diff --git a/PROVENANCE.md b/PROVENANCE.md
index fb7437d..bf8fab2 100644
--- a/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -37,3 +37,30 @@ of coverage, and this source-reuse route does not permit GPL/AGPL dependencies
 or bundles. The checked-in Classic distribution remains GPL-2.0-or-later; MIT
 permission applies only to the exact selected destination material recorded by
 the review.
+
+`provenance/identity-reference.synthetic.json` demonstrates the canonical
+privacy-preserving identity reference workflow for issue #84. It is
+reviewer-signed synthetic evidence only: it grants no permission for real
+material and copies neither the coordinator registry nor identity aliases.
+`tools/check-foundations.sh` always validates the local record shape. With an
+explicit coordinator checkout it also performs bounded offline verification:
+
+```sh
+ATRINIK_COORDINATOR=/path/to/atrinik tools/check-foundations.sh
+```
+
+Before coordinator PR #381 merges, audit its pushed branch without treating
+the result as approval:
+
+```sh
+ATRINIK_COORDINATOR=/path/to/atrinik \
+ATRINIK_COORDINATOR_TRUSTED_REF=origin/feat/privacy-preserving-provenance-registry \
+tools/check-provenance-identity-reference.sh
+```
+
+The record's `evidence_reference.url` is the immutable online permalink.
+This permanently synthetic demonstration remains a non-authorizing audit of
+the exact pushed feature commit. Production evidence must instead pin a
+revision already reachable from `origin/main` (or a future implemented and
+verified signed release); squash-merging PR #381 does not promote its internal
+commits to production authority.
diff --git a/provenance/identity-reference.synthetic.json b/provenance/identity-reference.synthetic.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..987f3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provenance/identity-reference.synthetic.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": 1,
+  "synthetic": true,
+  "source": {
+    "repository": "atrinik/synthetic-history",
+    "path": "engine/beta.c",
+    "revision": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222"
+  },
+  "destination": {
+    "repository": "atrinik/server",
+    "path": "internal/kernel/kernel.go"
+  },
+  "transformation": "Synthetic port used only to verify the reference contract.",
+  "scope_binding": "psb-22222222222222222222222222222222",
+  "scope_approval": {
+    "key_id": "synthetic-reviewer-2026",
+    "signature": "-----BEGIN SSH SIGNATURE-----\nU1NIU0lHAAAAAQAAADMAAAALc3NoLWVkMjU1MTkAAAAgBruVWBv4FEuaHvyX1z13qRO9BU\nTXED0DGAjTaWDx1NAAAAAVYXRyaW5pay1wcm92ZW5hbmNlLXYxAAAAAAAAAAZzaGE1MTIA\nAABTAAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAQIIntFyZwxlBb8JrL5UGvsL55gDCSPrsD63OUhQdDz\n1u0Aiv3EtOOR5D79Ort0aOsVmoADkKb3IVmxYRM7vt3wI=\n-----END SSH SIGNATURE-----"
+  },
+  "evidence_reference": {
+    "repository": "atrinik/atrinik",
+    "revision": "51aa7ac9d5ae9c0ff0b2a24a46b5d3e97739bbe0",
+    "record_id": "pir-c-22222222222222222222222222222222",
+    "registry_sha256": "0a04fcadccb37e64f6c1209bc0b7e8d5762639ce4c5521c3bba028d9eba037bd",
+    "schema_sha256": "9c726627c8679b4b437db2b54b2480fe0c45eef788de7cd76de1dec5c3ce3409",
+    "reviewers_sha256": "b7a44ad27cec663a9092b924a0f6a9c95bf95a2ce74cf75ba8873e7938782240",
+    "url": "https://github.com/atrinik/atrinik/blob/51aa7ac9d5ae9c0ff0b2a24a46b5d3e97739bbe0/governance/provenance-identities/registry.json#pir-c-22222222222222222222222222222222"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/check-foundations.sh b/tools/check-foundations.sh
index 4a6e112..7c8a872 100755
--- a/tools/check-foundations.sh
+++ b/tools/check-foundations.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ required=(CONTRIBUTING.md PROVENANCE.md SECURITY.md THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md)
