Standard
Draft v0.1 — in progressContext Contract Specification
The Context Contract Specification defines machine-readable agreements about meaning, access, evidence and actions: what context an agent may use for a task, under which policy, with which proof. It is the connecting link between open semantic assets and any execution platform.
Why it comes first
It is the first shared artefact, the hinge between open architecture and platform integrations.
What a context contract covers
01
Meaning
References to ontology concepts
02
Access
Policy & authorisation
03
Evidence
Provenance, freshness, citations
04
Actions
What an agent may do with it
Relationship to MCP & A2A
MCP and A2A define how context and agents connect. A Context Contract defines which context is valid, permitted and evidenced for a task. We aim to complement, not compete.
Licence
Specification text: CC BY 4.0 (draft; final specification licence and patent commitment to be confirmed before v1.0).