A DEVELOPER FIELD GUIDE VOL. 01 / 2026

Are we
agent yet?

The building blocks are here.
Let's see what you can build.

Explore the tools, protocols and models behind agent applications. Understand what works, what it takes, and what still needs work.

Find your building blocks
239 building blocks / 8 spaces / 13 evidence-backed assessmentsFirst review
FIND YOUR BUILDING BLOCKS

What are you building?

239 entries. Many ways in.
How we assess readiness

239 building blocks · 13 assessed

SOLUTIONSPACE / TYPEREADINESSCompare
Firecracker

KVM-based microVMs for isolating lightweight compute workloads.

Execution environmentProjectEstablished
LangGraph

Stateful agent orchestration with explicit control flow, checkpoints and human review.

Execution environmentProjectEstablished
E2B

Programmatic cloud sandboxes for executing agent-generated code.

Execution environmentProjectUsable
Graphiti

Temporal knowledge graphs for agent context that changes over time.

Agent harnessProjectUsable
LangChain

Agent loops, model abstractions and integrations built on LangGraph.

Agent harnessProjectUsable
Langfuse

Traces, evaluations and prompt management for agent applications.

Trace & evidenceProjectUsable
llama.cpp

Local C/C++ inference and an HTTP server across multiple hardware backends.

Inference infrastructureProjectUsable
Mem0

Persistent, retrievable memories for users, sessions and agent applications.

Agent harnessProjectUsable
Playwright

Browser automation and testing across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit.

Execution environmentProjectUsable
promptfoo

Configurable evaluations and red-team tests for models and agent applications.

Trace & evidenceProjectUsable
Pydantic AI

A typed Python agent framework with validated outputs and composable tools.

Agent harnessProjectUsable
Temporal

Durable execution for workflows that must recover across failures and long waits.

Execution environmentProjectUsable
vLLM

Model inference and serving with batching and distributed execution options.

Inference infrastructureProjectUsable
802.1Qaz ETS

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-out.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
802.1Qbb PFC

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-out.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
A2A 1.0

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · agent connectivity.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
A2UI

Listed in Agent Harness · agent builders & interfaces.

Agent harnessStandard / specNot assessed
AG-UI

Listed in Agent Harness · agent builders & interfaces.

Agent harnessStandard / specNot assessed
Agent Internet Architecture

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
Agent Lightning

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Agent Skills

Published community specification for reusable agent skills; not an ISO, IETF, or W3C standard.

Intent & instructionsStandard / specNot assessed
Agent Substrate

Sandboxed, stateful agent execution runtime; separate project required by AX.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
Agent TARS

General multimodal agent stack with CLI and web UI; shares a repository with UI-TARS Desktop but is a distinct deliverable. Classified with agent builders and interfaces.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
AgentConnect

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · agent connectivity.

Connectivity & stateProjectNot assessed
AGENTS.md

Published community format for agent instruction files; not an ISO, IETF, or W3C standard.

Intent & instructionsStandard / specNot assessed
AHE

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
AIBrix

Broader inference orchestration platform with a KV-cache offloading component.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
AID

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
AIPF

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
ANP

Published Agent Network Protocol documents; individual profiles have their own status and maturity.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
ART

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
AtomCode

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
AutoGen

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
AX

Pre-1.0, declarative agent workload orchestrator for clusters; relies on Agent Substrate for sandboxed execution.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
Axolotl

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
BGP

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-out.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
browser-use

Browser agent and automation library; its Browser Actor uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol directly.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
BrowserGym

Web-agent research and evaluation environment; uses Playwright for browser setup.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
bubblewrap

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · sandboxes & runtimes.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
CANN

Public CANN community components; the name does not assert that every CANN component is open source.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
CATALIST

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
Cedar

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessProjectNot assessed
CloudEvents 1.0

CloudEvents on-the-wire specversion is 1.0; the published specification has a 1.0.2 patch release.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
Codex SDK

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Cognee

Listed in Agent Harness · memory & context.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
containerd

Container lifecycle manager that delegates launching containers to lower-level runtimes.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
Coze Studio

Listed in Agent Harness · agent builders & interfaces.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
CrewAI

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
CXL 4.0

Published cache-coherent interconnect specification for processors, memory expansion, and accelerators.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
CycloneDX 1.7

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
Dapr Agents

Separate Python framework for building durable AI agents on the general-purpose Dapr runtime.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
DataFlex

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
DataFlow

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
DeepEval

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceProjectNot assessed
DeepSeek

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
DeepSeek Harness

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
DeepSpeed

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
DeerFlow

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
DHttp

General-purpose decentralized HTTP transport included as agent connectivity infrastructure, not an agent-only protocol.

