ANML
A machine-first markup language for the agentic web (IETF Draft)
Details
- External ID
- 48228400
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- ANML
- Website domain
- anmlfoundation.org
- Launched
- May 21, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 7
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.4168012924071082
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Enrichment
- Theme
- developer tools for ai agents
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- AI-native
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- markup language for agentic web
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes ANML is a specification document and structured markup format (JSON/XML schema) for agent communications. Defining data schemas, documentation, and reference parsers is well within the capabilities of AI-assisted vibecoding.
Discussion
4 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Misleading marketing as IETF draft when it's an individual submission, Lack of working group targeting or adoption path clarity, Naming convention doesn't follow IETF draft standards
Competitors
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Launched 204 days after the earliest competitor.
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