OpenExec Protocol is a comprehensive specification and toolkit enabling seamless interaction among autonomous AI agents. By standardizing communication channels—like task proposals, acceptances, declines, execution reports, and dispute-resolution messages—OpenExec ensures that agents built on diverse architectures can interoperate smoothly. It provides SDKs in Node.js and Python to define agent identities, register skill sets, and manage reputations. The protocol integrates payment rails for cryptographic token settlements, ensuring secure, auditable transactions for completed tasks. With plug-in adapters for major LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere) and blockchain networks, developers can orchestrate decentralized workflows, automated service markets, and governance processes. OpenExec’s modular design promotes extensibility, enabling custom extensions for verification, arbitration, and logging to suit enterprise or research needs.

This repository provides a hands-on demonstration of two-way communication between agents built on the JADE framework. It includes example Java classes showing agent setup, FIPA-ACL compliant message creation, and asynchronous behavior handling. Developers can study Agent A sending a REQUEST, Agent B processing the request, and returning an INFORM message. The code illustrates registering agents with the Directory Facilitator, using cyclic and one-shot behaviors, applying message templates to filter messages, and logging conversation sequences. It’s an ideal starting point for prototyping multi-agent exchanges, custom protocols, or integrating JADE agents into larger distributed AI systems.

The project uses the JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment) framework to build a multi-agent environment. It defines agents that register with the platform’s AMS and DF, exchange ACL messages, and execute behaviors like cyclic, one-shot, and FSM. Example scenarios include buyer-seller negotiations, contract net protocols, and task allocation. A GUI agent container helps monitor runtime agent states and message flows.

OpenAgentSpec defines a comprehensive set of JSON schemas, API interfaces, and protocol guidelines for AI agents. It covers agent registration, capability declaration, messaging formats, event handling, memory management, and extension mechanisms. By following the spec, organizations can create agents that communicate reliably with each other and with host environments, reducing integration effort and fostering a reusable ecosystem of interoperable AI components.