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For Students & Researchers

OSSA provides a standard format for studying, comparing, and researching AI agent architectures.

Why OSSA for Research?

Standard Format Enables Comparison

Before OSSA, comparing agents across frameworks was difficult:

  • Different code structures
  • Framework-specific implementations
  • No standard metrics

With OSSA:

  • ✅ Standard format enables direct comparison
  • ✅ Framework-agnostic research
  • ✅ Reproducible experiments
  • ✅ Academic paper support

Research Use Cases

1. Agent Architecture Comparison

Compare agent designs across frameworks:

# LangChain agent → OSSA
# Anthropic SDK agent → OSSA
# Custom framework → OSSA
# Compare capabilities, performance, cost

2. Multi-Agent System Research

Study agent orchestration patterns:

  • Agent-to-agent communication
  • Workflow patterns
  • Failure recovery
  • Cost optimization

3. Framework Migration Studies

Research migration patterns:

  • Framework lock-in analysis
  • Portability metrics
  • Migration complexity
  • Performance impact

Academic Resources

Papers & Publications

Research Questions

  1. How do different LLM providers affect agent performance?

    • Compare OpenAI, Anthropic, Google agents in OSSA format
    • Measure latency, cost, accuracy

  2. What are optimal agent orchestration patterns?

    • Study multi-agent workflows
    • Analyze failure recovery strategies

  3. How does framework choice impact agent portability?

    • Measure migration effort
    • Compare runtime performance

Getting Started for Research

Step 1: Understand the Standard

Read the specification:

Step 2: Study Examples

Review annotated examples:

Step 3: Create Research Agents

Generate agents for your research:

ossa generate chat --name "research-agent-1"
ossa generate workflow --name "research-agent-2"

Step 4: Compare & Analyze

Use OSSA format to:

  • Compare agent designs
  • Measure performance
  • Analyze costs
  • Study patterns

Contributing Research

We welcome research contributions:

  1. Case Studies: Document your research findings
  2. Pattern Analysis: Share discovered patterns
  3. Performance Studies: Contribute benchmarks
  4. Academic Papers: Reference OSSA in publications

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