Agent OS
Open protocol for AI agent identity & negotiation
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AI agents are currently trapped in silos without a standard way to verify identity or negotiate tasks. Agent OS (agentos-net) is an open-source protocol and Python SDK providing a decentralized communication layer for agents: • Zero-Trust Identity: DID & Ed25519 cryptographic authentication. • High Performance: Ultra-low latency gRPC & Protobuf streaming. • Autonomous Negotiation: Native state machine for proposals and deals. 100% open-source (MIT). Live on PyPI via pip install agentos-net
PH · launched Sep 18, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: multi-agent frameworks and protocols · 298 launches, 11 in the last 7 days ▼ -31% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Model & infra
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- GitHub
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Could you build this?
Partial A basic Python SDK with Ed25519 signing can be coded, but creating a decentralized, zero-trust protocol for distributed agent negotiation requires deep cryptographic and distributed systems protocol design.
What it would actually take: Requires an open specification for W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), verifiable credentials, cryptographic handshake protocols (Ed25519), and peer-to-peer transport layers (libp2p or secure WebSockets). The hard part is designing consensus, state negotiation, and attack-resistant mutual authentication protocols across trustless autonomous systems.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1982 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #1624 of 1983 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 319 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Birdhouse · ph · 2026-10-16 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Agent Passport · hn · 2026-02-21 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Agenterm · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- A4A · ph · 2026-10-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- AgentReins · ph · 2026-09-14 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.51
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