{
  "dataset": "protocols",
  "record": {
    "id": "aaif",
    "name": "AAIF",
    "full_name": "Agentic AI Foundation",
    "layer": "governance",
    "creator": "Linux Foundation (anchored by contributions from Anthropic, Block, OpenAI and others)",
    "status": "active (formed Dec 2025)",
    "year": 2025,
    "one_liner": "The Linux Foundation body, formed December 2025, that gives the agentic web's load-bearing protocols — MCP, goose and AGENTS.md — a neutral, vendor-independent governance home.",
    "spec_url": "https://aaif.io",
    "snippet": "AAIF (Linux Foundation) hosts MCP, goose and AGENTS.md under neutral, open governance.",
    "abbreviation": "AAIF",
    "also_known_as": [
      "Agentic AI Foundation",
      "Agentic AI Infrastructure Foundation"
    ],
    "canonical_spec_url": "https://aaif.io",
    "entity_uri": "https://aaif.io",
    "taxonomy_layer": "governance",
    "sub_layer": "foundation",
    "protocol_type": "governance",
    "central_problem": "Gives the agentic web's load-bearing protocols a single neutral, vendor-independent home so no one company controls the core standards.",
    "maintainer": "The Linux Foundation (Agentic AI Foundation)",
    "governance_body": "Linux Foundation",
    "license": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://aaif.io",
      "note": "AAIF is a governance foundation, not a single licensed spec; member projects carry their own licenses (e.g. MCP is MIT). Confirm the foundation charter/IP policy at build."
    },
    "maturity_tag": "production-ready",
    "current_spec_version": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://aaif.io",
      "note": "Governance body — no spec version. N/A."
    },
    "spec_date": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://aaif.io",
      "note": "Governance body — no spec date. N/A."
    },
    "launch_date": "2025-12-09",
    "last_verified": "2026-06-15",
    "transport": "n/a (governance foundation, not a wire protocol)",
    "core_mechanism": "AAIF is a Linux Foundation umbrella that hosts agentic-AI projects under neutral, community-driven governance; its founding project contributions are Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP), Block's goose agent framework, and OpenAI's AGENTS.md, with research §2 also listing A2A v1.0 and UCP among hosted/affiliated projects (confirm the full hosted-project list against aaif.io at build).",
    "discovery_endpoint": "https://aaif.io (foundation site) / https://github.com/aaif",
    "settlement_type": null,
    "adoption_metric": {
      "value": "8 platinum members at formation: Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Block, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI",
      "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-15"
    },
    "notable_adopters": [
      {
        "value": "Anthropic (contributed MCP)",
        "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation"
      },
      {
        "value": "Block (contributed goose)",
        "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation"
      },
      {
        "value": "OpenAI (contributed AGENTS.md)",
        "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation"
      }
    ],
    "relationships": [
      {
        "predicate": "governs",
        "target": "mcp",
        "note": "AAIF -governs-> MCP (founding project contribution; inverse of MCP governed_by AAIF)."
      },
      {
        "predicate": "governs",
        "target": "a2a",
        "note": "A2A v1.0 listed among AAIF-hosted projects (research §2); confirm against aaif.io at build."
      }
    ],
    "ideal_use_case": "Providing a neutral standards home so MCP, A2A and other core agentic protocols are not controlled by any single vendor.",
    "when_to_use": "When you need to point to the vendor-neutral governance authority behind the agentic web's core protocols.",
    "when_not_to_use": "n/a — AAIF is a governance meta-entity, not a protocol you implement on a site.",
    "code_example": "// AAIF is a governance foundation, not a wire protocol — there is no client snippet.\n// Hosted projects expose their own interfaces (e.g. MCP: tools/call over JSON-RPC).",
    "source": "Formation date (Dec 9 2025), Linux Foundation parent, 8 platinum members (AWS, Anthropic, Block, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI), founding contributions MCP/goose/AGENTS.md: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation . A2A v1.0/UCP hosting per research §2 (verify at build).",
    "agent_readiness_link": "agent-readiness/mcp",
    "layer_legacy": "agent"
  }
}