Community Publications

Whitepapers

Long form publications of the Open Agent Protocol community. Whitepapers describe the rationale and architectural commitments behind the protocol. They are normative only where they reference an accepted RFC or the core specification.

Accountability in the Agent Economy
accountability-in-the-agent-economy.md
Agent Context Mobility in the Institutional World
agent-context-mobility.md
From the Document Web to the Agent Web
agent-web-whitepaper.md
Autonomous Payments: Mandate, Finality, and Trust in Machine-to-Machine Commerce
autonomous-payments.md
Confidentiality and Compliance Context
confidentiality-and-compliance-context.md
Databases for the Agent Economy
databases-for-the-agent-economy.md
The Economics of the Agent Economy
economics-of-the-agent-economy.md
From Storefront to Canvas
from-storefront-to-canvas.md
From Storefront to Manifest
from-storefront-to-manifest.md
Governance of an Ownerless Protocol
governance-of-an-ownerless-protocol.md
Interoperability Versus Platforms
interoperability-versus-platforms.md
The Safety and Policy Stack
safety-and-policy-stack.md
Verifiable Conformance
verifiable-conformance.md