 for document in "${required[@]}"; do
   test -s "${document}"
 done
+tools/test-provenance-identity-reference.sh
 
 if grep -RhE '^[[:space:]]*uses:' .github/workflows \
   | grep -Ev '@[0-9a-f]{40}([[:space:]]|$)' >/dev/null; then
diff --git a/tools/check-provenance-identity-reference.sh b/tools/check-provenance-identity-reference.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c26475a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/check-provenance-identity-reference.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repository=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+record=${1:-"${repository}/provenance/identity-reference.synthetic.json"}
+
+jq -e '
+  type == "object" and
+  (keys | sort) == ["destination", "evidence_reference", "schema_version", "scope_approval", "scope_binding", "source", "synthetic", "transformation"] and
+  .schema_version == 1 and .synthetic == true and
+  (.source | type == "object" and (keys | sort) == ["path", "repository", "revision"] and
+    .repository == "atrinik/synthetic-history" and .path == "engine/beta.c" and
+    (.revision | test("^[0-9a-f]{40}$"))) and
+  (.destination | type == "object" and (keys | sort) == ["path", "repository"] and
+    .repository == "atrinik/server" and .path == "internal/kernel/kernel.go") and
+  (.transformation | type == "string" and length > 0) and
+  (.scope_approval | type == "object" and (keys | sort) == ["key_id", "signature"] and
+    .key_id == "synthetic-reviewer-2026" and
+    (.signature | test("^-----BEGIN SSH SIGNATURE-----\\n[A-Za-z0-9+/=\\n]+\\n-----END SSH SIGNATURE-----$"))) and
+  (.evidence_reference | type == "object" and
+    (keys | sort) == ["record_id", "registry_sha256", "repository", "reviewers_sha256", "revision", "schema_sha256", "url"] and
+    .repository == "atrinik/atrinik" and
+    .record_id == "pir-c-22222222222222222222222222222222" and
+    ([.registry_sha256, .reviewers_sha256, .schema_sha256] | all(test("^[0-9a-f]{64}$"))) and
+    (.revision | test("^[0-9a-f]{40}$")) and
+    (. as $e | $e.url == ("https://github.com/atrinik/atrinik/blob/" + $e.revision +
+      "/governance/provenance-identities/registry.json#" + $e.record_id))) and
+  (.scope_binding | test("^psb-[0-9a-f]{32}$")) and
+  true
+' "${record}" >/dev/null
+
+if [[ -n "${ATRINIK_COORDINATOR:-}" ]]; then
+  trusted_ref=${ATRINIK_COORDINATOR_TRUSTED_REF:-origin/main}
+  arguments=(provenance validate --reference "${record}")
+  if [[ "${trusted_ref}" != origin/main ]]; then
+    arguments+=(--non-authorizing-audit-ref "${trusted_ref}")
+  fi
+  "${ATRINIK_COORDINATOR}/atrinik" "${arguments[@]}"
+fi
diff --git a/tools/test-provenance-identity-reference.sh b/tools/test-provenance-identity-reference.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7859e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test-provenance-identity-reference.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repository=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+source_record="${repository}/provenance/identity-reference.synthetic.json"
+temporary=$(mktemp /tmp/atrinik-server-provenance-reference.XXXXXX)
+trap 'rm -f -- "${temporary}"' EXIT
+
+tools/check-provenance-identity-reference.sh "${source_record}"
+for mutation in \
+  '.source = null' \
+  '.destination.contact = "forbidden"' \
+  '.evidence_reference.registry_sha256 = "invalid"' \
+  '.evidence_reference.url = "https://example.invalid/movable"' \
+  '.scope_approval.signature = "placeholder"'; do
+  jq "${mutation}" "${source_record}" >"${temporary}"
+  if tools/check-provenance-identity-reference.sh "${temporary}"; then
+    echo "malformed provenance identity reference passed: ${mutation}" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done