Agent Manifest v1.0 specification

Status: Stable (published)
Released: February 2026

Normative Documents

Specification — Complete specification document
JSON Schema — Machine-readable schema definition

About v1.0

v1.0 is the current stable version of the specification.

Stability Commitment

The schema will not introduce breaking changes without a major version bump (v2.0).
All v1.x releases are backward compatible.
New optional fields may be added in minor releases.

See: VERSIONING_POLICY.md for full versioning rules.

Example manifest

{
  "manifest_version": "1.0",
  "agent_id": "my.agent",
  "agent_name": "My Agent",
  "agent_version": "1.0.0",
  "owner": {
    "type": "organization",
    "identifier": "My Company"
  },
  "purpose": {
    "primary_code": "general.assistance",
    "description": "Bounded assistance without irreversible execution."
  },
  "forbidden_actions": [
    "no-irreversible-actions",
    "no-financial-transactions"
  ],
  "autonomy": {
    "level": 1
  },
  "risk_profile": {
    "level": "low"
  },
  "data_handling": {
    "stores_personal_data": false
  },
  "stopping_authority": {
    "stoppable_by": ["owner"],
    "mechanism": "Runtime disable via owner-controlled kill switch."
  },
  "audit_surface": {
    "logging": "basic",
    "reconstructability": "partial"
  },
  "contact": {
    "email": "contact@example.com"
  }
}

About this record

Hernán Alfredo Capucci
ORCID 0009-0008-7216-3032
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18833956
License: CC BY 4.0