Connectivity & stateProjectNot assessed
Dify

Public source; current license is modified Apache 2.0 with additional conditions.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
DMTF MCTP

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
DMTF PLDM

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
DMTF SPDM 1.4.1

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
DNS

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
DNS-SD

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
DNSSEC

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
Dora

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · durable & dataflow execution.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
draft-wang-lisp-ai-agent

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
DSPy

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Dynamo

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · inference engines & serving.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
EAT

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
ECN

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-out.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
EVPN / VXLAN

Combined deployment pattern supported by separate EVPN and VXLAN RFCs, not the name of one standalone RFC.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
FlagOS

Umbrella AI system software stack; components are maintained in separate public repositories.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
FlexKV

Inference KV-cache manager; not persistent agent memory.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Gemma

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
GGUF

Documented model file format used by GGML-based inference engines; not a separate software project.

Open modelsStandard / specNot assessed
GLM

Open model family published by Z.ai; Z.ai is the publisher, not part of the model-family name.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
GNAP

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
gNMI 0.10

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
Google ADK

Code-first framework for building, evaluating, and deploying agents; it is broader than a standalone harness.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
goose

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
gVisor

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · sandboxes & runtimes.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
Hermes Agent

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
HTTP/2

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
HTTP/3

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
Hugging Face Hub

Reader-facing label for the open-source huggingface_hub CLI and Python client, not a claim that the hosted Hub service is open source.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
IEEE 802.3

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
IEEE ComSoc ACN TWG

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
in-toto

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceProjectNot assessed
InfiniBand 2.1

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-out.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
IPv6

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
ISO/IEC 25706:2026

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
JIT-Agent

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
JiuwenMemory

Official project name for the separately released openJiuwen agent-memory repository.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
JSON Schema 2020-12

Listed in Intent Contract · intent contract.

Intent & instructionsStandard / specNot assessed
JWT / JWS

Two related IETF specifications, RFC 7519 and RFC 7515; catalog source points to JWT and the second RFC is linked below.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
Kata Containers

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · sandboxes & runtimes.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
Keycloak

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessProjectNot assessed
Kimi

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
KTransformers

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · inference engines & serving.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Kubernetes

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · gpu cluster orchestration.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Kueue

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · gpu cluster orchestration.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Laguna XS.2

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
Letta

Listed in Agent Harness · memory & context.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
LibreChat

Self-hosted AI application and interface with a no-code Agent Builder; not a general-purpose agent harness.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Linux

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · operating systems & endpoints.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
Llama

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
LLaMA-Factory

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
llm-d

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · inference engines & serving.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
LMCache

Inference KV-cache storage and reuse; not persistent agent memory.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Makepad

Listed in Agent Harness · agent builders & interfaces.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Mastra

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Matrix

General-purpose federated communication standard; shown here as connectivity infrastructure, not as an agent-specific protocol.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
MCP 2026-07-28

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · agent connectivity.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
Megatron-LM

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
MemoryOS

Listed in Agent Harness · memory & context.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
MemOS

Listed in Agent Harness · memory & context.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Microsoft Agent Framework

Agent framework with workflow orchestration and harness capabilities; distinct from its predecessor AutoGen.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
MindIE-LLM

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · inference engines & serving.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
MindSpore

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
MiniCPM

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
MiniMax

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
Mistral

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
MLC-LLM

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · inference engines & serving.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Moby

Open-source container engine components; broader than a sandbox or low-level runtime.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
ModelScope

Open-source ModelScope library with model hub access; not a claim that the hosted platform is open source.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
Mooncake

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · kv cache, storage & data movement.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Mooncake TE

Transfer Engine component of the Mooncake repository; distinct from Mooncake Store and its KV cache use.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Muse

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
NATS

General-purpose messaging infrastructure used by agents; not an agent-specific protocol.

Connectivity & stateProjectNot assessed
Nemotron

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
Network Trust

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
NIXL

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · kv cache, storage & data movement.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
NVIDIA GPU Operator

The operator source is open; deployed NVIDIA drivers and CUDA components may have separate licenses.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
NVMe Base 2.4

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · storage.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
NVMe-MI 2.2

The current NVM Express Management Interface specification is revision 2.2.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
NVMe/RDMA 1.3

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · storage.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
NVMe/TCP 1.3

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · storage.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
OAuth 2.0

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
Obelisk

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceProjectNot assessed
OCI Distribution 1.1

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · execution specs.

Execution environmentStandard / specNot assessed
OCI Image 1.1

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · execution specs.

Execution environmentStandard / specNot assessed
OCI Runtime 1.3

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · execution specs.

Execution environmentStandard / specNot assessed
OCP ESUN 1.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
OCP SAI

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
Octop

Listed in Agent Harness · agent builders & interfaces.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Octos

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
OIDC

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
OLMo

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
Omarchy

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · operating systems & endpoints.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
ONNX

Listed in Open Models · formats.

Open modelsStandard / specNot assessed
OPA / Rego

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessProjectNot assessed
Open WebUI

Public source; releases after v0.6.5 have additional branding conditions.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
OpenAgents

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · agent connectivity.

Connectivity & stateProjectNot assessed
OpenAPI 3.2.1

Listed in Intent Contract · intent contract.

