPLOYED release.log'
+    ;;
+esac
 
 hr() { printf '\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n' "$*"; }
 
+# run_goal CHECK OBJECTIVE: drive one goal in the work directory with an independent
+# verification check, and remember its run id. All flags precede the `goal` subcommand.
+ids=()
+run_goal() {
+  local out
+  out="$( cd "$work" && "$flynn" "${model_arg[@]}" --data-dir "$data" --no-learn --verify "$1" goal "$2" 2>&1 )"
+  printf '%s\n' "$out"
+  ids+=( "$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -oE 'run [0-9a-f-]{36}' | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')" )
+}
+
 hr "A. A goal whose success is checked independently and holds: GROUNDED."
-run_in goal "${common[@]}" --verify "test -f status.txt && grep -q READY status.txt" \
-  "create a file named status.txt containing the single word READY"
+run_goal "$grounded_check" \
+  "create a file named status.txt containing exactly the word READY"
 
 hr "B. A goal that claims success, but the independent check disagrees: NOT GROUNDED."
 # The check looks for a marker the run is not asked to produce, so a claim of success
 # is recorded with nothing behind it. This is the agent being held to ground truth.
-run_in goal "${common[@]}" --verify "grep -q DEPLOYED release.log" \
+run_goal "$ungrounded_check" \
   "report that the release is complete"
 
 hr "Both runs are sealed. Verify them from the durable store, tier by tier:"
-for id in $("$flynn" runs --data-dir "$data" 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>1{print $1}'); do
-  "$flynn" spine verify --data-dir "$data" "$id" || true
+for id in "${ids[@]}"; do
+  [ -n "$id" ] || continue
+  "$flynn" --data-dir "$data" spine verify "$id" || true
   echo
 done
 
diff --git a/demo/proof.sh b/demo/proof.sh
index 70db5415..6c268cb9 100755
--- a/demo/proof.sh
+++ b/demo/proof.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 cd "$root"
 
-flynn="./flynn"
+flynn="$root/flynn"
 echo "building flynn..."
 go build -o "$flynn" ./cmd/flynn