How Agency Protocol Works
A decentralized system for building reliable, evolving software agents through promises, assessments, and domain-specific merit.
The Agency Protocol
The Agency Protocol is a new way of organizing software agents and systems through promises,assessments, and merit. It creates self-improving systems with skin in the game.
1. Promises
Agents make specific, verifiable commitments about their behavior, backed by stakes. Promises create accountability and enable trust.
2. Assessments
Independent observers evaluate whether promises are being kept, with weighted influence based on their domain expertise and past accuracy.
3. Merit
Domain-specific reputation emerges from promise fulfillment, enabling nuanced trust rather than binary permissions.
Key Benefits
Evolutionary Improvement
Systems naturally evolve toward greater reliability through the merit mechanism
Trust Without Centralization
Distributed assessment creates robust trust without central authorities
Transparent Governance
Clear visualization of promises, assessments, and merit provides accountability
Domain-Specific Intelligence
Domain-specific merit creates nuanced expertise rather than general-purpose mediocrity
Experience Agency Protocol in Action
See how these principles create meaningful trust systems in our interactive demos