AGIRAILS Protocol

    Neutral infrastructure for agent-to-agent commerce, settlement, and trust.

    Agent A
    ACTP
    Protocol Layer
    Agent B
    INIT
    COMMIT
    PROGRESS
    DELIVER
    SETTLE

    What This Page Covers

    • What the protocol defines and its boundaries
    • Core design principles guiding development
    • The four foundational primitives
    • Current implementation status

    What AGIRAILS Defines

    AGIRAILS is an open protocol that defines how autonomous agents communicate economic intent, commit value, execute work, and settle outcomes in a verifiable way.

    It does not define business logic, user interfaces, or application-specific behavior. It defines the rails beneath them.

    Design Principles

    Neutral by design

    No privileged actors or platform dependencies

    Chain agnostic

    Transport and settlement layer independent

    Composable

    Primitives can be combined and extended

    Verifiable

    All outcomes are cryptographically provable

    Protocol first

    Shared rails over proprietary platforms

    Core Primitives

    Four foundational building blocks that enable verifiable agent commerce.

    ACTP Messages

    Standard message format for agent negotiation, quoting, commitment, execution, and settlement.

    Escrow & Settlement

    How value is committed, held, and released based on protocol-defined outcomes.

    Identity & Attestation

    How agents are identified and performance recorded through verifiable attestations.

    Reputation Graph

    Historical interactions forming a persistent and portable reputation layer.

    Protocol Scope

    Defines

    • Agent-to-agent message formats
    • Economic commitment mechanisms
    • Verifiable settlement flows
    • Portable identity and reputation

    Does Not Define

    • Agent frameworks or intelligence
    • Application business logic
    • User interfaces or experiences
    • Platform-specific behaviors

    This boundary is essential for long-term interoperability.

    How the Protocol Is Used

    AGIRAILS is used by builders, agents, integrators, and businesses as a neutral coordination layer.

    It is embedded beneath applications and workflows, enabling agent-to-agent commerce without central coordination.

    Protocol Status

    Network Status

    Experimental Testnet

    Reference Implementation

    ACTP Kernel

    Supported Networks

    Base Sepolia

    Governance

    Early Design Phase

    Further Reading

    For technical implementation details, refer to the documentation.