Intent & instructionsStandard / specNot assessed
OpenBao

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessProjectNot assessed
OpenClaw

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
OpenConfig

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
openEuler

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · operating systems & endpoints.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
OpenFab

In-toto predicate for AI code-generation provenance: per-range human/AI attribution, prompt hash binding, a signed embedded acceptance contract, and cryptographic human sign-offs. Registration as a vetted in-toto predicate type is proposed and under maintainer review (in-toto/attestation#604); shown here as a project pending that outcome.

Trace & evidenceProjectNot assessed
OpenFGA

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessProjectNot assessed
OpenHands

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
OpenHarmony

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · operating systems & endpoints.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
openJiuwen

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
openPangu

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
OpenTelemetry

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
openvela

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · operating systems & endpoints.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
P802.3dj

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · drafts & workstreams.

Inference infrastructureDraft / workstreamNot assessed
PCIe 7.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
PEFT

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
PenguinHarness

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Phoenix

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceProjectNot assessed
PhyAgentOS

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
pi-mono

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Playwright MCP

MCP server exposing Playwright browser automation to agents; a separate project built on Playwright.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
POSIX

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · execution specs.

Execution environmentStandard / specNot assessed
Pyodide

WebAssembly-based Python distribution for browsers and Node.js; not a security sandbox by itself.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
PyTorch

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · ai compute & kernel programming.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
QUIC

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
Qwen

Listed in Open Models · model families.

Open modelsModel familyNot assessed
Ragas

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceProjectNot assessed
RAGEN

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
RATS Architecture

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
rdma-core

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · storage.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Redfish 1.25.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
Rig

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
Robrix

Open-source Matrix chat client built with Makepad; a connectivity application, not an agent-specific protocol.

Connectivity & stateProjectNot assessed
RoCEv2

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-out.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
ROCm

AMD open software stack; licenses vary by component.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Routing

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
Safetensor

Display label for the safetensors tensor serialization format and its open-source library; the official repository and package name is lowercase plural “safetensors”.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
SCIM 2.0

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
SCITT Architecture

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
SGLang

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · inference engines & serving.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
Sigstore

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceProjectNot assessed
SkyRL

Listed in Agent Harness · agent rl & self-improvement.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
SLSA

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
Slurm

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · gpu cluster orchestration.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
SPDK

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · kv cache, storage & data movement.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
SPDX 3.0.1

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
SPIFFE

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
SPIRE

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessProjectNot assessed
SRv6

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
SUE 1.0

The initial contributed Scale-Up Ethernet specification; successor effort is the SUE-T workstream.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
SUE-T

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · drafts & workstreams.

Inference infrastructureDraft / workstreamNot assessed
SVCB / HTTPS

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
TileLang

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · ai compute & kernel programming.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
TLS 1.3

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · internet.

Connectivity & stateStandard / specNot assessed
torchtune

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
TransferQueue

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
Triton

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · ai compute & kernel programming.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
TRL

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
Trust/Auth

Listed in Agent Connectivity & State · drafts & workstreams.

Connectivity & stateDraft / workstreamNot assessed
TuyaOpen

AI/IoT device development framework with agent-capable applications; not an operating system.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed
UALink 128G DL/PL 1.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UALink 200G 1.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UALink 200G DL/PL 2.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UALink Chiplet 1.01

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UALink Common 2.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UALink Manageability 1.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UCIe 3.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UCM

Unified Cache Manager for inference KV cache; not persistent agent memory.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
UCX

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · kv cache, storage & data movement.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
UI-TARS Desktop

Desktop GUI agent application; shares a repository with Agent TARS but is a distinct deliverable.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
Ultra Ethernet / UET 1.0.3

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-out.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
UnifiedBus 2.0

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · scale-up.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
Unsloth

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
Vault

Public source under BUSL 1.1 for current releases; not an unrestricted open-source license.

Identity & accessProjectNot assessed
verl

Listed in Open Models · training & fine-tuning.

Open modelsProjectNot assessed
Volcano

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · gpu cluster orchestration.

Inference infrastructureProjectNot assessed
W3C DID Core

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
W3C PROV

Listed in Trace & Evidence · trace & evidence.

Trace & evidenceStandard / specNot assessed
W3C VC 2.0

Listed in Identity & Access · identity & access.

Identity & accessStandard / specNot assessed
WASI

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · execution specs.

Execution environmentStandard / specNot assessed
Wasmtime

Listed in Agent Execution Environment · sandboxes & runtimes.

Execution environmentProjectNot assessed
YANG

Listed in Inference Infrastructure · management & trust.

Inference infrastructureStandard / specNot assessed
Zenoh

General-purpose distributed data and messaging middleware used by agents; not an agent-specific protocol.

Connectivity & stateProjectNot assessed
ZeroClaw

Listed in Agent Harness · harness & turn management.

Agent harnessProjectNot assessed

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