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Agent Network Protocol
An open protocol stack for decentralized agent identity, description, discovery, messaging and payments on the open web.
- Status
- v1.2 (latest)
- Governance
- ANP open source community (agent-network-protocol on GitHub)
- Sources
- Project siteSpecification
- Latest release (checked daily)
- v1.2 on 2026-09-24 · github.com/agent-network-protocol/AgentNetworkProtocol · all releases
What to know
- Identity uses the did:wba DID method, with WNS for readable handles.
- Separate specs cover agent description, agent discovery and a communication meta-protocol (draft).
- Version 1.2 adds a set of messaging profiles, including direct and group end-to-end encryption, attachments and federation.
- An agent payment protocol is in draft.
- Docs are published in English and Chinese, with a Python SDK (anp on PyPI).
When to use it
Use it when you want agents from different domains to find and authenticate each other without a central registry or platform.
Related standards
Agent Network Protocol in the news
Agent radar- ANP v1.2: ANP 1.2 Release
2026-09-24 · github.com/agent-network-protocol/AgentNetworkProtocol
ANP 1.2 Release ANP 1.2 is the current specification-set release. It promotes the previously frozen vNext drafts into their canonical document paths. This is a documentation release: it does not change SDK, service, or product implementations, and it does not authorize public ca…
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Reviewed Oct 7, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@agentatlas.dev.