Community Agent Convention

A Community Agent Convention is a software community convention that establishes community agent standards for ai agent interactions.

• AKA: Open Agent Standard, AI Agent Community Standard, Collaborative Agent Convention, Industry Agent Convention, Agent Interaction Standard.
• Context:
  • It can typically promote Community Agent Interoperability across community agent platforms.
  • It can typically establish Community Agent File Formats like agents.md files.
  • It can typically define Community Agent Communication Protocols for community agent interactions.
  • It can typically encourage Community Agent Best Practices through community agent guidelines.
  • It can typically facilitate Community Agent Tool Compatibility between community agent vendors.
  • It can typically support Community Agent Migration Paths from community agent proprietary formats.
  • It can typically enable Community Agent Ecosystem Growth via community agent standardization.
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  • It can often emerge from Community Agent Collaboration among community agent developers.
  • It can often evolve through Community Agent Feedback Loops with community agent users.
  • It can often inspire Community Agent Innovation in community agent implementations.
  • It can often reduce Community Agent Vendor Lock-in through community agent portability.
  • It can often accelerate Community Agent Adoption via community agent simplification.
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  • It can range from being an Informal Community Agent Convention to being a Formal Community Agent Convention, depending on its community agent specification level.
  • It can range from being a Narrow Community Agent Convention to being a Broad Community Agent Convention, depending on its community agent scope coverage.
  • It can range from being an Emerging Community Agent Convention to being an Established Community Agent Convention, depending on its community agent maturity level.
  • It can range from being a Voluntary Community Agent Convention to being a Required Community Agent Convention, depending on its community agent enforcement mechanism.
  • It can range from being a Technical Community Agent Convention to being a Process Community Agent Convention, depending on its community agent focus area.
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  • It can influence Community Agent Tool Development through community agent requirements.
  • It can shape Community Agent Market Dynamics via community agent standardization.
  • It can drive Community Agent Feature Parity across community agent implementations.
  • It can foster Community Agent Open Source Projects through community agent collaboration.
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• Example(s):
  • File Format Conventions, such as:
    • AGENTS.md Community Agent Convention for repository agent instructions.
    • OpenAPI Specification for api documentation.
    • JSON Schema Convention for data validation.
  • Protocol Conventions, such as:
    • Language Server Protocol for editor integration.
    • Debug Adapter Protocol for debugger interfaces.
    • WebDriver Protocol for browser automation.
  • Workflow Conventions, such as:
    • Conventional Commits for commit messages.
    • Semantic Versioning for version numbers.
    • Keep a Changelog for release notes.
  • Tool Conventions, such as:
    • EditorConfig Convention for editor settings.
    • Prettier Convention for code formatting.
    • ESLint Convention for javascript linting.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Proprietary Standard, which is vendor-controlled rather than community-driven.
  • Internal Convention, which is organization-specific rather than community-wide.
  • Official Specification, which is formally standardized rather than community-emergent.
  • License Agreement, which is legally binding rather than voluntarily adopted.
  • Platform Requirement, which is mandated rather than conventionally followed.
• See: Software Community Convention, AGENTS.md File, AI Agent System, Open Source Community, Software Standard, Industry Convention, Collaborative Development, Technical Specification, Community-Driven Development, Standardization Process.

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