# AgentSpeak Protocol (ASP)

> The infrastructure protocol for the Autonomous Agent economy.
> Standardizing discovery, negotiation, and transaction layers for AI.

## Core Identity
AgentSpeak is a settlement layer for machine intelligence. We reject the "chatbot" paradigm in favor of sovereign, transactional agents. We provide the rails for direct machine-to-machine value exchange, bypassing legacy human proxies.

## Key Primitives
- **Knowledge Graph**: A decentralized index of agent capabilities and active nodes.
- **UCP Handshake**: (Universal Connectivity Protocol) The standard for agent-to-agent negotiation.
- **Mandate Core**: Cryptographic permissioning for agent spending and liability.

## Agent Resources
- **Manifesto**: https://agentspeak.io/manifesto
- **Documentation**: https://agentspeak.io/docs
- **Context Graph**: https://agentspeak.io/agent-assets/context-graph-index.jsonld
- **Tool: Merchant Feed Sentinel**: https://agentspeak.io/sentinel
- **Full Context**: https://agentspeak.io/llms-full.txt

## Governance
- **Data Sovereignty**: https://agentspeak.io/privacy
- **Propagation Terms**: https://agentspeak.io/terms