The Agent Contract
Roadmap
Evolving the missing layer that bridges protocols to platforms. Vendor-neutral, protocol-agnostic, truly portable.
What Just Shipped
Recently delivered in v0.4.8 — Skills Pipeline & NIST Alignment
Skills Pipeline
- Reusable capability bundles (prompts, tools, policies) attachable to any agent
- Skills research, generate, and export workflow
- NIST CAISI RFI alignment with W3C DIDs, Cedar authorization, and SP 800-53 mapping
MCP & Tooling
- 10 production MCP tools (validate, scaffold, convert, inspect, generate, publish, list, workspace, diff, migrate)
- Claude Agent SDK export target
- Drupal-native OSSA manifest import (ai_agents_ossa module)
Export Targets
- 23+ export targets including Docker, Kubernetes, LangChain, CrewAI, Cursor, Warp
- A2A agent-card.json generation
- Mobile Agent runtime export
Developer Experience
- 65+ CLI commands
- Interactive wizard for agent creation
- 121 test suites
Current Focus: v0.4.x
Specification release, major framework integrations, and developer tooling.
SPECSpecification v0.4
- Enhanced security definitions for RBAC
- Standardized tools schema normalization
- New memory persistence interface
- Multi-modal input specifications
2/4 complete
TOOLINGDeveloper Experience
- Visual VS Code Extension
- CLI migrate command for LangChain
- Interactive Agent Builder 2.0
- CI/CD Validation Actions
1/4 complete
ECOSYSTEMIntegrations
- Official Python SDK
- TypeScript SDK v1.0
- LlamaIndex Native Support
- AutoGen Adapter
1/4 complete
Timeline to v1.0
Honest milestones. No hype. No fake deadlines.
Core specification stable. Security model, multi-agent orchestration, OpenTelemetry tracing. Active community feedback.
Memory persistence, full Python SDK, framework migration CLI, CI/CD validation actions. API stability guarantees.
Enterprise governance features, policy-as-code, immutable audit trails, cost attribution. Conformance test suite finalized.
Full backward compatibility guarantee. Stable API surface. Production-grade conformance certification.
What's Next
Scaling to multi-agent orchestration and enterprise governance.
Orchestration Protocol
Building the OSSA contract layer for A2A communication — standardized handoffs and distributed task execution.
- Standardized handshake protocols
- Context transfer schemas
- Reputation and trust scoring
Enterprise Governance
Advanced features for regulatory compliance and organizational control.
- Policy-as-Code for agents
- Immutable audit trails
- Cost attribution standards
Drupal Integration
Bringing AI agent orchestration to the Drupal ecosystem.
OSSA integrates with Drupal through ECA (Event-Condition-Action) workflows, enabling content teams to define and deploy AI agents alongside their CMS without leaving the Drupal ecosystem.
ECA-to-OSSA Migration Guide
Convert Drupal ECA workflows to portable OSSA agent manifests.
Drupal Module for OSSA
Native Drupal module for managing OSSA agent manifests within the CMS.
Drupal Recipe Integration
Drupal recipes that scaffold OSSA-powered agents for common CMS workflows.
Research & White Papers
Upcoming deep dives into agent architecture and data science.
The State of Agent Interoperability
A quantitative analysis of 50+ agent frameworks and the fragmentation cost for enterprises.
Defining Agent "Cognitive Load"
Proposed metrics for measuring agent complexity and reasoning overhead in production systems.
Security Patterns for Autonomous Agents
A comprehensive guide to threat modeling and defense strategies for multi-agent systems.
Help Shape the Standard
OSSA is community-driven. Your input directly influences our roadmap and priorities.